Walter Nick News Today

Minutes. Good evening and welcome. I am pleased to welcome howard blum, an investigative journalist and author of the new york city times best seller dark invasion as well as many other great books. He is currently a contributing editor at vanity fair. While at the New York Times he was twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. Several of his books were nonfiction best sellers including, among others i pledge allegiance, the true story of the walkers, an american spy fami...

The eve of destruction. The untold story of the yam kiper war in 2003. American lightning terror of mystery and the birth of hollywood and the crime of the centuryo 2008. A floor of heaven, a true tale of the last frontier and the uconn gold rush in 2011. I should also mention that Warner Brothers is preparing ax film of dark invasion starring Bradley Cooper as tom, the hero of the book. Please welcome, howard blum. [ applause ]. Pick up a newspaper and just glance at the headline. Check out the...

Through this entrance, every knew agent so i officer takes their oath of office here in this lobby in front of 107 of our fallen officers commemorated on the wall of honor, they have walked across the agency, sealed out morning to take their place in the lobby and the father of Central Intelligence is watching over their shoulder as they begin their career for the Central Intelligence agency in our nation. Were standing close to a sculpture of wild bill donovan, the father of Central Intelligenc...

Scenario. A terrorist cell well;p finance covertly enters america. They set up their headkwauters and they become bombing munition factories and depots. A bomb rocks the u. S. Capitol building. The nations richest man is targeted in a bold assassination attempt. From a covert bio warfare lab just six miles from the white house, a bio warfare attack is launched on three american cities. The president is told by his chief adviser this is a time of fear. We have to worry that bridges and subways an...

Our fallen officers commemorated on the wall of honor, they have walked across the agency, sealed out morning to take their place in the lobby and the father of Central Intelligence is watching over their shoulder as they begin their career for the Central Intelligence agency in our nation. Were standing close to a sculpture of wild bill donovan, the father of Central Intelligence, donovan was tapped by president roosevelt in 1942 to head the office of Strategic Services. Established by presiden...

[ applause ]. Pick up a newspaper and just glance at the headline. Check out the internet and read almost any post. Theres news about terrorism anywhere and its all very frightening. It will keep you up at night. One day theyre saying new york city is a target. The next day is chicago. Then las vegas, even the air force academy. The president tells us that we dont have to worry. Isis is not going to attack the homeland yet. Then a republican president ial candidate comes out and says, well, mayb...