Discusses his views on what he calls the Foreign Policy elite. Anthony brooks. He will begin the panel. Thank you. Thank you for that introduction. I think you all for coming out. I just want to say really quickly how it means that partnership for the boston book festival. It is a partnership that we believe and wholeheartedly. Its all about Building Community and you are part of that. Im going to introduce the two guess. The author of numerous books. Including the war for the greater middle east. His latest book is twilight of the American Century. Also president of the in situ. I think tank which will be opening in washington soon. I think we will have an opportunity to talk about a little bit. Anthony, thank you for being here. Thank you. The global response. Americas Foreign Policy elite into the decline of u. S. Privacy. Sivan welcome to you. Thanks for being here. [applause]. Ive been really looking for to talking to both of you. I want to get into those arguments. But i also wan
Yesterday, the director of National Intelligence testified that, quote, the greatest challenge we have as a nation is making sure to maintain the integrity of our election system. Closed quote. Excuse me. I agree. Our democracy was founded on a government elected by the people, for the people and free and fair elections. Today our elections, the very core of our democracy, are under attack. Special counsel muellers report in no Uncertain Terms details our Foreign Government attacked our 2016 election is, the russians objections were clear, secure the election of one candidate of president over another and undermining confidence in the sbrintegritief our elections. Theres no evidence that russia affected the actual vote count of our elections but russia did steal thousands of documents from american citizens that it used to influence public opinion. It also accessed voter data and gained other valuable intelligence which it may seek to exploit in the future. In short, as special counsel
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