That begins at 8 00 pm eastern. Enjoy booktv every weekend on cspan2. Good afternoon. I am director of the center on National Security, i am delighted to be joined by ali soufan, author of the black banners declassified how torture derailed the war on terror after 9 11. You probably know ali soufan from some of the events weve done together, a special agent with the fbi, investigated highprofile terrorism cases before, during and after the 9 11 attacks. Is in recent years brought his investigative skills to the private sector, ceo of the founder of the center, his specialty is Global Security affairs from governance culture to state actors to nonstate actors and i will explore as much of that today as we can. I want to deck out each day, we publish the intel brief which is something you should read every day. It is a wonderful deep dive into timely issues that go to the heart of what we are thinking about even if it is not in the headlines. From white to premises him to what is happeni
Declassified how torture derails the war on terror after 9 11. You probably know him from events weve done together. Hes a visiting special agent with the fbi and hes investigated highprofile terrorism cases after the 9 11 attacks. He has investigated skills to the private sector and these ceo of the Stephan Group and author of the Fordham Center and his specialty is global security, everything from governance culture and state actors, nonstate actors and im going to try to cover as much of that today as we can. One thing i want to point out is each day the center publishes the Stephan Group intel brief which is something you should really, you should read every day. Its a wonderful insight into a timely issue that goes to the heart of what we should be thinking about even if its not in the headlines, everything from White Supremacy to whats happening with al qaeda and isis geopolitics in Washington State and i encourage you to read it every day. Id also encourage you to read the Steph
Good afternoon. Im Karen Greenberg and im the director of the center on National Security at fordham law school. Insulated today to be joined by allie phon by the new book the black standard declassified how tortured the war on terror after 911. I thank you probably know olley from some events weve done together, former supervisory special agent with the fbi, investigated highprofile terrorism cases before, during and after the 911 attack and in recent years he is brought his investigative skills to the private sector and is ceo of the soup on center and specialty is Global Security affairs in everything from governance culture to state actors to nonstate actors and i will try to put as much of that today as we can. One thing i want to point out is each day the Soufan Center publishes a soufan brief which is something you should read every day. It is a wonderful deep dive into a timely issue that goes to the heart of what we should be thinking about even if its not in the headlines. An
Country and the world that he is possibly rejecting the social distancing and stay at home quarantines that every Health Professional and Infectious Disease scientist has told us would save us and our hospitals from total catastrophe. And why why would the president reject these potentially lifesaving recommendations you may ask because its the economy stupid yes like all good tinpot weakling wanna be tough guy leaders trump and a host of others on capitol hill and wall d street are suddenly sounding a new call to arms that we must sacrifice our elderly and our own personal wealth so that we can save their oso precious economy here is Lieutenant Governor out of texas dan patrick telling fox news as Tucker Carlson that he and other Older Americans are ready to literally fall d d on the coronavirus sword take a listen that we cant lose our whole country we were having an economic collapse im also a Small Businessman i understand it and i talk with Business People all the time tucker and
A listen that we cant lose our whole country we were having an economic collapse im also a Small Businessman i understand it and i talk with Business People all d the time tucker and and so just my heart is lifted tonight by what i heard the president say basically saying. This disease could take your life but thats not the scariest thing to you theres something that would be worse than dying. Yeah. But dont be fooled my friend those are the words of my self sacrificing brave man those are the words of a zealot a cultist if you will as former f. B. I. Special agent ali soufan tweeted in response i dealt with suicidal cults before i encountered people who are willing to die for their faith ideology race except for but i have never encountered anyone who is willing to die for someone elses for a one k. This is all new level of craziness so as our leaders appear to be seriously considering once again to put profits over people as they try to convince you and i to make the ultimate sacrifi