used earlier the notorious neo conservative group helped the swedish prime minister friedrich reinfeldtwin reelection last year and there's another glaring link in the shape of lawyer thomas bloodstream his firms representing the two women bringing the sex charges against us in two thousand and one he was minister of justice and is alleged to have helped turned over to asylum seekers suspected by the cia of terror they were sent to egypt and allegedly tortured he might well want to stop wiki leaks from functioning the question about neutrality became even even clearer thanks to some of the documents from exactly wiki leaks there is a willingness to. do the ariens of the united states over many years from. questions of. making asylum seekers in sweden vailable to the cia's readies is particularly strong now with a raid leaning government in sweden sweden want on sex crime charges the u.s. is reportedly preparing an espionage case and it suits nor nato member sweden just fine to be a conduit in this case and in others. all the benefits. being an intelligence partner of the united states w

a notorious neo conservative group helped the swedish prime minister friedrich reinfeldt win reelection last year and there's another glaring link in the shape of lawyer thomas bloodstream his firm's representing the two women bringing the sex charges against him in two thousand and one he was minister of justice and is alleged to have helped turned over to asylum seekers suspected by the cia of terror they were sent to egypt and allegedly tortured he might well want to stop wiki leaks from functioning have the military and some politicians cooperate. with the united states when the. large mass of. sweden ones are on sex crime charges the us is reportedly preparing an espionage case and it suits nor nato members sweden just fine to be a conduit in this case and in others they get. all the benefits of being an intelligence partner of the united states without the baggage of being in nato sweden seen as an easier way for the us to get their hands on our soldiers particularly after it requested the extradition of hakka gary mckinnon from britain which so far hasn't been granted but critics

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. >> we see three trips spirit station friedrich is confirmed. >> atlantis arrived.tional space station for the last time. >> it's great to be here, station. see you shortly. >> it's good to be home on station. how is everybody? [inaudible] >> good to see you. >> hey, doug. hey, mike. >> great to be here. >> sergei. >> in the wake of yesterday's docking of atlantis to the international space station, the heavy lifting begins. the highlight of which will be the un-birthing and removal of the raffaello multipurpose logistics module from the cargo bay of atlantis. raffaello is 21.6 feet long, 15 feet wide, fully loaded weighs about 12 and a half tons. it is equipped and supplied by 9403 pounds of cargo that will be transferred to the international space station over the course of the next several days. >> and houston atlantis congress starting the maneuver. >> copy, sandy. we are following spirit and with kid gloves, sandy magnus beginning the process of un-birthing raffaello from atlantis is cargo bay. >> and atlantis the mplm is un-birthday. i don't know if you want t

commissioner friedrich. >> might vote today is based on the fair sentencing act of 2010, the legal standards governing of retroactivity. the commission of three presidents and data as well as the public comments that the commission has received today, including the law community's testimony, some in congress have argued that the commission does not have the authority to give retroactive effect to the amendment because it be fair sentencing act is silent with regard to retroactivity. i agree the statute precludes retroactive activity unless congress state the clear intent otherwise. congress has expressed no intent here. however, the fair sentencing act must be read in connection -- in conjunction with the commission's organic statute. the commission is required to consider retroactivity with respect to any guideline amendments that reduces the term of imprisonment event where this amendment is based on legislation with -- which is silence with regard to retroactivity. consistent with the guidelines, the commission has traditionally consider three factors in determining retroactive effect tha

so friedrich would have understood the power of yet another genre of intellectuals who have arrange things in such a way as to make their own more influential and important. certainly good news for the graduates of the law schools. it is, perhaps, even better news for the faculty. i am not so sure that it is good news for the rest of us. thanks. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. i am going to ask the first question and then we will level to choose his own depositors. i will remind you all to wait for the microphone especially since we have -- recording is posed for heritage and for our c-span guests. please state the name and identify any affiliation before you ask your question and keep it to a question. i said i would mention my one criticism. walter has actually touch upon it. although i don't, i think that his original idea for the title may be was not the best. ten bad ideas. i am not thrilled with the title that he chose. and going to ask it very pragmatic question. it is not as screed. it does a disservice three title. for one title that might sell but be misleading. how law schoo

i'd like to thank my agent, molly friedrich who is here an editor, joe via lasky for believing in thisook. thank you. [applause] >> well, if our discussion flags, we might invite florence back a. we are here to bridge a topic in more than one way. alex is what is not done yet. we know the topic and something of the craft, but we don't have the project. isabel's book is out. there are two widely different subjects. the african-american migration in the united states over the course of six years and the identities of asian immigrants in the broadest and most historical sense here that we are really here to talk about is the craft of creating the kind of nonfiction that tony lukas said bush has special ambition, difficult and taking a long time. and i want to open -- we just want to have some dialogue about the craft and then take some questions for from you from the microphones very briefly. isabel, i want to ask you a question right off the bat. her book is both broad and very intimate. as the citation said, i was going to use that work myself. did you ever think of doing one or the oth

additiona funding provided by these funders additional funding provided by these funders: t martha jane friedrich values her independence. i always wanted to be my own boss. so i started two home businesses which enable me to stay home and take care of aunt virginia. who's almost 99 years old. martha jane's generosity extends beyond her family. life is more than work. life is a value. and i think it's important for me to give to the generations that come after me. and that's why a gift to public television is so important. and if i can do a small thing to perpetuate this, than it will continue for generations to come. that's why martha jane included her public television station in her will. consider joining the community of people who want public television to span generations.

so friedrich hayek i think would've understood the old power of yet another genre of intellectual school arranged in such a way as to make their own preach much more influential. and important, certainly good news for the graduates of law schools is perhaps even better news for the in demand faculty. i'm not so sure that it's good news for all the rest of us. thanks. [applause] >> thank you. i'm going to ask the first question, and then we will let walter choose his own in clusters. but i will remind you all to wait for the mic a phone, especially since we have, we are recording this both for heritage and for our c-span guests. and playstation and identify any affiliation before you ask your question. and keep it to a question. i said i would mention my one criticism and walter has touched upon it. although i don't, i think that his original idea for the title may be wasn't the best either, and bad ideas from the law schools. i'm not thrilled with the title that he chose dixon going to ask a very pragmatic question. it's not? greek so doesn't deserve that topic one tile that might so but

c-span: you also quote vaclav havel and max weber, socialists from germany, and you said friedrich hayek from austria and tocqueville. now, i've got to ask you about tocqueville. every book i've picked up on this show almost in the last, i don't know how many months, has quotes from tocqueville. >> guest: well, he's a smart guy. c-span: when were you first introduced to him? >> guest: i never read "democracy in america" from cover to cover closely until i got interested in this subject, and there is much in there and it's a joy to read. c-span: was he a liberal or a conservative? >> guest: i don't know. i think he's conservative in many ways, but i think he's a humanist. i think the important thing about all the people who you've cited -- not all of them actually; some of those people are villains. i cite them as villains rather than... c-span: who's your villain? >> guest: there are a number of what i would call villains. charles reich, the professor at yale, i think is a villain. c-span: he gets a lot of attention in your book. >> guest: yes, he does. it was actually a nice utopian ide

to think for me unreconstructed and open-minded liberal you helped me realize there's more than friedrich hayek that market absolutism. let us welcome francis fukuyama and -- [applause] [applause] >> let's also pay tribute to the good work of c-span which adds to the public discourse in this country and the folks who work the cameras and make it happen. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. it's really a great honor to be here and have this wonderful audience. and i'm very grateful that you are all here at politics and prose. one the really nice things about being able to speak to a new book is to go to real brick and motar bookstores and realize there are people who like real books and come out for events like this because of the intellectual challenge and interest. thank you all for coming. i'm going to get straight into this. i wrote this book for a number of reasons. samuel huntington, the political scientist was a teacher. he wrote a book in 1968 called "changing societies" rereading it now in light of the arab spring is probably one the best guides to what is going on in the middle ea