pw singer author of wired for war and bruce rydell author of the search for al qaeda.he second panel which starts in about an hour and 15 minutes is on the world's water and features are kurlansky author of fight for the day and orrin pilkey professor emeritus of the nicholas school of the environment at duke university and author of the rising sea. starting a 2:for guy that look at the financial market with william cohen author of house of cards a tale of hubris and wretched excess on wall street. finally, a look at the new america foundation's barry lynn and his book, cornered the new monopoly and the economics of destruction. >> we are going to get started. can people hear me okay? thanks for joining us. it is a wonderful thing that so many of you want to spend a beautiful saturday morning in a dark gem talking about cheerful subjects like al qaeda, terrorism, robotic soldiers and warrantless electronic surveillance, but welcome. i have been asked to remind you to turn off cell phones and to emphasize that.i'm going to ask if any cell phones ring that the camera tur