The government investigations into the extra Sensory Perception and psychokinesis and surprise till vanish. Please help me welcome Annie Jacobsen to politics and prose. [applause] politics and prose, thank you for having me. It is always wonderful to be here. Thank you everybody for coming. I am here tonight to talk to you about surprise, kill, vanish and its about the cia paramilitary capacity, which is something that many people are not even aware exist. Im often asked how to get the idea from ibooks and this one began for me ten years ago in 2009 so i had a source visiting me at my house. On the other side of said u. S. Department of state. And my source has nothing to do diplomacy. He is weapons trained so i had an idea while he couldnt say what he was doing in the middle east, it was clear to me that it was some kind of an intelligent organization. They said listen, if its okay with your mom and dad i will show you a weapon. Now i know he is a safety instructor, so i said that was
Surprise, killed, vanish. Good evening on behalf of staff and before we begin please silence your cell phones you dont want to be the person whose phone rings in the middle of a talk but doing q a please ask your question into the microphone books are available fore purchase at the registers to be the investigative journalist from area 51 and that uncensored history of darpa. And that act espnti psychokinesis also the paramilitary operators. That has a page turning narrative on the covert actions abroad. With a well sourced and well paid full of surprises. Please help me to welcome Annie Jacobson to politics and prose at the wharf. [applause] how is my sound . First of all thank you for having me. And thank you for coming i am here to talk about surprise, kill, vanish about the military capacity which is something that many people are not even aware it exists. So how i get ideas for our my books this began in 2009 so i had a source visiting me in my house. He was on his way back from t
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Pass around. And the signing will be in the folding table beside me. Books are available for purchase. Today our guest is investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen. She has written several books. And most recently the secret hit of the cia. Which creates a pageturning narrative on the in department narrative. It was called a wellsourced, wellpaced and full of surprise. Mess hem me become Annie Jacobsen to politics and prose at the wharf. [applause] how is my sound . First of all, politic and prose, thank you for having me. Always wonderful to be here. And thanks everybody for coming. Im here tonight to talk to you about the surprise, kill, vanish about the cias paramilitary capacity, which is something that many people arent even aware exists. Im often asked how i get the idea for the books, and this one began for me ten years nothing 2009 so i had a source visiting me at my house, his name is brett, and he was on his way back from the middle east and he brought back with him a challenge
Very much for sitting down and talking about your book. Its a pleasure to meet you. Im delighted to have this opportunity. How are you feeling . Im delighted to be with you. So all the compliments back that you. It really is a pleasure. Thank you. Well, lets get right into this. This is a brilliant book. This isnt the right thing to say about a book. Nuclear war. But i really enjoyed reading it. It reads like a thriller. Youve taken policy and history and details and Nuclear Weapons effects and war games and wove them together into a page turner. I read this in about two days, just while taking extensive notes. So lets get right into one of your essential points of the book, which is the concept of nuclear. Dr. Strangelove tells us in the movie after him that deterrence, the art of instilling in the mind of the enemy, the fear attack. But in your hands deterrence almost becomes character in your book. It changes, morphs, and it almost has motivation. It becomes one of the central drive