Are. It is not a secret in washington, d. C. We continue to see the bias crimes in crease as far as the numbers are reported here. One of the reasons why we actually celebrate the fact that our bias crime members keep going up is that we believe we are educating our citizens better every year and building stronger relationships, that bias crimes that were committed in the past are now being reported to us. That is part of the education. Third part of the mission and the part that im biased about that i think is the most important is, unlike most community policing, we are actually doing police work. The officers i work with and officials i work with our not only going to be at those events and classes, but when that pride parade was interrupted by what appeared to be an active shooter, but then got it wasnt. It was these officers and those liaison units who were amongst the very first running through the crowd in the opposite direction towards it. What Community Members saw was, member
Terrorism in 2006 and a ros i ro the highest ranks to the Deputy Director until you were fired by attorney general Jeff Sessions for what they say is a lack of candor in interviews. Much has been talked about in the books. I thought i would take a shot at many asking new questions. Before we get into the meat of the book i guess i have a question about writing. I wonder how long did it take you to write this book and what was the process like because you are obviously a firsttime author and wrote a lot of memos that this is something a little different. So, walk me through how you tackled this particular project. Guest how to balance and understanding and talk about my entire experience which is really concerned by what i felt were corrosive impacts the false narratives about the fbi are having with people on the fbi and the ability to do their work and felt like if people understood really more about the organization, who we are, people are drawn to the fbi and how we make the decisio
Times. Thanks for being here. We know a lot about you, youve been on tour, redemption to earth and we know a fair amount about you, you are in the fbi 20 years. Twentyone years. You had a whole bunch of different positions, he did terrorism in 2006 and rose to the highest ranks of the bureau, Deputy Director until you were fired by attorney general Jeff Sessions, for a lack of candor in interviews and report. Correct. Much has been talked about in terms of this book, youve done a lot of interviews so i thought i would take a shot at a be asking some new questions. Sure. Before we get into the meat of this book, i had a question about writing, i do a lot of writing, sometimes everyday. I wonder, how long did it take you to write this book . What was the process like . Youre obviously a firsttime author, youve written a lot of fbi interview memos but this is something a little different. Walk me through how you tackled this project. Basically, i crashed on this project and did not think
About you that you were in the fbi close to 20 years. 21 years. With a dumb mom a bunch of different positions, new york terrorism, and rose to the highest ranks to Deputy Director until you were fired by attorney general sessions for what they say was a lack of candor. And interviews in a report. Much has been talked about he done a lot of interviews so i thought i would taking a shot that may be asking some new questions. But before we get into the meat of the book but i have a question about writing and sometimes i do it every day. How long did it take you to write this book and what was the process like . You are a firsttime author but this is a little different. So walk me through how you tackle this particular project. Basically crashed on this project and did nothing but this for many many months last summer so shortly after my firing i started to think about to balance and understand and talk about my entire experience in the fbi i was really concerned which was the corrosive i
This is about one hour welcome to the fifth annual book festival at the department of archives this panel is titled American History, renegades and is sponsored by the Mississippi Library commission. Tracy carr was with the Library Commission was in the room for the very first organizational meeting of the festival. We couldnt do this without the Mississippi Library commission or the libraries from all over the state to thank you very much for your support. And we are in the room today courtesy of the law firm and our gratitude goes to them. Our panelists you can purchase copies of their books from vendors outside and find the times are authors will be signing in the program. We will hear from our panelists for about 40 minutes and then open up the floor to questions please come to the podium in the center of the room to ask yourse questions. Now help me welcome our moderator for the panel director of the Mississippi Department of archives and history. [applause] im going to tell you a