Overcorrected and eisenhower was there with him. He thought that the end of colonial was a destructive hurricane. As we write the book and that helped lead to the disaster, the vietnam war, where francis was dealing with counterinsurgency for the better part of a decade since the end of World War Two. It go well. They make a lot of mistakes that the American Army will later repeat pretty frighteningly. And so by the time frank church is in the senate and he visits vietnam in 1962, its pretty clear that the saigon government is the us military has supporting and abetting them. Britain and france refused to help because there supposed to be a treaty. The geneva accords, that would have united vietnam through an election. Ho chi minh probably would have won was incredibly popular. He was a communist communists were killing rival groups. So there was already a civil war brewing. Think there was going to be blood . The united just made it worse. And thats so. Frank church visits vietnam in
He a member of the team that won the 22 pulitzer for explanatory for coverage of the september attacks. And then with a colleague he shared that 26 pulitzer for national for coverage of the nsa domestic spying program. Hes also written four books a about americas fight over abortion, about the cias final showdown with the kgb, about the cia and the george w bush, and about the costs, consequences of americas war on terror and first dozen years or so, after 911, currently his Senior National security correspondent for the intercept his son, tom its been a journalist for 15, 16 years. And hes worked for various news organizations covered and covered a wide of local and national topics, including National Security and u. S. Politics. His current focuses on in the last honest man, they look back at the life of former democratic senator frank of idaho, who was one of the most consequential lawmakers of the 20th century. He served in the from the late 1950s through the sixties and seventies
Welcome to politics prose im brad graham, the coowner of the bookstore along with my wife Lissa Muscatine and were very pleased to be hosting two ryzens here this evening we have veteran journalist jim and his son, journalist tom, and theyre here to talk about their new book the last man the cia the fbi, the mafia and the kennedys and one senators fight to save democracy. Our jim, of course, is a very accomplished investigative reporter, did some outstanding work with the new york times, where he was for for nearly 20 years from 1998 to 2017. He a member of the team that won the 22 pulitzer for explanatory for coverage of the september attacks. And then with a colleague he shared that 26 pulitzer for national for coverage of the nsa domestic spying program. Hes also written four books a about americas fight over abortion, about the cias final showdown with the kgb, about the cia and the george w bush, and about the costs, consequences of americas war on terror and first dozen years or
Right now at 11 00, he brought so much life to the bay area, tonight, San Francisco is mourning the death of reverend Cecil Williams the pioneer and longtime pastor at glide memorial church. Cecil, however, was dramatically different from any other pastor. Please his legacy goes well beyond just africanamerican Civil Rights Movement and poverty and those issues to really address some of the core issues of what became San Francisco, modern San Francisco. His influence and impact still resonates across San Francisco. The legendary reverend broke down barriers and gave a voice to the voiceless. He was a champion of the Homeless Community and a supporter of the lgbtq community, as well. The comp legation is celebrating the legacy he leaves behind. Pete suratos begins our coverage in the city. Reporter , members of the church are remembering the life of church cofounder, reverend Cecil Williams. He died today at the age of 94 and they push forward his legacy as a church community, one day a
Right now at 11 00, he brought so much life to the bay area, tonight, San Francisco is mourning the death of reverend Cecil Williams the pioneer and longtime pastor at glide memorial church. Cecil, however, was dramatically different from any other pastor. Please his legacy goes well beyond just africanamerican Civil Rights Movement and poverty and those issues to really address some of the core issues of what became San Francisco, modern San Francisco. His influence and impact still resonates across San Francisco. The legendary reverend broke down barriers and gave a voice to the voiceless. He was a champion of the Homeless Community and a supporter of the lgbtq community, as well. The comp legation is celebrating the legacy he leaves behind. Pete suratos begins our coverage in the city. Reporter , members of the church are remembering the life of church cofounder, reverend Cecil Williams. He died today at the age of 94 and they push forward his legacy as a church community, one day a