. >> reporter: stuart hersh, a navy veteran from new york moved to israel 25 years ago.was sipping coffee in jerusalem in september of 1997 when three hamas suicide bombers blew themselves up. he suffered mild brain damage, burns and back injuries. 200 others were hurt and five israelis killed. >> these people were trained by the republican guard. so naturally, that would be iran. and we expected, according to the law, that they would have to compensate us. >> reporter: a u.s. law passed in 1992 allows victims of state-sponsored terror to sue the governments financing the attacks. in 2003 hersh and other victims went to federal court and won a judgment against iran of more than $400 million. but the iranians ignored the order and several others totaling close to $2 billion. meanwhile, tehran has up to $150 billion frozen in overseas banks that's sewed to be released when the nuclear deal is approved and economic sanctions lifted. hersh and two dozen other plaintiffs say iran's frozen funds are their last chance at justice, so they filed suit against the state department

the entire thing starts because 1974,r hersh, in december publishes a story about the cia has a massive- domestic surveillance campaign going on in the united states which is a direct contravention of the agency charter as it is prohibited from operating within the confines of the united states. on c-span radio a couple of weeks ago we played the audio of senator church from idaho. and if you listen to what you said back then about listening on phone conversations and trying to tap into your information, we could play that convey and it is the same argument. that day and it is the same argument. a lot of the questions about intelligence really start going through these investigations and it is interesting with the national security agency today and those questions. the church and pike committees are looking at the cia and the nsaand to some extent the and the recognize that the biggest threat in terms of potential violations of privacy and listening in on americans to come from increasing electronic communication. they are all sharing idea that surveillance does change things. that know

the entire thing starts because seymour hersh in december 1974 publishes a story that the cia has a massive domestic surveillance campaign going on in the united states, which is in direct contravention of the agency's charter. fromthey are prohibited operating within the confines of the united states. mr. scully: a couple weeks ago, we played the audio of senator frank church. if you listen to what he said about back then about listening in on phone devastations and trying to tap -- conversations and trying to tap into personal conversations, we could play that today and it is the same argument. mr. hadley: yes. a lot of arguments about intelligence -- a lot of the questions, i should say, we first really start -- really start going during these investigations. the questions today, the church and pike committees are looking at the cia, the fbi, and the nsa. and they really recognized that the biggest threat in terms of, you know, potential violations , youivacy do come from know, increasing electronic committee case and. but they are all sharing this idea that surveillance does change thin

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but hersh writing in the 80s could not know the long-term effects. not only a specific policy but of how his imperial existentialism which i will define a little bit later on previewed a later generation of militarists who in the 1990s took us after a quick detour into central america deeper into the coffin after 9/11 into afghanistan and iraq. so his shadow is long and hence the title of the book. henry kissinger is 92 years old and his life courses through the decades like a bright red line through the jungles of vietnam to the sands of the persian gulf shedding light on the road that has brought us where we find ourselves today. i want to stress because i think some of the early reviews of the book have gone this long that i did not hold him responsible singularly responsible for the evolution of the united states and staying into the perpetual motion machine that it has become. and many people were involved in that and i don't think if you extract him from u.s. history you have a virtuous republic. but his extended career illuminates that nationa