Two other things in his illustrious career. He is the National Security columnist for slate and author of four books, most recently the insurgents, which i think he will tell us has at least more crossover with this new book than some people might necessarily imagine. Fred is a pulitzer prizewinning journalist back from his days in the the boston globe, and im very pleased to be able to host him here today. Just a word on format, shortly im going to ask fred to give a few minutes describing the book and telling us a little bit about whats in it, then im going to take the opportunity to have a conversation, dig into a little bit more of the detail and explore some of the themes and what we might conclude from that, and then i will open it up to the floor to give you the opportunity to ask fred some questions. Well all to wrap up at 1 45. Thatll actually give us plenty of time to get into some quite interesting conversation. So without more ado, fred. Ms. [applause] im just going to spea
Did it start with the discovery of that 12story White Building on the outskirts of shanghai. No, in fact, it goes back all the way to the dawn of the internet itself. And in 1967 when the arpa net was about to go up, that was the precursor to the internet, that was, you know, a network where all the contractors at the Defense Department would be able to, you know, talk with one another in their computer programs. There was a man named willis ware. He was a computer pioneer. He was the head of the Computer Department at the rand corporation, and he was also on the Scientific Advisory board at the nsa. And he wrote a paper, it was secret at the time. Its been declassified, its a fascinating document. You can look it up. He said heres the thing, heres the problem. Once you create a Computer Network, once you have access from multiple, unsecured locations, youre going to create inherent vulnerabilities. Youre not going to be able to keep secrets anymore. And so when i was doing my research
Senate gym everybody else is there to watch morning joe. 245e6r7b89sd the Previous Story about fifa. Fifa president sepp blatter announcing he is resigning only four days after he was reelected. Now sepp blatter will go back to sounding like disease you look up on web, m. D. Fifa president sepp blaert announced he is he signing after a week since the Corruption Scandal. You can never trust the 79yearold blatter. Hes not a great basketball player. Why is that . But hes a good dribbleer. Wow, im flushed. Hes european. Thats right. Its in the contract. He sat owe stepped down four days after he was elected. The fifa guy. Talk about arrogance. He said a couple days ago i shall not step down to to do so would be an ad mission of guilt. That was ability three days ago. There you go. Wow okay. Maybe its all coming together. Big news. What else is going on in the news today . Usa today . This is a big headline a. Lot of libertarians on the right a. Lot of liberals on the left. Nsa Data Collect
In the United States a great deal of mourning. The loss of a political giant and an american war hero. Senator john mccain died saturday after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. His final moments were spent at his home in arizona surrounded by his family. Tlaflags across the United States are flying at halfstaff in honor of senator mccain. You see the white house here, the flag lowered. Remembering him. People will have several opportunities to pay respects to mccain throughout this week. Cnns kyung lah reports. Reporter senator john mccain remembered for being such a Prominent National figure was arizonas favorite son. And it is here in his home state that memorials will begin. They start on wednesday. The flags here at the State Capitol have already been lowered, and it is here at a private ceremony in the rotunda that the memorials will begin. For six hours he will lie in state here at the arizona State Capitol. The public will be able to come in to bid their farewells to their sen