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Unidentified Speaker, -
KALILIA. THE ASTONISHING DOUBLE LIFE OF A CIA AGENT INSIDE THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS OF IRAN. THE AUTHOR OF THE ACCOMPLICE TO EVIL THE IRAN AND THE WAR...
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Earnest, Peter - Executive Director
AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WHICH IS COVERING SOME OF THE CONTEMPORARY TOPICS, THE HOT TOPICS OF THE DAY. AND THERE'S PROBABLY NO TOPIC IS OF GREAT CONCERN...
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Earnest, Peter - Executive Director
OKAY. LET ME ASK YOUR INDULGENCE HERE AT THE TOP OF THE PROGRAM FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY OUR INTEREST IN WHATEVER YOU'RE...
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| 00:04:50 |
Kahlili, Reza - Author
GRACIOUS HOSPITALITY. I'M HONORED TO BE HERE ALONGSIDE THE DOCTOR AND OTHERS. MY NAME IS REZA KAHLILI. OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT MY REAL NAME. AND I HOPE...
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| 00:12:56 |
Zand-Bonazzi, Banafsheh - Founder and Editor
GIVING YOU A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF HOW THE IRANIAN FOR THE BETTER -- FOR THE LACK OF A BETTER WORD I SHOULD SAY LOBBY RING WORKS AND THE UNITED STATES....
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| 00:21:08 |
Earnest, Peter - Executive Director
EDITOR FOR THE NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE. HE HAS SERVED AS A CONSULTANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL, THE DEPARTMENT AND THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT AND...
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| 00:22:00 |
Ledeen, Michael A. - Scholar
TREAT. TO BE HERE WITH REZA AND MELISSA AND BANAFSHEH. I SEE HER ALL THE TIME BUT MELISSA AND REZA IS ENTIRELY TWO NEW. TWO PEOPLE I ADMIRE AND WHOSE...
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| 00:24:32 |
Ledeen, Michael A. - Scholar
ABOUT IT. THE GREAT OPINION SHAPERS IN OUR COUNTRY DON'T TALK ABOUT IT. WE ONLY TALK ABOUT NUKES. SO IT SEEMS TO ME THE IRANIANS ARE FACING VERY ANNOYING...
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| 00:31:40 |
Earnest, Peter - Executive Director
SPEAKER IS MELISSA. SHE WAS A COLLEAGUE OF MINE AT CIA, I'M PROUD TO SAY. AND AN EXPERT ON THE MIDDLE EAST AND PARTICULARLY COUNTERTERRORISM. SHE...
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| 00:32:56 |
Mahle, Melissa Boyle - Author
REALLY AN HONOR TO BE ON THIS PANEL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS A FORMER CIA OFFICER, AS A PERSON WHO GOES OUT AND WORKS THE STREETS AND RECRUITS AGENTS,...
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| 00:33:41 |
Mahle, Melissa Boyle - Author
FIGHT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LIVE IN A STATE THAT'S FUNCTIONALLY A TOTALITARIAN STATE. THAT DOESN'T TAKE ANY HOSTAGES AND YOU NEED TO BE COMMENDED AS...
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| 00:42:27 |
Mahle, Melissa Boyle - Author
WILL THAT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? WE AS THE INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY, WILL WE BE ABLE TO PICK UP ON THE SMALL TRIMMERS AND BE ABLE TO INFORM THE POLICY MAKER...
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| 00:48:58 |
Earnest, Peter - Executive Director
FACT THAT TEHRAN TODAY WAS ANNOUNCED TO BE DETERMINED WHAT THE HECK THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. I THOUGHT THAT WAS AT LEAST ONE INDICATOR THE NATURE OF THIS...
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| 00:50:09 |
Mahle, Melissa Boyle - Author
OR NOT. BUT THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD, FIRST OF ALL, THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD WAS NOT CREATED OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH. THERE'S BEEN A VERY STRONG INTERNAL SECURITY...
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| 00:51:15 |
Earnest, Peter - Executive Director
AGAIN. YOU DIDN'T MENTION THE GREEN MOVEMENT AS AN ALTERNATIVE. YOU MENTIONED WERE CONTAINMENT. COULD
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| 00:51:21 |
Mahle, Melissa Boyle - Author
YOU ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF REGIME CHANGE? YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS OF OVERTHROWING SMALL AND LARGE GOVERNMENTS IS TOUGH. AND I WOULD ARGUE SOMETHING THAT...
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| 00:53:05 |
Ledeen, Michael A. - Scholar
THE IRANIAN OPPOSITION. SO FAR AS I KNOW IN THE WHOLE WESTERN WORLD THE ONLY NATIONAL LEADER WHO HAS SAID THOSE WORDS, WE MUST SUPPORT THE IRANIAN OPPOSITION,...
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| 00:55:27 |
Earnest, Peter - Executive Director
HIM. OBVIOUS AT GOVERNMENT DIRECTION. AND I WAS VERY CONCRETE SUPPORT, TO PEOPLE TRYING TO RESIST THEIR OWN REGIME. YOU HAVE A COMMON? >> ONE THING...
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Zand-Bonazzi, Banafsheh - Founder and Editor
AND ANALYSTS AMONG US WHO SPEND THEIR DAYS DOING WHAT WE DO, MENTIONED THOSE TWO WORDS REGIME CHANGE, I SEE PEOPLE TURN INTO GHOSTS IN WASHINGTON....
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| 00:56:23 |
Earnest, Peter - Executive Director
A WHILE AND WILL COME OVER HERE TO THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM. >> I AM FROM "NEWSNIGHT." I WOULD LIKE TO ASK REZA IF YOU WOULD COMMENT ON
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| 00:56:32 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THAT NOTION OF BE TRIVIALLY. IS THE IRANIAN REGIME DETERRABLE BY THE UNITED STATES, AND ALSO IF YOU WOULD WEIGH ON THIS WHOLE QUESTION OF REGIME CHANGE,...
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| 00:57:04 |
Kahlili, Reza - Author
I THINK THREE DECADES OF GETTING SOMETHING WRONG, IT'S ENOUGH TO REALIZE THAT THE CHANGE OF BEHAVIOR IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. THAT FAILURE HAS BEEN THE...
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| 00:59:51 |
Earnest, Peter - Executive Director
TO INTERVIEW REZA KAHLILI AND THAT PODCAST SHOULD BE ON THE AIR, ON THE INTERNET BY THURSDAY, FRIDAY AT THE LIVES. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED YOU CAN HEAR...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
DETER IRANIANS FROM OBTAINING NUCLEAR WEAPONS BY SANCTIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS, OR IS IT THE REAL ANSWER THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE? >> ANYBODY WANT TO...
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| 01:00:35 |
Earnest, Peter - Executive Director
SAY IS THAT THERE IS, THERE IS, THAT
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| 01:00:39 |
Ledeen, Michael A. - Scholar
SUBVERSION CAN WORK AS WELL. AND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN APPEASEMENT AND WAR, OPEN MILITARY WAR. JUST ONE QUICK FOOTNOTE ON THE WAR QUESTION....
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Mahle, Melissa Boyle - Author
I DON'T CLAIM TO BE ABLE TO READ THE FUTURE. WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT A LOOK AT THE IRANIAN BEHAVIOR, THEY HAVE SHOWN FOR A TACTICAL FALLBACK, THAT I...
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Zand-Bonazzi, Banafsheh - Founder and Editor
BOMBERS THAT ARE VERY REAL THAT ARE OUT THERE AND THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE FOR THAT IS GOING TO BE UNSPEAKABLE. THE THING IS, IS THAT BASED ON THAT, THE...
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| 01:07:36 |
Earnest, Peter - Executive Director
HIGH. I AM FROM THE SCRIPPS HOWARD WIRE. MY QUESTION IS HOW WE LIVE
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| 01:07:42 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IS THE U.S. ON ISRAEL THE INTELLIGENCE? AND HOW RELIABLE IS THAT INTELLIGENCE? INSIDE OR OUT. >> WELL, AGAIN, LET ME SAY THAT I AM NOT IN THE INTELLIGENCE
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| 01:08:03 |
Mahle, Melissa Boyle - Author
COMMUNITY ANYMORE. I HAVE BEEN UP SINCE 2003 ACTUALLY, SO I REALLY CAN'T SPEAK TO HOW MUCH ONE COUNTRY PROVIDES THE QUALITY OF THAT INTELLIGENCE AND...
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| 01:09:30 |
Earnest, Peter - Executive Director
RIGHT BACK HERE. RIGHT OVER HERE, AMANDA. >> MY QUESTION IS WHAT REZA. I WOULD LIKE TO START BY SAYING I REGGIE BUSH AND I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH. IT...
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| 01:09:41 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOUR INSIDE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MINDSET OF THE IRAN PEOPLE IN THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE THE NUCLEAR ISSUE HAS BECOME A MAJOR ISSUE,...
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| 01:10:15 |
Kahlili, Reza - Author
FEEDBACK. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, AGAIN,
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| 01:10:21 |
Kahlili, Reza - Author
I HAVE TO READ RIGHT HERE -- I HAVE TO REITERATE HERE, THE FINANCE. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEM BECOMING NUCLEAR ARMED, IT'S GOING TO BE DISASTROUS. AND...
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| 01:14:58 |
Earnest, Peter - Executive Director
STEVEN. MY QUESTION IS, SUPPOSE THE EFFORTS OF DESTABILIZING THE GOVERNMENT SUCCEEDS AND
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| 01:15:04 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE GOVERNMENT IS REPLACED BY A DEMOCRATIC IDEA LEAVE PRO-AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, AND GUARDS COLLAPSE. ANY SPECULATION OF WHAT WOULD, HOW THE GOVERNMENT...
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| 01:15:44 |
Ledeen, Michael A. - Scholar
FOR A WHILE THAT NORTH KOREA TESTED IRANIAN NUCLEAR PRODUCTS. SO THAT WOULD GO. AND IRAN HAS BEEN A PLACE FOR LOTS OF NORTH KOREANS WHO HAVE GONE...
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| 01:16:14 |
Earnest, Peter - Executive Director
THANK YOU. >> QUESTION, LAST WEEK I WAS READING A BOOK WHICH HAD BEEN REVIEWED ON TRAVELERS IN NAZI GERMANY, AND
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| 01:16:27 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IN THAT, IT WAS A MARVELOUS QUOTATION WHERE SHE SAID THE ONLY THING THAT NAZI GERMAN REMINDED HER OF WAS ISLAM. AND THE IDEA OF SUBMISSION AND EVERYTHING...
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| 01:17:31 |
Zand-Bonazzi, Banafsheh - Founder and Editor
SPARK, OF ISLAM GOING WHOLE HOG INTO THIS KIND OF A MOVEMENT. I MEAN, LOOK AT THE PALESTINIAN SITUATION BEFORE HOW MANY. WAS IT REALLY AND ISLAMIC ISSUE?...
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| 01:19:12 |
Earnest, Peter - Executive Director
I'M SORRY THAT I DON'T MEAN TO DO THAT, BUT WE HAVE A TIME CONSTRAINT ON AS. PLEASE, GO AHEAD. >> I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY...
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| 01:19:25 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MILITARY OPTIONS WITH IRAN AND HOW THE PRESIDENT PREFERS DIPLOMACY. THE WARS WE ARE ALREADY AT AN IRAQ AND A FEW OTHER PLACE AS YOU MENTIONED THE...
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| 01:20:07 |
Mahle, Melissa Boyle - Author
THIS IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, BUT THE IRANIANS ARE VERY GOOD IN THE BIZARRE. AND THEY SNOOKER US TIME AND TIME AGAIN. AND I WOULD -- VERY WORRIED TO...
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| 01:21:20 |
Earnest, Peter - Executive Director
FOOD AND BEVERAGE IN THE BACK. LET ME THANK THE PANELISTS FOR A VERY STIMULATING PANEL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. THE FORMAT FOR THE BOOK PURCHASES...
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| 01:22:02 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MUSEUM.ORG. >> BOOKTV IS ASKING WHAT ARE YOU READING? >>
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.