okay, no questions, mr. rosen, if we can go to your report, please. >> yes, mr. chairman, supervisor avalos, as shown in table 2 on page 21 of our report, based on the recent comparative as you recall this similar item went before you or the item on the actual competitive bidding. the proposed ordinance will result in the sfmta paying an additional $218,000 annually for a total of wl done,226,679 during a 10 year term. the proposed ordinance -- excuse me -- if the proposed ordinance is approved it is likely to reduce the number of responses to the sfmta solicitation and therefore the competitiveness of the bidding process because the proposed language appears to significantly advantage the existing contractor, sigh press security services. currently the existing contract, sigh press security service, under this proposed ordinance sigh press security service would also have the advantage of setting the specific wages and fringe benefits that would be required to be paid to all contractors. therefore our recommendation, supervisor, on the bottom of page 22 is that

. >> i was going to comment and mr. rosen was correct and that is not a comprehensive order and the entire operations of the airport and the distinction that i was making because we have also done numerous other reviews of the airport, as well as the individual finance committee items but not a comprehensive audit to determine if the airport is operating the most efficient and economickal manner. >> i think that is something to think about and i certainly look forward to speaking with the director of the airport about this. it seems like 1972 is a long time to not conduct a management performance audit. >> okay. >> if no other comments, or questions, we have a motion to approve the budget analyst recommendations. could we take that without objection? >> we do the roll call on the budget analyst. >> okay, we can. >> okay, we can take that without objection? >> and we could do supervisor mar do you have any comments? >> no, i don't. >> okay. >> i want to do a vote on this item? >> yeah. >> madam clerk? >> on the motion that is

kennedy v-victor mr. rosen and felt the value of publishing this in the press has gone dead and we no longer have that insight into the actions of the bureau. has anybody died because of that? may be the source if it was a human intelligence source in the concentration camp in north korea, but no. can you imagine any number of situations down the road we would welcome such a force inside of the bureau say on the brink of the north korean invasion of south korea next year or the year after that, you can. and we now no longer have that. that i think is a really great expression of the fundamental tension between the need for secrecy and the need for transparency. it isn't resolvable because except for the very clear cases of troops in dating -- the press report forgot that we were going after osama bin laden and brought it back tomorrow, nobody would publish that. they would hold back into probably try to trade it for an exclusive but nobody would publish that for a day. but those cases are few and far between an

. >> mr. rosenmiss soto. >> stand up. >> as you know -- >> you may sit down. >> thank you. >> i want you to understand that there is case law that is specifically says that what you did, flipping the finger and what you said -- i'm. >> i'm sorry. >> listen, do not say a word. >> i just. >> okay. >> flipping the finger and what you said is contemptuous language. contemptuous behavior. you get contempt. that is with you the rest of your life. >> now it's the attorney's turn to plead her case. >> her judgment on that day was impaired by her ingestion of drugs and alcohol prior to her coming to your courtroom. that impairment, even though i don't condone her actions, led her to the conduct that was contemptuous before you. >> soto's attorney brings forward an administrator from an outpatient mental drug and rehab facility who evaluated soto while she was in jail. >> she presented symptoms ofening a zeierty. this is common for substance abuse and she consumed alcohol, they combine it with xanax and it is

kim gave it to mr. rosen and he had a value of publishing this, thus force has gone dead. we no longer have that insight into the actions of the north korean politburo. has anybody died because of that? maybe the solicitor was a cuban intelligence sources and concentration camp in north korea. can you imagine any number of situations in which down the road we would welcome having such a source inside the north korean politburo, on the brink of a north korea invasion of south korea next year or the year after that. you can. we now know longer have that. that, i think, is a really great expression of the fundamental tension between the need for secrecy and the need for transparency. is not resolvable one because except for very clear cases of troops invading, if you got -- of the press reporter got the we got after osama bin laden and brought it back tomorrow, nobody would publish that. they would try to trade it for an exclusive but nobody would publish that. those cases are few and far between very clear. what i do not understand very well is the collateral consequences of

rosen,rey rosen, mr. monday, december 15th, the 223rd anniversary of the ratification of the bill of rights. what is the national constitution center doing on that day? >> we are thrilled to be opening a new of -- a new exhibit that shows one of the 12 surviving original copies of the bill of rights. this is so exciting. basically, george washington sent 13 copies out to be ratified, one of the federal government. 12 survived. one of these will be displayed in a new gallery at the national constitution center, along with rare original copies of the declaration of independence and the first public reading of the constitution. we have an exciting interactive that viewers experience at the constitution center and online, constitution center dot ford, where you can the historicale antecedents, tracing the spread of the liberty across the globe. for example, from general macarthur wrote the japanese constitution he cut and paste the fourth amendment from america. compared with the japanese text. you can do tha

mrs. corbett. david rubenstein, honored guests. i am jeffrey rosen. i'm the president of this institution, the national center, the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. it is hard to imagine a more exciting milestone in the fulfillment of that inspiring mission than the one we celebrate tonight. 1789,ars ago, october george washington sent to the states 13 copies of the bill of rights and one to the federal government. 12 of those copies survived. today, one of them is returning to philadelphia. it will be displayed in the george h.w. bush gallery, which we are unveiling and previewing today in a beautiful exhibit. it will open to the public later this year. this display is made possible thanks to a historic agreement between the commonwealth of pennsylvania and the new york public library. is here corbett tonight. the exhibit, which he will see after, is rolling. it includes a stone declaration of independence, and the first public printing of the cots to -- c

mrs. corbett. david rubenstein, honored guests. i am jeffrey rosen. i'm the president of this institution, the national constitution center, the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. it is hard to imagine a more exciting milestone in the fulfillment of that inspiring mission than the one we celebrate tonight. 225 years ago, october 1789, george washington sent to the states 13 copies of the bill of rights and one to the federal government. 12 of those copies survived. today, one of them is returning to philadelphia. it will be displayed in the george h.w. bush gallery, which we are unveiling and previewing today in a beautiful exhibit. it will open to the public later this year. this display is made possible thanks to a historic agreement between the commonwealth of pennsylvania and the new york public library. governor corbett is here tonight. the exhibit, which he will see after, is thrilling. it includes a stone declaration of independence, and the first publ

rosen and cameron. tell me about senators feinstein and mccain, opposite parties and ideologies, but they're together on this. >> i think we were talking about mr. yoo, that was a $40,000 investigation. john mccain is a rare gop ally on the report and its release. mccain was tortured as a pow in vietnam, he has long said those techniques were troublesome, he thought it could constitute torture, such things compromise america's moral high ground. he is a lone republican to be in support of this. an example of where things begin to break was south carolina republican lindsey graham, a big mccain buddy. he says basically the obama administration has gone way too far, that democrats releasing this is provocative, the obama administration has gone the other way granting miranda rights and lawyers to foreign terrorists. republicans for the most part are against it. >> so are you saying that mccain is alone? he is the only republican senator supporting this torture report? >> well, he also defended its release, saying transparency is important to the american people. >> i said that, too, but he's defending the body of the conclusions. >> well, he is.

mr. cheney's reaction offered just the latest example of his no-holds barred, tell it like he sees it style. it's been on display for decades. tonight chief washington correspondent james rosenrevisits the man who is, to paraphrase that political photograph philosopher, still cheney after all these years. >> did the ends justify the means? >> absolutely. >> it was vintage cheney, the former vice president back in the headlines. still a top ratings draw, defending the harsh interrogation techniques his office helped develop after 9/11 and which senate democrats in an unclassified report this week branding brand editor tour. >> here in washington you have politicians that conveniently support things when the public opinion has add lags for it and they head for the hills when that gets tough. you won't see that happen with my dad on this issue or any issue. >> we also have to work the dark side. >> for expanded presidential powers, dick cheney has been the leading advocate since the onset of the 9/11 era. it's a view he's nurtured since the post-watergate era sips he was chief of staff to president ford. then as defense secretary under the first president bush during the gulf w

rosen. >> dr. kissinger, do you see -- you described the motivations of stalin i think immediately after the second world war. do you see many parallels between his motivations and techniques at the time and mr. putin's today? >> actually, no. i think parallels between putin and almost any -- i can think of, i don't think that putin believes that the system of government in russia is inherently incompatible with the system of government in the west. he feels deeply agrieved by western actions and he reacts and then in a manner that peter the great would have understood. it's brutal. but i do not think we face the same phenomena. >> i'm going to try to encourage questions more about the history side of life which is, again, on the origins, conduct and conclusion of the cold war. so we can go here. sure. let's wait for a microphone in the front row. >> nice to see you, henry. so i wanted to ask a question about terrorism in the cold war. one of the issues you dealt with in the 1970s was, of course, the issue of terrorism. and what role did it play in american national security in the 1970s from the historical point of view and then what historical lessons did we learn coming out of the cold wa

rosen. [applause] >> i am so glad to welcome you tonight. justice alito, governor bush, and governor and mrs. corbett, tony marx, david rubenstein, honored guests. ladies and gentlemen i am jeffrey rosen. i am the president of this wonderful institution the national constitution center. and those of you who have been here before no the national constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to distribute information about the constitution on a nonpartisan basis and it is hard to imagine a more exciting milestone than the one we celebrate today. 225 years ago in october of 1789, george washington sent to the state 13 copies of the bill of rights. 12 of those copies of the bill of rights survive. one is returning to the adelphia . it will be displayed in the george h w bush gallery, which we will exhibit and it will open to the public later this year. this display of the bill of rights is made possible thanks to an extraordinary agreement between the commonwealth of pennsylvania and the new york public library and governor corbett and tony marx, the president of t