then they would end up at abu ghraib and we would process them. they would have paperwork but as you mentioned a good number, many of the majority had this phrase a dt nate suspected of anti-coalition activity. an ied goes off for mortar round comes in and if you run from that you are somehow potentially involved. we had a standing joke that the best way not to be captured in iraq was not to run from the scene of an explosion which you run towards it or stand. it's an impossible task for the guys around there but clearly a break down what was going to happen. they were just being sent back to a safe lace to be held until the end of the conflict which is probably have a thought of it. they were being sent back to prisons where they would gather intelligence from people who the vast majority had no connection. >> host: your job as an interrogators to sit down with the detainees and talk to them and try to figure out what their involvement may or may not have been and coalition activities and you talk about in the book how the first few weeks are inc

they said to avenge their brothers from abu ghraib. >> zarqawi was given a gift.tten credibility fighting the americans with the siege of fallujah. and then you had this moral component that says this is what the americans do. they claim saddam hussein was bad, but they are just as bad. here's proof. >> was it a disaster? >> maybe it was worse than a disaster from my strategic level. it was just left to imagine it being much worse. >> nick berg was a young man who had come to iraq and was doing contract work. he got captured and then got turned over to al qaeda. >> my father's name is michael. my mother's name is suzanne. >> we were responsible for hostage rescue. we track every american and allied person who was taken hostage with the potential to rescue them, if we could. we didn't know where nick berg was. and then one afternoon, one of my subordinate commanders came in and said you need to watch this. he put his laptop on my desk and hit play on a video. it was, of course, the al qaeda video that had captured nick berg standing in front of a series of black cl

he was tortured to death before abu ghraib. lots of marine photos. i'm biased, my dad and uncles were all in the army, but the tribe i spent most of my time with was the united states marine corps, so you'll get to know, i think, the marine stories. there's a lot of photos of the afghan people. at a time when the longest war in american history is going on and on and on, we lose sight, i think, that these were people that we have partnered with and that we're still partnering with. the last photos i'll quickly mention before wrapping up and having a q and a is i went to the george w. bush presidential museum and library. i did not know what i would see there, and i again -- hopefully as an honest, trustworthy guy -- walk you through how a president memorializes or remembers his own role as commander in chief. topaz, i went there after i left fallujah. why? i needed a big, long road trip, but i also think, unfortunately, the subject of how fear in a time of war sometimes brings out the worst aspect of the american character, and i think today that's p

america, and then of "after words," eric fare rediscuss his time as an interrogator at the time abu ghraib prison. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. [inaudible conversations] >> okay. let me check the mic first. can you hear in the become row? okay. i'm barbara mead. one of the founders of politics and prose and i wanted very much to come in and introduce steven bud dan ski because i enjoyed this book so much -- budiansky. it was such an impressive accomplishment to write this book. stephen had to delve deep into mathematics, linguistics, engineering, as well as the technical history of codemaking and code-breaking. from those early electric calculating machines that allen touring was instrumental about, that were used during the second world war. so much of this is local history, or at least the second world war part is local history because at that time the nsa was right here on nebraska avenue, where nbc is, and it wasn't until 1957 that they moved out to fort meade. so, in that long history of technology that stephen had to master, he started with those machines that were m

weekly author interview program afterwards eric fehr recalls his experiences as an interrogator at abu ghraib prison in iraq. nigel hamilton looks at the strained relationship between fdr and weston churchill. john hicken looper discusses his path to public office. and the nsa intelligence war against the soviet union. just a few programs you will see on booktv. for a complete television schedule booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. >>oo

america, and then of "after words," eric fare rediscuss his time as an interrogator at the time abu ghraib prison. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv.

weekly author interview program afterwards eric fehr recalls his experiences as an interrogator at abu ghraib prison in iraq. nigel hamilton looks at the strained relationship between fdr and weston churchill. john hicken looper discusses his path to public office. and the nsa intelligence war against the soviet union. just a few programs you will see on booktv. for a complete television schedule booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. >> good afternoon, welcome to the heritage foundation. welcome to those who join us on all these occasions, remind our guests in the audience, they are muted and turned off as a courtesy. for those watching online you are welcome to send questions or comments at any time, email speaker@heritage.org. following today's presentation. we are in the middle of an interesting political year. heritage will focus on policy and not necessarily politics. just a disclaimer the heritage foundation is 501c a nonprofit organization does not support or oppose any particular candidate for political office. our program is hosted by principles and politics.

and at 10 on booktv's "after words" program, eric fehr recalls his time as an interrogator at abu ghraib prison. at 11 we wrap up our prime time programming with a look at the curious sides of humans at war with mary roach. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> bill ayers, in your upcoming book, "demand the impossible: a radical manifesto," the use of the word "manifesto," why? >> guest: well, i liked it because, you know, it was finish it's an attempt to write a clarion call. that's really the attempt. the attempt to say, you know, all these issues that we debate in this country, i think they've been framed incorrectly or they've been framed in a way that narrows our imaginative land scapes. i wanted to write a little pamphlet-y kind of book that took eight issues that i care about and, incidentally where i think i'm in the majority of public opinion, i don't think i'm a barricaded minority with some weird outlier ideas. i think i'm in the majority on issues like war and peace, issues like mass incarceration. so what i wanted to do was take it out of the frame that's been beg

take the abu ghraib prison scandal which was terrible, but no reason the new york times had to put it on the front page three straight days in a row. there is no home team in america in the american press are other places because it is passÉ to say america is good or i am an american and support the causes we undertake even if they are difficult ones and in many ways often controversial and open to dissent. and class warfare. roosevelt said the end of the republic is at hand when class warfare commences which is what we see whether it is left, right, black, white, male, female, young, old, we have seen classes and genders pitted against each other in the last 7 years which is toxic to the bali politic and citizenship so you start with citizenship because without citizenship you can't create the good patriot will be the good patriots on the world stage you need to be. you have seen the bumper sticker think globally, act locally. it is a popular environmental bumper sticker and roosevelt would have written that offense a think locally, act globally. remember who you are and be willing t

eastern, eric fehr recalls his time as an interrogator at abu ghraib prison. and at 10 p.m., a look at the strained relationship between fdr and winston churchill. we wrap up our sunday prime time with john hickenlooper at 11:00 eastern: the colorado governor remembers his path to public office. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. [inaudible conversations] >> we're going to get started. i have a lot of books to mention, so i want to make sure i get them right. sorry we're starting late. thanks for being here and especially to the folks on our panel, mark, george and steve, we're really pleased that you're here. the last -- there's been a lot of talk about that over the last generation, maybe the last 40 years really highlights the challenges of measuring economic values. a lot of people take view that there hasn't been much progress, much growth in incomes, economic stagnation over that period of time. and i often try to put the lie to that assertion by asking people whether they're low income, middle income, high income, raise your hand if you want

eric fair, author of "consequence, a memoir," talks about his experience as an interrogator at the abu ghraib prison in iraq. he is interviewed by director of national security advocacy for human rights first. >> there was a great deal of nudity and it was cold. it was december. and the image of a number of men chained to their cell doors with hands down between their legs which was essentially forced standing which was an enhanced technique. and donald rumsfeld eventually at some point said, you know, he stands at his desk all day, why can't we make -- i can tell you seeing someone in a forced standing position has nothing to do withstanding at a standing desk. it was torture. >> on sunday night at 10:00 p.m. eastern, fdr and churchill's strained relationship during world war ii is the subject of nigel hamilton's book, commander in chief. it examines the military and tactical frustrations between frez lyn president franklin d. roosevelt and winston churchill go. to c-span.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> next, historian edward bonekemper discuss his book "the myth of the lost cause.

so the saddam hussein regime, abu ghraib was a prison, before we got there.prison was run by saddam hussein. he tortured children. he beheaded people. that is the saddam hussein region. donald trump said mr., or saddam hussein was a bad, bad, bad, man. on on question of terrorism hunting terrorists he was a brute. >> he was a spate response sore of terrorism. >> he tortured people claiming they were terrorists. >> and he was a state sponsor of terrorism according to our own country. >> can i say something? i'm brad -- of texas. the news should be children children perverting -- hillary clinton perverting justice. he said he was a bad, bad, bad man, when he was talking about saddam hussein. the news today is that the republican congressman are rallying around donald trump. he articulated every issue that is important to the american people. strengthening of our military again. stopping of our borders up, our porous border, eliminating obamacare and replacing it with something that the american people will want and like. returning america to greatness again. th

fair discusses his book "consequence, a memoir" and his experiences serving as an interrogator in abu ghraibrison in iraq. he's interviewed by raha wala from human rights first. >> the image of a number of men chained to their cell doors with their hands between their legs which was forced standing which was an enhanced technique. and donald rumsfeld said he stands at his desk all day, why can't we make -- i can tell you seeing someone in a forced standing position has nothing to do with standing at a standing desk. it was torture. >> go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >>> next, a review of the cases and rulings of the supreme court term. journalists from cnn, the "new york times," and the "national law journal" took part in this event hosted by the district of columbia bar. this is 90 minutes. >>> good afternoon, everybody. welcome to the 28th annual view from the press gallery program sponsored by the d.c. bar section on courts, lawyers and the administration of justice i'm arthur spitzer, a former member of that steering committee and for my day job i see the american civ