Return to the Reich
Eric Lichtblau recounted the life of Freddy Mayer, a Jewish German emigre to the U.S. in 1938, who was enlisted by the OSS, to return to Germany, where he impersonated a Nazi officer and Fre…
874 viewsEric Lichtblau recounted the life of Freddy Mayer, a Jewish German emigre to the U.S. in 1938, who was enlisted by the OSS, to return to Germany, where he impersonated a Nazi officer and Fre…
874 viewsEric Lichtblau talked about his book, The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler’s Men, about the influx of Nazis who entered the United States following World War II. I…
1,680 viewsMartin Goldsmith, author of Alex’s Wake: The Tragic Voyage of the St. Louis to Flee Nazi Germany, and a Grandson’s Journey of Love and Remembrance, Glenn Kurtz, author of Three Minutes in Po…
1,055 viewsJohn Yoo, former deputy assistant attorney general in the George W. Bush administration, talked about the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) …
2,011 viewsEric Lichtblau talked about his book The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler’s Men. Until recently, historians believed the U.S. gave asylum only to key Nazi scientis…
623 viewsEric Lichtblau talked about lobbying by former members of Congress, diplomats, congressional staffers, and public officials for Middle Eastern and other nations on issues such as diplomacy,…
244 viewsPanel one of the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference addressed the history, current status, and future prospects for the Obama Administration policies in areas involving technology an…
225 viewsMr. Lichtblau talked about an atitcle in which he reports that the “National Security Agency intercepted private e-mail messages and phone calls of Americans in recent months that went beyon…
89 viewsEric Lichtblau talked about the Department of Justice. President-Elect Obama has named Eric Holder as his nominee to be Attorney General. Mr. Lichtblau responded to telephone calls and elect…
81 viewsEric Lichtblau spoke about Attorney General Mukasey’s remarks to the American Bar Association in which he said that Justice Department officials would not be prosecuted for making hiring and…
44 viewsEric Lichtblau talked about the release of the inspector general’s report looking at hiring practices for selected positions at Department of Justice. A video clip was shown of Monica Goodli…
48 viewsMike German moderated a panel on electronic surveillance and privacy rights. Among the issues addressed were increased surveillance of private citizens by the government as part of counterte…
688 viewsAssistant Attorney General for National Security Kenneth Wainstein talked about the modernization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). He talked about the Bush administration…
194 viewsEric Lichtblau talked about the congressional debate on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act legislation. The Protect America Act expired at midnight Friday reverting FISA to its pre-Au…
80 viewsIncoming Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Senator Leahy was interviewed about the 110th Congress, the Senate Judiciary Committee, oversight and agenda for the committee, and national secu…
174 viewsEric Lichtblau talked about the federal government’s acquisition of bank and financial records in order to track terrorists. It was recently revealed to the public that the Treasury Departme…
54 viewsRepresentative James Sensenbrenner was interviewed about the debate over the reauthorization of the Patriot Act, which will expire on February 3, 2006. Rep. Sensenbrenner is the chairman of …
123 viewsMr. Lichtblau talked about the National Security Agency (NSA) and domestic surveillance, as well as the New York Times’s role in breaking the story. The guest responded to telephone calls an…
110 viewsMr. Lichtblau talked about the Patriot Act, efforts to extend provisions in the law, enforcement of the law and public concerns over congressional actions. He responded to audience telephone…
98 viewsEric Lichtblau, New York Times reporter, talked about Judge Michael Chertoff, President Bush’s nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security. Mr. Lichtblau described the nominee as a safe pic…
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