Mississippi in the 18th century. Enjoy book tv this week and every weekend on cspan2. My name is karen greenberg. Thank you so much for joining us here at the center on National Security at fordham law. Were delighted to be bringing you this afternoons conversation. With me today is chris whipple, Award Winning author, journalist, documentary maker. His new book is the spy masters. Can you see it . How the cia director shaped history and the future. And well talk a lot about this book today. First, i just want to say, thank you, chris, thank you for joining us. A pleasure to be here. Thanks for having me. This is actually a wonderful read. When i started it, i was sort of like, oh, no, this is going to be too much information, i wont be able to take it in. Its fantastic. Its based on, in addition to your own knowledge and research, its based on over 70 interviews and youve interviewed, among those, the leading directors of the cia. Living directors of the cia. Except for the current on
My name is karen. Thank you for joining us here at the center on National Security. We are delighted to be bringing you this afternoons conversation. With me today is awardwinning author, journalist, documentary maker. His new book is the spymasters how the cia director shaped the future and we are going to talk about this book today but first i want to say welcome and thank you for joining us. Its a pleasure to be here thanks for having me. So this is a wonderful read. When i started it i was like this is going to be too much information i wont be able to take it in but its fantastic. Its based on your own knowledge and research over 70 interviews and among those the directors of the cia except for the current ones and its not so much about the cia directors of their relationshitherelationship to te and the president would you agree with that . Thanks for the kind words about the book because what i try to do may be above all else is humanize these directors. I was lucky because as a
This is a wonderful read. When i started it i was sort of like this is going be too much information. I will be able to take it in. Its fantastic. Its based on an addition to your own knowledge and research its based on over 70 interviews and youve interviewed among those the leading director of the living directors of the caa except for the current one. Its really not going to say it, its not so much about the cia directors as about the cia directors and the relationship to the white house and the president. Would you agree with that . Thanks for the kind words about the book, because one of the things i really tried to do, maybe above all, was to humanize these directors. I was lucky because it is a cast of characters never couldve dreamt up, from dick helms act in the 60s was the quintessential cia director bob gates described to me as a james bond type character. Cigarette in one hand, dry martini in the other who could walk into the oval office and tell lbj that the domino theory
Censorship of conservatives what will the future hold our panel weighs in and a former c. B. S. News president says the media is tilted to the left has been for a long time and its too late to fix it lionel will be here with his take im Steve Malzberg lets see the press. Oh yeah. The list. By. You know folks it doesnt take a genius to understand were living through Turbulent Times during last weeks heat the press we talked extensively about the horrible death suffered by george floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police department that death soon led to the protests and riots that weve seen taking place daily across the country and if you think the media has been able to cover whats going on without their usual liberal biased guess again. Watch them watch them lie to you what after the other as you watch what youre watching and you see what youre seeing and theyre telling you no youre not seeing that i want to be clear in how i. Actually have a problem just trying to get in on it is
A long time and its too late to fix it will be here with his take im Steve Malzberg lets see the press. Oh yeah. Good bye. You know folks it doesnt take a genius to understand were living through Turbulent Times during last weeks heat the press we talked extensively about the horrible death suffered by george floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police department that death soon led to the protests and riots that weve seen taking place daily across the country and if you think the media has been able to cover whats going on without their usual liberal biased guess again watch them watch them lie to you one after the other as you watch what youre watching and you see what youre seeing and theyre telling you no youre not seeing that. I want to be clear in how i just mostly have a problem just. Not as it is and im generally speaking honestly fires started and the 1st thing i want to be perfectly well this has been a little bit of harley as well about because its been a mostly peaceful pr