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i am annie jacobsen. i want to thank book passage for having me. of it's really delightful to be here, and thank you all so much for coming. there's nothing that makes this author happier than meeting readers, so thank you. tonight i'm going to be talking about "operation paperclip," and i'm going to tell you a little bit about what the program was, a little bit about how i became interested in writing and researching and reporting "operation paperclip," and then i'm going end by telling you some very what i think are interesting ways in which the story gets reported. so to start with, my book, "operation paperclip," these gentlemen are 31 of approximately --21 of approximately 1600 german scientists who came to america to work for the u.s. military and intelligence agencies after the war. i focus on these men because i found them to be particularly unique and interesting and somewhat nefarious on varying degrees. and i think it's important to also realize that whenever you're reporting a story like this, it's about riding on the heels of many impo

i am at annie jacobsen. thank you for having me book passage and there is nothing that makes this author happier. tonight i will talk about operation paper clip in till you what the program was and about how i became interested in writing and researching and reporting "operation paperclip" then i will end by telling you interesting ways the story is reported. to start, my book "operation paperclip" komen these gentlemen are 21 of 1600 german scientist who came to america from arms the intelligence agencies. i found them to find it nefarious. it is important to realize whenever you are reporting a story like this like riding on the heels of the important journalists and historians who have come before. academics also have been involved to on earth this story but there is a light cast on "operation paperclip" that had not been shown before. this story began when i was reporting on area 51. over these knots the aircraft designers. they were working on this aircraft that looks like the b-2 bomber. said you can s

annie jacobsen joins us. they were sought out by the military as the war was coming to an end. >> these were hitler's top weaponmakers and operation paperclip became a military program to bring them to the united states and also had a public face. there was on the one hand the truth about the program kept secret and the other hand the idea that we'll tell the public that these are the good germans. >> brown: but they were dedicated nazis, the ones you write about. there were 1,600 in all. >> yes. >> brown: you document about 21, dedicated nazis, some involved in horrific stuff. what they did was known to the americans seeking them out? >> certainly to the american military intelligence officers interviewing them. the idea that they winnervolved in war crimes -- were involved in war crimes were necessary to be kept secret and that's what happened. in the book i think i unveil a lot of the truth about the program that's remained clouded for decades. >> brown: give us an example of a figure that intrigued you. >

at 9 p.m., annie jacobsen details operation paper clip. and at 10 p.m., "after words" with gabriel sherman, author of "the loudest voice this the room." and we wrap up at 11 p.m. eastern with christopher harmon and a citizen's guide to terrorism and counterterrorism. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> robert field talks about the long history of government involvement in the health care system. four key sectors -- pharmaceuticals, hospitals, the medical profession and private insurance -- were built up by the federal government, and he argues that this history must be understood before the possibilities of meaningful reform can be realized. this is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you, dan. my book, which was released in november, has a title with a slight sense of irony. "free market" is this in goat quotes, and i talk about how the free market which we think of as the quintessential op is sit of the government was temperature -- opposite of the government was actually created by the government. this is clearly a pushback