mr. hitchens was as coruscating about himself as he was about others., self-seeking, ambitious thug. he said henry kissinger was a war criminal and referred to mother teresa as a fraudulent fanatic. but what everyone thought of his views, mr. hitchens was probably one of the most entertaining writers who ever lived. and those of us in the journalistic community will continue to feel his loss for many years to come. christopher hitchens, who died yesterday, was 62. thanks so much for watching. dylan ratigan's here. dylan, it's always yours. >> thank you so much. he will be missed, martin. well said. show starts right now.

mr. hitchens passed away on december 15, 2011. booktv covered several events with the late mr. hitchens available to watch on line at booktv.org including in depth from 2007, three hour interview discussing all of his books to date. and now a debate on atheism of christopher hitchens, author of god is not great and david berlinski, author of the doubles dilution. this event was hosted by the fixed.foundation in birmingham alabama in 2010. christopher hitchens died on december 15, 2011. >> good evening. i am larry, the second drifter of fixed.validation and we welcome you to tonight's debate. the resolution being debated this evening is atheism poisons everything. now again this is the resolution this is the question being discussed. it is a corset play on the title. christopher hitchens best-selling book, god is not great, how religion poisons everything arguing the affirmative of the resolution is dr. david berlinski, a scientist, professor of mathematics and author of many books, most notably the doubles dilution, atheism and its scientific pretensions which is available and a

mr. hitchens was a guest on c-span's q&a in january. this is just under an hour. ♪ ♪ >>> this week on q&a, our guest is christopher hitchens, contributing editor to the atlantic monthly and columnist for "vanity fair." mr. hitchens is the author of over a dozen books. his most recent illness his memoir "hedge 22." last summer mr. hitchens was diagnosed with cancer. he joins us from his home in northwest washington, d.c.. c-span: christopher hitchens i checked and i interviewed you 20 times since 1983, and i must say this is one of the hardest because you haven't been well. >> guest: not very common know. c-span: what is the current status of your cancer? >> guest: i have a tumor in my esophagus wishes metastasized and spread to my lymph nodes, and i am afraid i am not completely sure to part of my lungs and it is stage for. the thing to note about stage for is there is no stage 9. it concentrates the mind a little bit but i have some wonderful oncologist working with me and we are on the verge of a number of treatments some of which app

mr. hitchens. >> morally serious p earn should welcome excommunication from the catholic church. >> make catholic church, i didn't. >> that was on a special edition of "hardball." his passion extended beyond political arguments. in the latest published piece, christopher hitchens said he wanted to tackle death head-on. quote -- i have decided to take whatever my disease can throw at me, and to stay combative, even while taking the measure of my inevitable decline. this is no more than what a healthy person has to do in slower motion. it is our common fate. that sounds like christopher,

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mr. hitchens wanted to take -- >> you mean there are not values we stand for -- >> i think we're hypocriticalt what about sudan and somalia, and all the other countries where people are being murdered every single day, we don't go in and liberate them, but we liberate with a wink and a nod and say it's for moral reasons. >> no. >> i don't think -- there's a pragmatic thought that takes place -- >> yes, and at what costs. >> i think the thing that i find frustrating about the liberal hawkishness for lack of a better word, you could do a lot of good if you bought mosquito nets? we're talking about how can you do good for these people, there's a lot of different ways the u.s. could it. >> mosquito nets were not going to help anybody in libya. >> there's tons of people -- >> the bush administration doubled foreign aid, something that people do not recognize. >> we can't assume christopher hitchens would not have had a counter argument to the idea that we might invade every country in the world where there is problems. he would have had a articulate response. >> what made him dangerous was he was

mr. hitchens passed away on december 15, 2011. booktv covered several events of the late mr. hitchens available to watch on line at booktv.org including in depth from 2007, three hour interview discussing all of his books to date. >> "uncompromised" is the name of the book. nada prouty is the author. the rise, fall and redemption of an arab-american patriot in the cia. first of all, nada prouty, when and how did you serve in the cia? >> well i originally started working for the fbi as a special agent and i worked with them for a little less than five years and i transferred from the fbi and worked with the cia in the start of 2003. worked a number of high-profile cases for the fbi such as the uss cole, the bombing in riyadh, the conflict bombing, the assassination murder of the usa diplomat in 2002, and i was exposed to working with the cia officers overseas and they value the cultural and linguistic abilities. i transferred from the fbi to the cia and i was dispatching in baghdad. so i was involved with saddam hussein and obviously that was a successful operation. i detail a