alex's books hit home for me. i wanted to ask alex, a scene from the bedford boys, if he could relate to the audience about what it was like for the western union operator, female, who started to receive the notifications of the boys who were dying in bedford. there were so many, they were actually people and families she knew. i would love to hear his comments about that. >> well, thanks for calling in, mike. i interviewed elizabeth. she was 29 years old in 1944. i'm actually going to go to a graveyard in bedford not far from where i'm sitting right now this afternoon, i'm going to visit graves of several of the bedford boys who were brought home. 22 killed in normandy in june and july of 1944. half of them are not far, a couple of miles from where i am sitting. on july 21st, 1944, elizabeth went to work at the green's drugstore, still open today. she went to the western union telegraph at the back of the store and turned on the teletype machine. she told me it wouldn't stop for at least a couple of hours. these

so alex's books really hit home for me. and i wanted to ask alex -- and it's a scene from his book the bedford boys if he could relate to the audience about what it was like for that western union operator, a female who started to receive the notifications of the boys who were dying in bedford. there were so many. they were actually people and families she knew. and i would love to hear his comments about that. >> well, thanks for calling in, mike. i interviewed elizabeth t. she was 21 years old in july 1944. i'm going to graveyard in bedford not from from here this afternoon and go and visit graves of several bedford boys brought home. 22 killed in normandy in june and july of 1944. half in graves above omaha beach but half here not far a couple miles from where i sit. on the 21st of july, 1944 elizabeth tease went to work at the green's drug store till hope today and went to the western union turned on the teletype machine appear she told me that teletype machine wouldn't stop for at least a couple of hours. and the names

dot com on alex's facebook and on you keep an eye to the politics of protest in morden scotland the last 4 years has seen a growing wave of demonstrations in favor of scottish independence from modest beginnings after the referendum campaign of 2014 these marches have been gaining ground and momentum largely ignored at 1st by the mainstream media and guarded by the some suspicion by at least some in the s.n.p. hierarchy the crashes campaigners have been turning in growing and impressive crowds as they march across the country we asked some of the campaign as the scottish independence whether they are completely peaceful marches and scotland are really making a political definite alex transfers to the organizers of the latest much in aberdeen just last saturday and then to some of the people who were instrumental in organizing early marches and also to the organization hope live streamed every evades forcing their presence onto the political agenda imo joined by from the granite city of beaten by police at dusk to see one of the organizers of the. last week and these marches have been tak

alex forsyth, bbc news, stratford upon avon. laura: in other news from around the world, at least 23 people have died in a bar fire in mexico. police are treating the fire as an attack on the local bar and say they are pursuing the suspects. the state governoruggested the re may have been the result of a dispute between gangs. edsome mexicania reported the gunman fired shots at the bar before setting alight with molotov cocktails. s dia's supreme court reed to hear petitions against the government's decision to end the special status of kashmir. the region has been on lockdown since early august when it was stripped of autonomy. the judge will respond about the challenges to the communia tions and meackout in kashmir. three people are reported to have been killed by flash floods that struck southern japan. heavysl rains hit thed of kyushu, and hundreds of thousands of people were told to leave their homes. more rain is due leader later. the powerful storm dorian is expected to be a hurricane today d to get stronger as it hits th

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alex kershaw, joining us from the d-day memorial, will coming calls and comments. we showed earlier the comments of dwight d eisenhower and his letter to the troops just before the invasion, the photo in your book and phone will of him speaking with the 101st airborne paratroopers looking confident but you right he was quite concerned afterwards and you actually said that afterwards he broke into tears after he left . >> yes, he said his driver 36- year-old anglo irish the hundred first airborne says she has tears in his eyes and said to her that it's hard to look a young american in the eyes and know you're sending that guy to his death >> i love him. i think there's a funny show, the charm, when you look at the original film it's blue eyes, the smile, not a moment of fear for the young americans. this great leader shows great confidence but he wasn't confident at all he had so many orders that he actually had to use the lead pencil he had a constant ringing in his right ear smoking 60 filter list cigarettes a day with little sleep basically a little rack so it's

alex trebek. >> alex was healthy, back at work and even doing pushups. it's been five months since he shocked the world and announced he was battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer. >> when you do chemo you lose your hair. this is not the real me. i was told there were times when the hairpiece looked better than my real hair. we have the summer months off, so hopefully my own hair will grow back. >> "e.t." learned his first day back was july 22nd, his 79th birthday. he's filmed 40 episodes for season 36 so far. >> it's another day at the office for me and an exciting day because so many things have been happening. >> now that his cancer appears to be in remission, now alex is looking to the future with his trademarked sense of humor. >> who would i want to play me? betty white. >> great to see alex looking so strong and back where he belongs. >>> now to a rare matt lauer sighting. he was spot out with his soon to be ex wife an it who finally officially filed for divorce nearly two months ago. smiling and clapping right alongside his beaming ex, which was the

com all right joe gentlemen and lady jump in anytime you want that's the whole point of the program alex let me go to you what i'm going to ask you. be the broadest possible question you can about this whole saga what is this story about and why now alex. i don't think i can answer that question peter because we're still finding out so busy much but i will tell you that this story is about a mysterious man that we really don't know nothing about and that is jeffrey epstein i mean we're just now starting to learn who this guy was and one thing is very clear peter he is not a billionaire hedge fund manager i think that's becoming obvious now what we have and what we know is that we have this guy who was 20212223 years old he was a math and physics teacher at the dalton high school in new york from there not he went to bear stearns and then from bear stearns we have a complete blank we have this guy who was at bear stearns and left under suspicious circumstances and then all of a sudden became this billionaire with this incredible social circle and black book rolodex of the who's who in new

alex. this is so sam but before you jump in there then i will because i want to share this from you to elizabeth saying that this listening and data collecting turns people and their data into the products which feels a bit too 19 eighty-four for me so it's that point that i want to pivot off of because we just got this tweet from courtney who says my privacy concerns are more about 3rd party sharing than what amazon collects i don't care if they record me for product improvement i do care if they sell that data up and i care about my data being stored indefinitely so i think this is a crucial point for a lot of people sam talk to us about who this data gets sold to who wants it who are these 3rd party organizations. you know and that's a that's a great question you know and that's that's the problem itself is we don't know who these 3rd parties are and we don't we the united states at least lacks any federal data privacy law that discloses or requires that transparency and so luckily in th

alex: unfortunately, yes. we know from the recent report of the bipartisan senate intelligence committee that in 2016, russian attackers probed election infrastructure in all 50 states. we have every reason to believe that they are going to be back again in 2020. emily: so, what are states to do? maurice: it starts with basic cybersecurity training for local election officials. convincing state-level legislators to look at longer-term funding solutions, and most importantly, advocating at the federal level for short-term election security dollars to make sure that we can have an impact immediately and help defend 2020. emily: it does not seem like those dollars are coming through. we have had $380 million congress has distributed to states, but mitch mcconnell blocked a bill that would distribute an additional $600 million. states need far more than that, they say. maurice: they do. the report said we need at least $2 billion over the next five years to help secure elections. congress seems to be interested. t

kill them from alex line all the to get by and we will see you. but i'll just shut. themselves up a lot. to get accepted or rejected. so if you want to present. something i want to. watch it right. it's like. a good. idea there's always a lot. cash calendar is darren alfonzo among. those changing paid change dard survey or. his 1st words were at a low a c. or a challenging post you've got 2 years to live. i have no doubt that what happened was criminal. defense concentrate market is a $1000000000.00 industry these companies how does huge financial motivations the saudis problem there are numerous stockings showing that doctors were keen to chest x. ray concentrates for insights of its own that patients won't give them doctors the raunch to play golf or turn to stone why they would give me consecutive doses day after day and people still die i don't always question michel i tried being hard to live where so many have. in this community there are people who believe that it's ok to suffer x. food on my table it's really hard there are no jobs and you see that i've got k

alex marquardt is in for brianna. he starts right now. >> i'm alex marquardt in for brianna kielar. under way right now, dorian heading toward puerto rico. >>> the president under water on the economy. >>> plus, he is reportedly so frantic about building his border wall that president trump is telling his aides he will pardon them if they break the law to get it done. >>> and the president's former defense secretary breaking his silence and issuing a warning about the u.s. being at risk. >>> first, we begin with that breaking news out of puerto rico, islands getting ready to take a direct hit from tropical storm dorian and florida could be next. the storm is forecast to strengthen into a category 3 hurricane in the coming days and could make landfall in florida by this labor day weekend. our meteorologist chad myers is here with the latest. chad, dorian's track has significantly changed shall from what i understand, in a short period of time. what can you tell us about the latest? >> boy, it sure has, alex. this time yesterday, the forecast was just to the west of ponce. now the cen

dot com and alex's facebook and cheap. now to the politics of protest in morden scotland the last 4 years has seen a growing wave of demonstrations in favor of scottish independence from modest beginnings after the referendum campaign of 2014 these marches have been gaining ground and momentum largely ignored at 1st by the mainstream media and guarded by the some suspicion by at least some in the s.n.p. hierarchy the crashes campaigners have been turning in growing and impressive crowds as they march across the country we asked some of the campaign as the coalition independents whether they are completely peaceful marches and scotland are really making a political definite alex transfers to the organizers of the latest much in aberdeen just last saturday and then to some of the people who were instrumental in organizing early marches and also to the organization have live streamed every evades forcing their presence onto the political agenda imo joined by from the granite city of the mumbai police a deficit one of the orga

welcome to "weekends with alex witt." we begin this hour with the very latest on hurricane dorian, expected to remain a powerful category 4 storm through tuesday. right now it is packing winds of up to 150 miles an hour, moving very slowly. the latest forecast suggesting a sharp turn north. dorian may now make landfall in georgia and the carolinas instead of a direct hit. atlanta and tampa may be spared but officials are still bracing for hurricane force winds, heavy rains and high storm surge. >> we've seen so many times, unfortunately, where some of these storms have changed course for the better and for the worse very, very rapidly, so we are still on full alert. we're monitoring the storm very, very closely. >> and at the kennedy space center in cape canavaral, officials said a few hours ago they are taking no chances at all with hurricane force winds. lawn chairs have been moved indoors, the complex will be closed later today and remain closed until after the storm passes. we're following the very latest on hurricane

emily: bloomberg's max chafkin with alex karp. apple is just weeks away from revamping its most popular -- important products. we will bring you details on what to expect next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: more now on our coverage of the u.s.-china trade dispute. wilbur ross will deliver a limited set of exemptions to be granted. ross explained how telecom companies are dependent on huawei so a reprieve seemed appropriate. what this does not address as larger security concerns, and whether u.s. chip companies and other suppliers will be able to sell parts to china. mark: the u.s. is an important market for any technology player that wants to be relevant. you cannot just be situated in one area. apple goes beyond the united states and huawei's ambitions are to go beyond asia. it proves the point of how vital the networking giant business is across the world and for the company and other u.s. companies. this issue like some others is pointing to, there is a point at starts hurting the u.s. emily: it is almost impossible to separate

mahela just following the story and he joins us from toronto good to see alex alex argentina has been suffering some instability busy and shocking surprises both politically and economically for years what is mr fernandez saying that he will do differently to help argentina recover from their current economic crisis. under says if elected in october in the election will be close to the end of october that he promises that there is no chance of a default on debt happening now this is a brother a large promise because much of this is really out of his hands it has to do with the creditors and the i.m.f. the fact of the matter is what he's looking at is now sitting down at the table and renegotiating are going to put it basically new stipulations on the loans that exist as well as moving forward with whatever other plan he has this man believes that he wants a push argentina to a different direction when it comes to economics so a lot of people also are very skeptical about that and that has affected the currency no get to that but look at argentina itself and this is a country a country

alex let's start with today. order of events yes so as we see that he is that still next to the german chancellor angela merkel has been received with full military honors and he will watch that for a few moments and then in around 15 or so minutes the 2 are expected to walk through the chants 3 and make their own statements in front of the media and a few just a very few questions from the press before they have official i lateral discussion over the dinner said that is what we are expecting over the next few hours so clearly a big issue for you carrie big issue in the e.u. not so much here here in germany the challenge for house already outbreeding goes here to this withdrawal agreement the british prime minister insists that the buck stop which is part of it has to go what does if there's any point in the truth about it we are going through all of these motions yet and it's a good point to make i think from the point of angle america she wants to to show that obviously europe the e.u. is doing everything it po

we were thrilled to partner with alex. what we really care about that it is clearly resonating with people and sharing it with their friends and taking away something from off the conversations. >> it gives you an opportunity to go beyond space barr. a lot of people want to talk about your phenomenal time on the field but you are a real estate elsewhere, tell me about what's important to you right now and where you see your career evolving. >> i started my business career out of fear. i felt like the average career was a year, i would have five and a half it would be my answer to not go bankrupt. we have the opportunities we are seeing in health and wellness and it continues to be but when i look at this partnership, it's so much fun because the world is short format but when you have a lot of that, i was mesmerized listening to their stories and with this format, it allows you to connect to the consumer better and i to get inspired and learned a lot. >> a longer conversation is so much better. other traits you picked up f

alex: we have worked with a number of governments. as long as people are working in accordance with law. i think some of these laws should be changed. i grew up in a progressive family and got a phd in german thoughts and living, living my life and the most progressive part of the world. i believe there are checks and balances. our legal system is way too brutal and we have to have a discussion. i don't believe the brutality should be adjudicated in a tiny island on which people live that have different ideas about how the world should work than the majority of our citizens. person who has made a similar critique is peter thiel, palantir, investor. there has been a suggestion that his closeness to the trump administration has somehow benefited palantir. i am curious what you say to that, what is your response. alex: peter and i have had a long and deep friendship. , view him as a close friend and it is true i value his opinion and he plays a role at palantir. it is ludicrous to believe a role between peter and this administration has

but but jane is absolutely right the end issue of power is central to all of this go ahead alex and. absolutely and that's why you know as much as we would like to separate the politics from this story because what has happened is truly disgusting we simply can't because this man jeffrey epstein was connected to a lot of powerful people and he was he was giving these girls to these powerful people i mean we have a witness testimony to that we have documentation from actual victims that say they have been on this island they were on this plane called the lead express and they had sexual relations with powerful people we know this the question peter is that are we going to find out what really happened because when you're talking about powerful people i don't want to see another incident like what happened at the jesse small lead case i don't want to see another incident like the hoax that was kavanagh which was a hoax where is julie sweat nick what is going out what happened with all the kavanaugh witnesses that suddenly disappeared and the russia gate thing which was a hoax you can't

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correspondent alex mcgill of edge thanks for joining us. thank you. and life in college campuses in the united states is about to get much easier for students self driving robots from starship technologies are preparing to deliver pizza sushi products from starbucks and just about anything else a main need with the exception of all kohol but company has formed a partnership with food service companies like sadak so encompass groups that operate on many campuses throughout the nation and new university of pittsburgh and purdue university are joining george mason and northern arizona university and having access to robo deliveries the company hopes to provide delivery services on 100 campuses in the next 2 years students can use the company's out to order goods busy at all hours and can pay with their meal cards the delivery fee will be between $1.00 and $2.00 and delivery times are roughly 30 minutes. that's it for this time you can catch boom bust on direct t.v. channel 321 dish network channel 2 any or streaming 247 on pluto t.v. to free t.v. temp ch

in the shadow of the palace of westminster alex turns to 2 of the u.k.'s most respected political commentators to forecast the moves and came to most of the back to cheers and the remainders as the battle is joined for the final titanic struggle in the blue corner we have peter oborne nobody knows more than this man about the mass of nations of the conservative party we live i don't need to remind you or mr richards in a representative democracy parliamentary democracy mr johnson is currently proposing to abolish that i would also trying to steve richards who estimate the chances of the importance of a hard break that finally mobilizing the parliamentary majority and knocking king boris off his feet on there has been considerable focus over what the various opponents of no deal disagree about and there are many things they disagree about but they agree by definition that they want to stop no deal but 1st year mess just tweets and e-mails in relation to short last week on the politics of protest. so tired last says inhalation to a deficit interview for my

emily: maurice turner, as well as alex haiderman of the university of michigan. thanks so much for covering these issues. ok, amazon is designating products sold by certain companies as "top brands." as test if widely implement it could ease tensions between the online retailer and companies. amazon already labels certain products as best sailors -- sellers or amazon choice. massive losses, potential interest of conflict and financial genetics. an assessment of the wework ipo filing, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: a new owner for the brooklyn nets. alibaba's executive vice chair is paying $3.5 billion to the basketball team and its arena. he previously amassed a 49% stake and had until 2021 to exercise his option to take control of the club. it hurts.nicorn, that is what our bloomberg opinion has to say about wework. the shared office space company is expected to raise $3.5 billion in the upcoming ipo which would make it the year second largest behind uber. it lost $690 million in the first six month of the year and almost $3 billion in the last three years,

alex nowrasteh, an immigration policy analyst. taking your next -- your phone calls for the next 15-20 minutes. doug in florida. caller: good morning, how are you doing? host: good. caller: i had this one question, donald trump's in-laws came from another country and are now citizens. where do they work or do they daughter who lives off her husband who lives of the government, don't they have to go? guest: no. they are american citizens. they were naturalized a few years ago. i may be wrong about that but they do not have to go. i do not think it is right to make them go. i want to apply better roles to everybody. -- rules to everybody. i could not tell you the specific details but i do not think they should go. host: sandy in washington come independent. -- sandy in washington, independent. i wanted to put a little twist here. i am 72. i was born and raised in an agriculture part of the state in idaho. in the 1950's and 1960's when i was in junior high and high school, we had harvest vacations, two weeks every fall, and the kids

welcome to the alex salmond show where we continue our series on the politics of protest and previous programs we've looked at the evolution of protest in the u.k. over the last century from working class glasgow taking to the streets in 1919 to the rock against racism movement to taking to the stage in the 1970 s. to middle class life and defending their green spaces against environmental destruction obit christy and this show we continue our theme against a background of a hot summer of mass demonstrations and one set on the climate some urgency. and must go over the collections in paris for this year the show on i'm not in the way of a protest in hong kong we asked peter tatchell the most famous human rights campaigner in the u.k. of the last generation to deflect on his most effective campaigns i've read the single issue and single minded protest can still move the needle of political debate for me protest is the lifeblood walk receive all the rights and freedom we have all the result of protest that's how it began protest and then eventually parliamentary change we ask medea benj

>> good morning, alex. those people he calls "the squad squasquad ," the four left-leaning members is trying to draw a division between the caucus and the house of representatives, and really the democratic party nationwide to try to gain advantage as we get closer to the 2020 election. so far, at least according to the news today, it's not working. democrats are being unified after israel at the president's urging barred rashida tlaib and ilhan omar to leave, and in tlaib's case, from visiting her 90-year-old grandmother who is obviously elderly and living on the west bank of the jordan river. i am told by a top aide in the no that there are senior members of the democratic caucus who are considering some sort of action against the u.s. ambassador to israel. his name is david freedman, obviously a staunch trump supporter. they are considering their options to determine the role that he played in, quote, unquote, with the eight terms, his fiasco that has unfolded over the last several days. similar action i

alex pettee is here. before we talk to him, eric is going to give us a drill down into the housing etf. eric: it combines two things that are not normally combined. it looks to capture the u.s. residential housing industry. assuming most etf's are tracking homebuilders or reads. this one puts them together. it is a very small 5 million. although very new. kind of a niche play. let's look at the holdings. you will see it has a little of all three of the element. home depot, homebuilders in here as well as some reits. now let's look at it compared to vnq. vnq is the big dog at 34 billion. look at the big difference reits, 35%. that is going to give bnq more yield and more rate risk. it is going to affect the returns. it is going to move a lot more with other sectors. this one is just real estate. they are trying to solve a problem in the market. it will probably depend on performance whether this starts to get some looks. scarlet: as it always does. still with us is alex pettee from joya at does this fit in

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. welcome back to the program restaurants shops and other businesses are closing their doors near the french resort of beer it's ahead of the g. 7 summit more than 13000 police officers have been deployed to the area the organizers say this year's event will be run on a much tighter budget than previously. do you not read the times you know parliament voted for a budget of 36400000 a year for the organization of the g. 7 summit and this figure is much lower than we have seen for previous summits whether in canada or evil and. meanwhile g 7 countries have been blamed for aggravating inequality around the world by oxfam. spoke to john dates he's the head of government relations for the international aid organization but was the oxfam report on the g 7 summits based on. so 7 leaders including my new mccrone who's hosting the summit decided to make inequality a key focus of this year's g 7 and we think this is really important because the

are a lot of people having a hard time demanding go ahead or now let's go ahead alex 30 seconds. we can't look to say someone is accused one time or a 100 times does it mean anything peter was he found guilty no right people can issue the people all people can accuse people all they want all they want if you're a powerful person if you're a billionaire real estate about the liberty bill clinton bill cosby went on trial and the trial played out on it so far today as we sit here in speech all you have is accusations we're going to stick to the we just did stick to the facts stick to the facts last night and we're going to end this program sticking with the facts many things and. yes in chattanooga west palm beach and athens and thanks to our viewers for watching us here are the see you next time and remember. you. can ask our linda is doris alfonzo in mongery. this changing take change dard servo or. his 1st words were at a low a c. or a challenging post you've got 2 years to live. i have no doubt that what happened was criminal. defense concentrate market is a $1000000000.00 indus

emily: bloomberg's max chafkin with alex karp. apple is just weeks away from revamping its most popular products. bring you details on what to expect next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: more now on our coverage of the u.s.-china trade dispute. on monday, wilbur ross announced a limited set of exemption that have protected world networks and other customers from a ban on huawei. it will last for another 90 days. ross explained how telecom companies are dependent on huawei so a reprieve seemed appropriate. what this does not address as -- is the wider national security concerns and the bigger question as to whether u.s. chip companies and other suppliers will be able to sell parts to china. to discuss, we spoke with mark gurman and china digital economy fellow at new america. mark: the u.s. is an important market for any technology player that wants to be relevant. to be relevant, you cannot just be situated in one area. apple goes beyond the united states and huawei's ambitions are to go beyond asia. this is definitely hurtful for

i'm alex marquardt in for ana cabrera. we're beginning today at the g7 summit taking place this year in the south of france where seven of the world's most powerful leaders have been gathering. now it's just past 11:00 p.m. over there. they should be finishing dinner following a full and long day of meetings. and it was earlier during those face-to-face talks that we saw something we don't normally see from president trump. what, at first, seemed like an honest admission of something that he might have gotten wrong. or so we thought. take a look. >> any second thoughts on escalating the trade war with china? >> for sure, yeah, why not. might as well. might as well. >> you have second thoughts about escalating the -- >> i have second thoughts about everything. >> he has second thoughts about everything. and within minutes the white house claimed the president had been misinterpreted. >> the president was asked this a couple of times and he said a couple of times. >> i think we're not cleaning up anything. i want to be clear

are a lot of people having a hard time demanding go ahead or now let's go ahead alex 30 seconds. we can't look to say someone is accused one time or a 100 times does it mean anything peter was he found guilty no right people commission those people all people can accuse people all they want all they want if you're a powerful person if you're a billionaire real estate about the liberty clinton bill cosby went on trial and the trial played out on it so far today as we sit here in speech all you have is accusations we're going to stick to the we just stick to the facts stick to the facts last night and we're going to end this program sticking with the facts maybe think some. it's in chattanooga west palm beach and out and thanks to our viewers for watching us here are to see you next time and remember. going back to medieval days you had the church which is like the monetarist present day 21st century where they would discuss how many angels can dance on the head of a bed they were in power and they enclosed this little model and now we've got neo feudalism or you guys central banke

>> alex perez tonight. alex, thank you. >>> we are also following another major headline developing tonight, this one is from north korea. yet another provocation. reports of two missiles fired. and abc's james longman from london with late reporting tonight. >> reporter: tonight, as nuclear negotiations with the u.s. appear at a standstill, north korea once again firing off projectiles for the third time in just two weeks. south korea's joint chief saying at least two missiles were fired. u.s. officials confirming at least one and that they appear similar to the short-range ballistic missiles launched earlier this week. kim jong-un watching those tests closely, about a month after he met with president trump at the demilitarized zone. >> would you like me to step across? >> reporter: today, president trump downplaying these new tests, saying they don't stop his ability to negotiate with kim. >> short-range missiles, we never made an agreement on that. i have no problem. we'll see what happens. but these ar

alex mar alex marquardt is with me. why did he withdraw his name? >> his name came to surface last sunday when president trump said he would be nominating the three-term texas congressman to the post of director of national intelligence. at the time a lot of people say who? the men who have held this role since 9/11 when the position was created are people who have had deep foreign policy and intelligence experience. so criticism over his lack of experience grew. he had been a u.s. attorney in eastern texas and as we started digging into his time as u.s. attorney before he was a congressman, he stated clearly that he had put terrorists in prison.