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Acceptance speech in new york city. Good evening. Thank you stephen in the book critics circle for inviting me for Toni Morrison for the Lifetime Achievement award although she certainly doesnt need an introduction with celebratory tributes to the great novelist of their time. You have to rattle off her accomplishments to you tonight by and large you are deeply familiar and then to recognize the rising star in 1977 and that is from her book song of solomon. You dont need me to remind you hear the honorees and those other works. And i assume you dont want me to whittle away moments at the podiu...

Sharing years of inner pain, and how she overcame unspeakable abuse. My mom wanted to keep me as controllable as possible, and me growing up was a threat to that. Plus, destination unknown. The latest craze hitting the travel industry. Surprise vacations. Oh, youre going on a trip . Where are you going . I have no idea. Pack your bags, head to the airport. And then we have our envelope that has our destination. Okay, it says no peeking. Russia would you trust someone else to book your vacation . And hey now, youre an all star remembering steve harwell, the lead singer of smashmouth. Nightline ...

U. S. Person around the world, outside the United States. Previously that had been something that judgment casey could do as attorney general. So someone outside the United States who was a u. S. Person, now needs a fisa court order to do that. Thats one. And the other is there were a series of provisions that prohibited this practice of reverse targeting youll hear about. Which basically said you cannot, the government cannot target something overseas under this statute. Under 702, who is not a u. S. Person in order to collect against a person in the United States. You know for that purpose. ...

This was a statute a few years old. You should not take my word for it. I went back to look at the ,eport, the definitive account where they had access to all the classified information. They concluded that section 702 had allowed for the authority of. Pecific terrorist attacks they identified targets, the means, the identities, the locations of the participants. They came down strongly on the side recognize that the value is difficult to overstate. You also need to step back 702 for itsuing ability to stop particular plots at a particular time. If youre talking about stopping a plot, no, you ...

Are in the bookstore. Their books are in the bookstore so, please, go to the bookstore, check out their books, brick em back here or get them signed out there or back here. The next panel coming up, again, a great, great panel. I know a couple people on the panel, shaping memories the odd city to manhood. Shaping memories the odd city to man odyssey to manhood. Panel coming up next. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] adulthood. Adulthood. Theres some women on the panel. [laughter] im pushing so many programs around the country [inaudible conversations] and the National Black writers confere...