that's what pinkerton would refer to it as. the loyal league. some members of the secret organization would refer to themselves as the legal league. they believe in leak with constitution they would end the tyranny of slavery. some members of the organization, mississippi valley, would refer to them as lincoln's loyal legal league. or the four ls. this secret african descent organization would become the single most important source of tactical and strategic intelligence during the civil war. this secret african descent organization would provide the most prolific recruiters of african-americans for the union war effort. this secret african descent organization had as its express goal to end the tyranny of slavery in league with the constitution. and they understood that congress would need to take action. things were permitted as we see in the frederick douglas article, august 1861 when he tells his readers in his monthly that "we have very good evidence off to the fact that the administration in washington, lincoln administration, notwithstand

in richmond, pinkerton would name john scobell, one of the operative of the league, and pinkerton would have his own operatives, hatty lawton, and timothy webster. john scobell does not get arrested. pinkerton now is heavily dependent on the league operatives to give him information on what lee's forces are like. and we also know that at that time, there was an intelligence organization, if you will, or a cell there, ran by european american woman by the name of elizabeth vanlou that could have been providing mcclellan information. but they did not. and she had african-american women like mary elizabeth bouser some believe was inside the confederate white house. but this information does not get to mcclellan. when mcclellan gets by january -- june 1, 1862, within ten miles of the capital, general lee took lee was able to deceiving mcclelland that the army was four times the actual size. he was able to deceive him that the quaker guns were real cannons. lee deceived and outmaneuvered mcclelland. because lee won the intelligence war and mcclelland lost it. why weren't these african-americ

jim pinkerton, the american conservative magazine and political commentator sally kohn. i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. no wonder that faith in our institutions has never been lower, particularly when good news doesn't get the same kind of ratings as bad news anymore. for every day you receive a steady stream of sensationalism and scandal, and stories with a message that suggest change is impossible. that you can't make a difference, that you won't be able to close the gap between life as it is and life as you want it to be. >> president obama on monday delivering had an address to graduates of barnard college, telling them not to trust the media. he sounds like a president who thinks the media doesn't love him. >> ignore what's going on in europe, 8% unemployment. just listen to me and be happy. you know, it is pretty astonishing how the president can complain about things like that when romney, you know, gets kicked around over something he had nothing to do with, rickets super pac add and "the washington post" diagnose its part to help out, has a headli

this week, writer and fox news contributor, judy miller, syndicated columnist, john thomas and jim pinkerton, the magazine and daily beast columnist, kirsten powers. i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on now. >> at a certain point i've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same sex couples should be able to get married. >> jon: after a bit of hemming and hawing there, president obama making it crystal clear where he personally stands on gay marriage. here is a quick look how the media reacted. >> president obama today became the first american president to say he approves of same sex marriage. >> president obama's stand on same sex marriage completed its evolution today, changing from opposition to support. >> announcing something no u.s. president has ever said, that he supports same sex marriage. >> the president did not mince words. he didn't say there was work to be done or his position is evolving as i said so often before. he said in no uncertain terms that he thinks that same sex marriage should be legal. >> evolution or damage

county residents who were actively involved with the underground railroad, the holbrooks, smiths and pinkertons. lovejoy wasted no time proclaiming his anti-slavery views, but his abolitionist advocacy was unenthusiastically received by the majority of his parishioners. in fact, he was warned to stop speaking against slavery or possibly face violent consequences. but gradually, due primarily to lovejoy's persistence, many of the people in bureau county changed their minds about the institution of slavery. by the mid 1840s, princeton became one of the most important underground railroad stops in the state. there were four primary underground railroad routes through illinois. all of them twisted and zig-zaged and sometimes made hairpin turns in order to confuse pursuers. one ugrr route traced the course of the rock river. this line proceeded from the cities of rock island and moline on the mississippi river, moved towards erie, sterling and dixon where the rock river turns north toward wisconsin. a second route left southern illinois, starting in cairo. this route split apart in chester, illinois

thank you, guys. >> thank you. >> jim pinkerton, alan colmes.of the news watch panel every saturday. tune in 2:30 p.m. eastern time for "fox news watch". jenna: jury selection underway in the trial of a man accused of murdering his own wife. the unique defense adam kaufman's lawyer hope will sway the jury. has something to do with spray tanning. we'll tell you about that. >>> and what's in a name? the battle giving the condition known as post-tramatic stress disorder a bit of a new label. we have that coming up. [ male announcer ] capri sun has 25% less sugar than leading regar juice drinks. because less sugar is a better way to fly. ♪ just not literally. capri sun. respect what's in the pouch. or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. jon: jury selection set to begin today for a florida man going on trial for his wife's alleged murder. adam kaufman's defense team claims the victim died from a spray tan. julie banderas live i

jon: jim pinkerton is contributinged tore and writer for american conservative magazine. do you think the archbishop has it right when he says the suit is not about contraception, it's about religious liberty? >> i'm not sure i agree with that. i think that contraception is something that should be offered to every woman. jon: but you're not catholic i'm guessing. >> no i am definitely not catholic. but, you know, i think that there is no reason on earth it shouldn't be offered to everybody. you don't have to take it. if it's against your conscience you don't have to take it. it's like, you know, i'm off of meat, i'm a vegetarian, i don't have to eat it. jon: then who is supposed to pay for this contraception that you want offered to everybody? >> well, i think that health insurance can pay for it. jon: okay. all right. jim i guess we get to the nuts and bolts of the argument right there. what do you think of the archbishop's argument? >> i think it's an interesting argument, and i think ellen has an interesting counter argument. what is most interesting, though is that w

let's talk about jim pinkerton for the american conservative magazine, alan coomes is host of the alant's great to live in a country where you're free to protest things like this. >> i think so! jon: what are they protesting, what are they angry about and how are the media doing? >> they are protesting the war, he with had veterans throwing their metals down symbolically on the ground over the weekend and they are protesting wars in iraq which has thankfully winded down and a war in afghanistan that goes on and ten years hence will be money going to that. that's among the things protested. and by the way, the protestors are often in sync with the way most of america feels about these particular issues. jon: certainly? >> -- really? >> certainly the war in afghanistan, absolutely. i don't know jon do you agree, jim? >> there's no question that the public opinion has shifted pretty dramatically on the afghanistan war in the last year or so, ever since the afghans started -- started shooting american soldiers. let's not kid ourselves here, the media love a colorful protest and if you get

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>> i first meat warren back in the early 70s when he was at pinkerton.school as warren did so he, you know, had been great success, roger murray and tonight we'll have tyler santos, who is also on cue to help continue the philosophy of value investing. >> this is a mecca for value investing. >> it is. there's no question it's a very important fundamental but it goes back to the core competencies. on the other side of the coin, warren always argues if it wasn't for ben graham, he would have been successful but not as successful. what we'd like to do is have warren and the gates foundation back to the columbia business school and, you know, a billion dollars is not a lot. >> a billion dollars. >> why not. >> why don't you talk about your connection with columbia -- >> i've been on the board for 25 years. the mayor and glen hubbard have been very helpful in continuing that tradition. >> when you look at value investing and you look at who's investing in the stock market today, do you think value investing is as strong? is it stronger, weaker than it used to

we only saw a window in pinkerton versus massey, the case out of west virginia.lf after he had received -- his election had been supported by $3 million from an individual who had a case that appeared before the west virginia supreme court. we learned about that because west virginia has an unusual disclosure law for independent contributions, which most states do not have. we learned about that case, but we do not know about other instances in which this kind of thing has been happening. that was a 5-4 decision. four justices on the court, including the chief justice, but it was ok for that justice to sit and hear the case of that individual who had donated $3 million to see to it the justice would be elected. we have a real problem at the state level with judicial elections. it is how elections are conducted. it is money, money, money. >> we will come to your question soon as well. howard, if you could help direct the microphone handlers. position yourself in a place where you can be seen. those of you who have a question, those are the people whose attention y