On American History tv on c. Fan 3 we are here to review the major findings of our full investigation of fbi Domestic Intelligence including the cohen tell program and other programs aimed at domestic targets. Fbi surveillance of lawabiding citizens and groups, political abuses of fbi intelligence and several specific cases of unjustified intelligence operations. The 1975 Church Committee hearings convened to investigate the intelligence activities of the cia, fbi, irs and the nsa saturday night at 10 00 eastern the commission questioned former associate counsel and staff assistant to president Nixon Tom Charles houston on a plan he plent presented to president nixon using burglary, electronic surveillance and opening of mail. The bureau had undertaken black bag jobs over a number of years up until 1966. It had been successful and valuable, again, particularly in matters involving espionage. And that they felt this, again, w something given the climate they needed to have the authority
Rightanton here to my grew up in fort worth. He was recruited into a summer seasonal job when he was a student at houston filton college. That began a long career stretching out some 54 years in the nations service. Bottom in at the grantee 10 National Park and worked his way all the way to the top, when president bill clinton appointed him director of the National Park service from 1997 through 2001. He wasthat superintendent of National Capital park in the d. C. Area. And the Virgin Islands National Park. He then served as regional director to the National Capital region. Then he made the mistake of retiring, which meant he was in even greater demand. Senioras served as advisor to the Secretary Department of the interior, and then was appointed by president obama in 2014 for a four year term on the Advisory Council of Historic Preservation. , who is supposed be here, is unfortunately home in bed. Home in bed with the flu. She sends her regrets. This is no longer a legal session becau
18591931. In doing the research for her new book, nancy discovered the haveof previous historians drastically underestimated this great humanist. She discovered the surprising truths about the radical reformer who was announced by some as disgraceful denounced by some as disgraceful to the white race. What . Disgraceful . Women,ght for votes for she fought for peace, she fought for civil rights. The New York Times hailed her as the least known but the most influential american women who had to do with book affairs in this country. Professor nancy unger will help fourth belle la follette issue really is. Four who she really is. Nancy . [applause] hello. Er thank you for that lovely introduction. I have given a talks to the humanist community of Silicon Valley and they are one of my favorite audiences because they stay awake and they ask great questions. I have been looking forward to this talk. I want to thank you for inviting me to the humanist association of the greater sacramento are
We are inside the Santa Fe Depot in San Bernardino. Local historyhe of the valley. This was constructed in 1916. This replace the wooden structure that burned in 1916. Why it was built a lot larger than it was needed was it was decided to house at the Division Headquarters at this location at that time. So it was put in an Industrial Area a cousin of the railroad. There were a number of businesses that supported the railroad, and it had close to 2000 people employed here. In separatewo yours dino, the a San Bernardino, the a yard and the d yard. The upper part of the map shows the office facilities, and the lower part of the map shows the shop facilities. They could rebuild any locomotive and any street car or anything that they needed to maintain the railroad, could be done here. Some of the items down here, and old Santa Fe Lincoln pen. Some measurement devices that they used in the machine shops. Two boiler plates off of locomotives and in the next case, the products that were all r
Test. Test. Test. I will be sharing this with you. So i was born and raised in syria. The one fact that many people do not know or do not expect is that we had a very normal life. We used to go to restaurants. We used to go to the beach. We used to do everything that you guys do here. We used to go to universities, form friendships, have girlfriends, everything that you can imagine. So it is not the country that some people would imagine, the country, the image that isis might try to enforce right now. I consider myself as a person who had a wonderful childhood in syria. All the memories i have are a very beautiful country that i love a lot and i appreciate a lot and i enjoyed a lot. However, one thing started to happen in 2011 everything changed. This change that we had as individuals and especially as young people is huge because you are from a very safe country where you had everything you wanted. We had worries and worry about our future and everything and a lot of short comings an