he told people he told his colleagues in the cia i want to quit, i'm going to quit the cia. we found out he asked one of his friends if he knew a journalist so not so long after coming back from his trip to europe in 1953, frank olson went out the window over 13 for hotel room in new york city and plunged to his death and that was described as a suicide of an army sidekicks. he was not an army scientist he was a cia scientist and suicide from the perspective we have today. >> doesn't have meaning? >> the mind control project had three names, it started out being called bloomberg, because the truth being one of the first goals, the idea we were going to try to find a potion or pill that would make a prisoner seemed like a bird and later on they named the project artichoke so supposedly allen's favorite vegetable, not able to verify that. and then it became mk ultra, i think alan chose that name because it meant the ultra project. this is the most important project that we have and i think he was right, it is a fantasy but if that were true then it would be the ultra discovery

joining the cia in 1985 as a special agent after september 11 he was a cia member of a small diplomatic11 team for afghanistan then he became deputy director for orterrace center and stayed there through 2005 the first deputy director of the fbi national security branch that later became the senior orintelligence advisor receiving numerous awards for his comments about terrorism have been featured in broadcast andnd print news now he's in a company specializing in consultancy public speaking about security issues. a senior fellow at the new america foundation and the george washington university homeland security policy to serve as senior global advisor to a british based firm and sits on the advisory board for the national counterterrorism center for the director of national intelligence it with a homeland security group please welcome philip mudd to the national archives. [applause] >> you missed the most important part of that i live in tennessee part-time. [laughter] >> i was running in midtown memphis which is a historic part wondering if i should write another book and reflectingef

the cia may show it in their theaters. job isy always said the about the cia,th to amend history -- tony: to amend history, but not necessarily all the true. it has to be true, but it doesn't have to be all of it. that's exactly right. you have to know in this story there are still gaps of things that can be said. "ut in this book, "argo, everything is true. we cannot wait for our cia us.eagues to read it, call i think that means -- are you going to tell them? no. what else? tony: i think we are out of time. jonna: he thinks were out of time. jonna,ony mendez and thank you. thank you for your service and for your actions depicted in this movie. we are all very grateful. [applause] bookshelf features the best history writers talking about their books. you can watch every weekend here in

was an agent of the cia. right? because that's a lie that anyone in south america would believe, right, either on the left or on the right. they will believe that the cia is able to do these sorts of thing. of course it is able to do it. and townley is an american, and so it seems to make sense. right? but it doesn't make sense. it's not true. >> thank you. >> i have one last question. does anyone else have another question? i have one last one. i just wanted to know what your personal connection to the story is what drew you to want be to explain more from 1995 to last year. >> i have no deep personal connection to the story although chill is he one of the first countries that i travelled to when i was sort of exploring in my early 20s. so i spent a few months in that country, traveled from north to south and loved it. in fact, it was during the first years of -- when chilean democracy came back. pin shay was gone but i remember hearing about the colony of dignity which was this sort of concentration camp in

he said the cia did it and he was an agent of the cia. that is a lie that anyone in south america would believe. either on the left or the right. and of course he is able to do it. it seems to make sense. but it doesn't make sense. >> i have one question. i just wanted to know what you are personal connection to the story is and wanting to explain more from 1985 to the last year. >> i have no personal connection to the story although chilly as one of the first countries that i was exploring. so i spent a few months in that country travel to the north and south and loved it. so the first years of the chilean democracy came back. so pinochet was gone but i remember hearing about the call to dignity which is this call a concentration camp in the south of chile. there is a movie about this the came out a few years ago. in fact, several movies that come out about this. so i have this connected generally speaking to chile. i've had friends come from there and when i started research on the next project about five years ago i was looking at the

army had invaded afghanistan supported by the cia. there was a network i didn't think we were in front o of her years in a volume of threats and attacks we could not contain. nonetheless, the people i spoke with uniformly said business was good. the architect of 9/11, the highest and prison are they ever held captured in 2003. architect of the bombing against the u.s.s. cole. time and time again they have been faster and faster as the intelligence picture clarified and not only did they matured at the sites matured, the cia needed more sites and they started developing their own custom-built sites. the expertise and training people to talk to prisoners and determine what techniques were most effective in determining how to build the psychological package around each individual so that you could go in and maximize the prospect so they would say they know more than i ever expected. i better speak. better and better. but there was a flipside and that was the iraq war, the declining unity after the remarkable unity of 9/11 leading up to t

until he died, he said the cia did it, and michael townley was an agent of the cia, right? because that is a lie that anyone in south america would believe, either on the left or on the right. they would believe the cia is able to do these sorts of things, and of course, it is able to do it, and townley is an american, so it seems to make sense. but it does not make sense. it is not true. >> i have one last question. i just wanted to know what your personal connection to the story is and what drew you wanting to explain more from 1995 to last year. dr. mcpherson: i have no deep personal connection to the story, although chile is one of the first countries that i traveled to when i was sort of exploring in my early 20's, soy i spent a few months in the country, traveled to the north and south and loved it. it was during the first years when chilean democracy came back -- pinochet was gone, but i remember hearing about the colony of dignity, which was this concentration camp in the south of chile that was completely private, but now we know that contreras would send prisoners

. >> next, former cia director john brennan, former acting cia director michael morell and former acting fbi director andrew mccabe discuss us intelligence and election security from the national press club. >> thank you very much. this is a great turnout. i am really flattered. if there's something else important to washington dc going on tonight i think you know what i am talking about. thank you for coming. i'm with the center for policy and government at george mason university and we sponsor the michael hayden center for intelligence policy and international security that put on a number of wonderful programs over the past few years and we will continue to do so. very flattered by this turn out. i look forward to this special event. for those of you who don't know george mason university has policy and government that provides academic programs in fairfax and arlington, virginia and we have a number of professional degree programs primarily in arlington and public policy and public administration, international security studies which has been ranked number 2 by u.s. news & world rep

word in syria the cia and the u.s. military were engaged in covert actions really throughout the world the cia and the u.s. military were engaged in covert actions really throughout the world. where they were assassinating populist leaders they were backing up. where they were assassinating populist leaders they were backing up the right way military funding an army of death squads there's no right way military windows funding an army death squads there's no anymore because there's always a small. one really anymore because there's always a small. one really could this. profit. could this. profit. readings out when you take. readings out when you take those from j.f.k. marilyn monroe to some of the dairy arts monkey business both. from j.f.k. and marilyn monroe to senator gary hart monkey business boat ride the supreme court justice clarence thomas' supreme sexual harassment nothing it's a wash ride the supreme court justice clarence thomas' supreme sexual harassment nothing gets the washington press corps more jazzed

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[laughter] >> cia officers are sworn to tell the truth. question on the word disinformation and the cia context. inpursuing his role investigating a possible trauma-russia connection, he was following the orders of his commander-in-chief. suggesting if he is indicted he will invoke the number defense of just following orders. do you consider that a valid defense? >> i am referring to an ethic among analysts to tell the truth. this information is a misunderstood concept. exists, itnt it exists in the realm of covert action. aen there, when the cia uses term like propaganda, it has learned that the best propaganda is the truth. cia is the organization that created radio free europe. it is the organization that managed to get a lot of western literature behind the iron curtain during the cold war. disinformation in the classic sense that we see the soviets deploying it years ago and the russians more recently is not something the cia does as a matter of practice and routine. it was the white house, president obama that asked the intelligence

government activity. >> into someone i worked at thet the cia himself. >> essentially the cia -- i was unfair but i know what they were doing, they were carrying out a counterintelligence mission which they are legally and morally empowered to do. that isn't spying as we typically talk about spying. and plus, when you look at how he handled the euler report, this and they declare presenting it before we ever have the chance to see it it showed no collusion and completely exonerated the president doesn't fill you with confidence about the objectivity of the justice department going forward. >> he questioned the predication of the investigation. all they have to do is look at the file in th and the fbi to st had transpired before the decision in late july of 2016. >> it would have been absolutely derelict for the law enforcement community to not pursue this in a matter that was consistent with their authorities and responsibilities and obligations. it's quite interesting to see we are hid from the one side saying they didn't do anything at all. the other side is look at what they were do

cia is the organization that created radio free europe. and it is the organization that managed to get a lot of western literature behind the iron curtain during the cold war. so frankly, disinformation in the classic sense that we see the soviets deploying it years ago, and the russians more recently is not something the , cia does as a matter of practice and routine. what jim klapper was referring to was that it was the white house, president obama that asked the intelligence , community in early december to put together an assessment about what the russians were doing so that the next administration would have the benefits of the insights and knowledge and expertise that was evident in the time of the election period. and so that resulted in the intelligence community assessment that was done in early january that was given to president obama and president-elect trump at that time. that is what jim klapper was referring to. so that does not bring in the nuremburg defense or whatever else. he was not telling us to spy on the trump campai

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looks to exit afghanistan human rights watch says cia backed afghan soldiers are killing civilians as part of their fight against the taleban. cluster smaug suffocates delhi and for its fish ills extreme circumstances demand extreme measures we'll tell you what they're trying out. i'm melissa chan you're watching t.w. news asia thank you for joining us cia backed afghan paramilitary forces have killed civilians and night raids kidnapped people and bombed villages that's according to the latest human rights watch report these documented incidents took place in mostly taliban controlled areas of afghanistan and have increased significantly over the past 2 years in parallel with u.s. efforts to exit its 19 year war there human rights watch says what is happening are war crimes the cia has responded and says its operations are done quote in accordance with law and under a robust system of oversight but for afghan civilians this rationale offers little in the way of justice for their loved ones killed as collateral damage. on afghan villagers burying their dead farm work. harvesting pine n

this is backed by the cia in afghanistan have committed atrocities including some this is backed by the cia in afghanistan have committed atrocities including summary executions according to a damning report by human rights watch. there's many executions according to a damning report by human rights watch. there's really no question that conduct like this violates the law has been no accountability for this type of crimes really no question that conduct like this violates the law has been no accountability for this type of crime not and certainly not for the actual cases we documented in this new report. when you read and certainly not for the actual cases we documented in this new report that's coming in the residence of from raging wildfires it's alleged that a malfunction of the local power company didn't suffer from raging wildfires it's alleged that a malfunction of the local power company could have started the universe. could have started the universe. so an israeli soldier disobeyed orders and fatally shot a palestinian teenager who sentenced an israeli soldier he disobeyed orde

human rights watch says the both the cia who want to resist human rights watch says the both the cia and the afghan government should consider the consequences of the actions in the region and the afghan government should consider the consequences of the actions in the region. the primary things we'd like to see are increased transparency and along with back greater accountability the primary things we'd like to see are increased transparency and along with back greater accountability and i say greater we're starting to basically 0 there's been no accountability for this type of con not i say greater we're starting at basically 0 there's been no accountability for this type of conduct and certainly not for the actual cases we documented in this new report so that's a start but we do have some and certainly not for the actual cases we've documented in this new report so that's a start but we do have some specific recommendations about ways that the u.s. in particular and the cia can some specific recommendations about ways that the u.s. in particular and the cia can use their leverage

as is the freaking cia. there are good cia agents. hersh found military officers and people in the intelligence community who believe they had taken an oath to the constitution rather than to their bosses. their immediate superiors. they became the whistleblowers of their day who supplied him with the material he used to uncover misdeeds by government. mediaoughly agree that are plural and are plural possibilities within each media institution. the drift of things at this particular moment is discouraging to me. to do awayly willing with the electoral college. i agree that would be a good thing. to toss theling baby of the constitution not with the bathwater of the electoral college. i'm more devoted to the bill of rights than i am to the constitution. the constitution is full of a lot of ingenious 18th-century mechanisms for balancing and reducing the concentration of power, which more or less worked for a long time. i'm not sure we want to dismantle those mechanisms. i do think that what is precious to me in the constitution is the

the cia detention centers that were used to interrogate suspected terrorists following 9/11. after that, stephen kinzer explores the work of sidney gottlieb the head of the cia mk ultra mind control program that was dissolved in the mid-70s. [inaudible background conversations] ..... >> i will give a quex introduction then ask a few questions and use the last ten or 15 minutes for audience questions we will have a microphone set up here in the back.and another in the please silence your cell phones for echo even before she finished studying at oxford before 9/11 before her writing mentor daniel pearl was already invested in international affairs taking a great risk out of burma when just one year out of high school she got a masters in terrorism where she developed an algorithm that could predict terrorist attacks based on 200 years of data at 21 she was recruited to the cia to analyze classified cables from foreign governments and was selected for advanced operation training to infiltrate terrorist networks working undercover as an art dealer. it's not a huge surprise to hea

it was the army general in bolivia the cia was directing it it was the believe in. lights because what was being said at the time was that he died in combat. today che guevara. as image flies on a 1000 flags and banners from those of the gilles a show on protesting president micro in front of those fighting climate change in britain and then in marino in ecuador uniting them all is opposition to washington imperialism and now that imperialism takes center stage here in britain because of a killing near us massive alien space 70 miles from london we're going to begin with a deadly car crash in england that has led to a diplomatic standoff with the u.s. every dawn was struck and killed in august and police say they were about to arrest a u.s. diplomats wife in the case but that american was allowed to leave britain under diplomatic immunity so what goes on at the pentagon controlled area base near where the former u.s. state department sansa coolest married to a washington spy and then the killed british teenager harry done live with snowden documents suggest the dron

understood these forces were likely backed by the cia and in d.c. . understood these forces were likely backed by the cia so we began investigating both in terms of the structure of these forces investing so we began investigating both in terms of the structure of these forces investigating how they were funded and supported and also taking numerous eyewitness account in how they were funded and supported and also taking numerous eyewitness accounts of what happened when these forces conducted night raids or other operations and we took a little what happened when these forces conducted night raids or other operations and when we took a look at what had been reported we saw clearly clearly that we we had suspected violations look at what had been reported we saw clearly clearly that we we had suspected violations of the laws of war international humanitarian law is clear this sort of conduct the laws of war international humanitarian law is clear. of conduct to prisoners being executed people killed with their hands tied behind their backs and childre

so what we're now having is people who have held the highest office in the united states you've had cia director john brennan you have 4 star general barry mccaffrey they openly express their design for the president and they openly advocate. the bly. ignoring of the president's wishes by a permanent bureaucracy and this is indeed quite frightening because you know the only people who are accountable ultimately in a democracy are elected leaders and the national security up i wrote exactly ben let me go to you in the beautiful city of atlanta watching how the mainstream media and you know who i'm talking about covering all of this here they're legitimizing this they're legitimizing unelected officials determining policy. policy directions and policy outcomes so i have a simple question for you ben then why do we need a president and why do we need elected officials i mean the media carries water for these people and they're going to get their way no matter what so what's the point of having democracy then go had been though i think that's a great point look the bottom line is that exact

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we had that he had had the head of the cia bill casey almost 40 years ago saying quote the cia bill casey almost 40 years ago saying quote. we know when our dissent from a sion campaign we know when our dissent from ation campaign is complete click. when you haven't read have to bring into anything america ever to marry in particular and people bull will be able to leave for this whole false false false period and quote how i hear it or know that and corp are broke how ironic i know that a friend of my bar would rather stare hunnicutt when he said federer in them i was there when he said it he immediately reported to the press so if you want the american people he immediately reported to the press so if you want the american people to be obedient and nobody only but the old man been cheated remediating and know only what the mainstream media wants you to hear within max blumenthal and arran matej and a lot of these you want you to hear within max blumenthal and arran matej and a lot of these young get invited into nobel martin norton who are forced yet more than standing up for their the

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efforts to exit from that 18 year long war human rights watch says what is happening a war crimes the cia has responded and says that its operations are done quote in accordance with the wall and under a robust system of oversight but for afghan civilians this rationale offers a little in the way of justice for their loved ones the people who have been killed as collateral damage. on afghan villagers burying their dead farm workers harvesting pine nuts were among the victims caught up in a u.s. drone strike in september targeting so-called islamic state militants in the east of the country. rights monitors deplored the mounting civilian casualties even as the warring parties step up efforts to reach a peace deal there seems to be movement toward some kind of a settlement and a possible u.s. troop withdrawal so both sides are ramping up their military activities trying to cause as many casualties as close as much damage to the other side as possible but the problem is that civilians are really the ones most affected human rights watch says it noticed a disturbing trend after talking to loc

we had the head of the cia bill casey. we had the head of the cia bill casey almost 40 years ago saying quote we know when i almost 40 years ago saying quote. we know when our dissent from a sion campaign is complete whenever our dissent from a sion campaign is complete when everything in the american people believe is false period and quote how i know everything in the american people believe is false period and quote how i know that barbara hanukah a friend of my was there when he said it she immediately read that barbara hanukah a friend of my was there when he said it she immediately reported to the press so if you want the american people to be obedient report it to the press so if you want the american people to be obedient and know only what the mainstream media wants you to hear within max bush and know only what the mainstream media want you to hear within max blumenthal and arran matej and a lot of these young guys and ben norton who are worst moment all and arran matej and a lot of these young guys and ben norto

cia suspicious of the f.b.i. suspicious of law enforcement in general now they're all in bed the f.b.i. suspicious of law enforcement in general now they're all in bed with each other you know you see this clapper and brandon on t.v. all the ted with each other you know you see this clapper and brandon on t.v. all the time make a but i mean you know this is this is such a sick marriage and hell they make a but i mean you know this is this is such a sick marriage in the hell that they're just one now that one is an extension of the other now and that is why i mean they're just one now that one is an extension of the other now and that is why i mean i'm a conservative ok and matt's blumenthal and his guy is sort of their progress i'm a conservative ok and matt's blumenthal and his guy is sort of their progressive to the left ok but they get this one right they get this right and that of the left ok but they get this one right they get this right and that's what make it angers the condominium of the media and the in

after that, former cia director john brennan, former acting cia director michael morel, a former acting fbi director in duplicate, share their thoughts on u.s. intelligence and election security. >> was 40 years ago this week the 15th two americans were taking hostage in the u.s. embassy marking the final year of the carter presidency and issued consume president carter recapped american foreign policy for the next hour and half on c-span his washington journal, those of you watching on c-span american history tv, we look back at the vets as they enfolded on november 4th, 1979, and from a canadian documentary, just look at how it all happened 40 years ago. soon it just before 11 the attack began. they were over the balls, change the main gate was cut. this was filmed by a student. being overrun. motor group was behind the main gates. to the right was the chancellor, the operational hub leaves in house the sensitive mecommunication system. every front doors had been bolted shut. inside were 45 americans in runyon staff. the marine guards inside had teargas divide time. what is realized h

headlines in our say forces backed by the cia in afghanistan have committed to truck headlines in our say forces backed by the cia in afghanistan have committed atrocities including summary executions mass according to a damning report says things including summary executions last according to a damning report on human rights. unfortunately as much as this isn't important for human rights. unfortunately as much as this is an important report this is not breaking news these crimes these sorts of crimes have been documented extensively before but this is not breaking news these crimes these sorts of crimes have been documented extensively before there's been no accountability for this type of conduct and certainly not for the actual cases we've documented that there's been no accountability for this type of conduct and certainly not for the actual cases we've documented in this new report as california residents suffer from wildfires and of course black in this new report as california residents suffer from wildfires and of course blackouts it's alleged the state's main any change in my

so these cia was hobbled. it's totally fanciful that the cia was using u.s. government money to pay off those who were the opposition. in december of 1979, jimmy nationald not like the christmas tree as a symbol of unity for those held hostage. did that become another matter metaphor? guest: it was. him, during the book, to a number of your colleagues, people who were reporters at the time and they -- said that carter called and he admitted it to me in an interview for the book, that he gave too much attention to it. he could have said, we made an offer to the iranians about negotiating this. they are responsible for the histy of john and colleagues. if they violated, we will go about it militarily. ribbonsyou had yellow all over, not lighting the christmas tree. he caused more attention for this crisis. you could not have avoided it, obviously, but he made it the centerpiece. he said publicly, every morning when i get up, the first thing i think about is the hostages. and every night when i go to think the first thing i about is the hostages. he put the spot

so these cia was hobbled. it's totally fanciful that the cia was using u.s. government money to pay off those who were the opposition. in december of 1979, jimmy nationald not like the christmas tree as a symbol of unity for those held hostage. did that become another matter metaphor? guest: it was. him, during the book, to a number of your colleagues, people who were reporters at the time and they -- said that carter called and he admitted it to me in an interview for the book, that he gave too much attention to it. he could have said, we made an offer to the iranians about negotiating this. they are responsible for the histy of john and colleagues. if they violated, we will go about it militarily. ribbonsyou had yellow all over, not lighting the christmas tree. he caused more attention for this crisis. you could not have avoided it, obviously, but he made it the centerpiece. he said publicly, every morning when i get up, the first thing i think about is the hostages. and every night when i go to think the first thing i about is the hostages. he put the spot