but barbaro will introduce our real guest, professor keith speed and sir john scarlett but i would like to make a personal note, an observation. professor jeffery was part of the committee against whom i had to defend my phd dissertation earlier this year. [laughter] and i can tell you he asked extremely tough, very probing questions, and as someone who truly believes turnabout is fair play, i expect you to ask equally tough and probing questions of him. with that said, i would note he passed me so i'd expect your questions to be fair. but again, i'd like to get off the stage and finally thank again politics and prose for an opportunity to work with you and interregional to come to the spy museum. over to barbara and let's get this started. thanks. [applause] >> first, this evening i want to introduce john scarlett, laws recently retired about a year ago as the retired chief, they don't say director in britain, the state chief, of mi6. it was sir john who commissioned the history of mi6 back in 2005. i just heard that there was -- it was around the middle of 2009 the book was in deliver