officer rizzo, there must be some mistake. no, i don't think so.we found this on him when we picked him up. have you seen this knife before ? yes. it's the same one we found in the back after the break-in. i didn't want to bring my family's problems into the restaurant. but, henry, we are not like strangers here. i know, but it's not the same thing. what are you going to do ? i'm going to take this boy down to the station. please, let me call his parents. - this boy needs to be taught a lesson. - of course. what he did was wrong. but what if we came up with a plan to stop this gang ? a plan that henry's brother would be a part of ? i'm listening. [ narrator ] in cities large and small, in countries around the world, gangs have become an unfortunate aspect of modern life. gangs exist for a couple of reasons. one, they provide a sense of belonging a sense of status, a sense of family protection and a safe harbor... for youngsters who have become alienated, who have developed a low self-esteem, see life as basically being hopeless... and are looking f

this week john rizzo in his book company man of 3company man of f controversy and crisis in the cia. the man who represent the cia in the iran contra scandal and participated in proving the rules for waterboarding provides an inside look at the agency's evolution from an organization in the shadows to one frequently at the center of political controversy. this program is about one hour. ..

and at 10 p.m., "after words," with john rizzo. he talks about the 30 years he sent with the cia. and we wrap up tonight's prime time programming at 11 eastern with co-authors of "the second machine age." they talk about the technological advancements that have taken other our -- over our lives and our economy. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> i was a candidate -- [inaudible] my interest sort of fell in that field. but i feel like before 9/11 i would call us accidental muslims because, ultimately, i think many of us are perhaps of a certain religion through an accident of birth. and i think what 9/11 did was -- and i'm not alone that way, i think it did that to many american muslims -- it forces you to grapple with the notion of what it means to be american islam. after all, 9/11 was on trial. and every talking pundit on tv was an expert suddenly, and you were told that you couldn't be a woman and be a muslim, and you needed to be liberated from it, the violence of islam was inherent. so there was a lot coming at me. as the mother of a toddler at the time -- two ch

please welcome john rizzo as we step inside the cia. [applause] >> thank you linda and all of you for coming. this is gratifying. i should start with a couple of comment. first full disclosure. this is my first book festival talk. i have done speaking before the lawyers association, conferences and schools but this is my first festival appearance, so this is a new and exciting experience for me. but it's also a new experience for me albeit somewhat intimidating this is my first talk in a church. [laughter] the idea of an older cia guy talking about spy stuff i will try to stay focused but thank you all. i'm not going to speak any longer than 30 minutes. and i may not speak that long because one of the things i have enjoyed about the public appearances is honestly not listening to myself talk because god knows after five weeks of either two or you have heard me say everything for about 25 times already. but what i enjoy is the feedback from the audience. i was telling linda right before i came on here that it never fails. i always get as

. >>> hello, my name is john rizzo, i'm a member of the board of trustees city college. i'm here to speak in favor of supervisor campos' resolution. it is time to bring democracy back to city college, to bring the college back into the control of the people and residents of san francisco. what is going on at city college right now is very similar to what is happening in michigan. in michigan, there is a state law called emergency manager law and they are -- the governor can take over a school district or even a city council or a county for whatever reason he wants and it's being done. this is what's being done here. we have a single person running a district in a back room. and what we've seen in michigan is that the emergency manager does not do a better job than the elected representatives that the people put in place, the people who put -- people who are accountable and who report back to the voters. in michigan we are seeing that these problem cities and school districts, in some cases are being made worse with the emergency manager. without the public, without the p

gm mike rizzo made just a few minor adjustments in the offseason, but overall this is a tight knit squadimagine being the new guy coming into this clubhouse. new pitcher doug fister and outfielder nate mclouth are two key pieces added this offseason. both have dealt with trades before, but they're just anxious to finally be a part of this team. >> the biggest thing for me is finding out what everybody is about, finding the way of the land here in natsville i guess you'd call it. >> i know a good number of guys here from, played with a few of them, played against most of them at one point or another. it's a pretty easy transition. there's still a little bit of new guy in school type of thing. >> here's the lineup friday in the first spring game. the competition begins with taylor jordan starting and nate mclouth will be on the field. >>> college basketball season is winding down, the regular season. the cavaliers have three games left and a strong finish means they could capture the acc title. the cavs are the surprise of the season ranked 12th now way 23-5 record. tonight they host the r

rizzo has agreed to answer questions. we'd ask that you come up to the microphone form a line right behind me and use the microphone to ask the questions. and i also need to remind you that he will be available for book signing at the tent, so at the end of his session, please give him space and time to get out of building. [laughter] sometimes they can't get to the book signing tent. so that being said, have at him. >> thank you. during your tenure, which president and which cia director had the most impact, in your view, on the agency's success? >> well, in terms of cia directors, you know, this is, this may sound surprising, but for reasons that left me amazed the obama administration when it came into office in january 2009 allowed me to stay as the chief cia legal officer. i mean, by in this time i was -- by this time i was totally associated publicly with the interrogation program which, of course both candidate obama and candidate mccain had denounced as torture. so i was reconciled with the fact i'd be going on ja

rizzo has agreed to answer questions.e'd ask that you come up to the microphone, form a line right behind me and use the microphone to ask the questions. and i also need to remind you that he will be available for book signing at the tent, so at the end of his session, please, give him space and time to get out of building. [laughter] sometimes they can't get to the book signing tent. so that being said, have at him. >> thank you. during your tenure, which president and which cia director had the most impact, in your view, on the agency's success? >> well, in terms of cia directors, you know, this is, this may sound surprising, but for reasons that left me amazed, the obama administration when it came into office in january 2009 allowed me to stay as the chief cia legal officer. i mean, by in this time i was -- by this time i was totally associated publicly with the interrogation program which, of course, both candidate obama and candidate mccain had denounced as torture. so i was reconciled with the fact i'd be going on

this week week john rizzo in this book "company man" thirty years of controversy and crisis in the cia. the man who represented the cia and the iran-contra scandal and participated in approving the rules for waterboarding presents an inside look at the agency's evolution from an organization in the shadows to unfrequently epicenter of what occult controversy. this program is about an hour. >> host: john it's good to be here with you. >> guest: it's nice to see you again dana. >> host: i wanted to start in the beginning which is probably the easiest way to go. can you just tell me why you decided to join the cia? >> guest: well it was 1975. i had been out of law school for three years. i had a good job, a good entry-level job at the treasury department as a lawyer and the customs service. as i say it was a good job but you know i found the atmosphere, the bureaucracy at the treasury stultifying. in retrospect i was young and ambitious and i was just restless. at the same time, the church committee hearings were being televised and as you know these were first of all a set of congression

john rizzo with his book, "company man: thirty years of controversy and crisis in the cia." the man who represented the cia in the iran-contra scandal and approving rules for waterboarding with an agency evolution from an organization in the shadows to one frequently at the center of political controversy. this program is about an hour. >> john, good to be here with you. >> i wanted to start in the beginning is probably the easiest way to go. can you just tell me why you decided to join the cia? >> well, it was 1975. i have been out of was go for about three years. i had a good job, good entry-level job in the treasury department, as a lawyer in the service, which was part of treasury at that point. it was a good job, but i found the atmosphere, the viet treasury. in retrospect i was young, ambitious and i was just rest is. about the same time, the church committee hearings for being televised msu now, and these were congressional hearings that it's as cia misadventures, follies from the 50s and 60s by senator frank church. big chunks of that were being televised. i was watc

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[inaudible conversations] now "after words" features john rizzo and "company man" thirty years of controversy and crisis in the cia. he is interviewed by "washington post" intelligence reporter dana priest. this is an hour. >> host: john it's good to be here with you. >> guest: nice to be here with you dana. >> host: a very interesting but you have written so i want to start in the beginning. that's probably the easiest way to go. can you tell me why you decided to join the cia? >> guest: it was 1975. i have been out of law school for about three years. i had a good job and entry level job in the treasury department as a lawyer in the customs service which is part of treasury at that point and as i say it's a good job but i found the atmosphere the bureaucracy of treasury stultifying. in retrospect i was young and ambitious and i was just restless. at the same time the church committee hearings were being televised -- you know first of all congressional hearings that exposed cia activities and misadventures and follies from the 50s and 60's. it was chaired by senator franken or tramon to know

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john rizzo on his work for the cia. and the life of norman rockwell.ovement. joseph will take e-mails, comment and wes from noon until 9:00 eastern. online on booktv's book club. bonnie morris, read a women's history for beginners. click on book club to enter the chat room. >> the u.s. and gambling in now and will continue work on a bill dealing with military pensions. it seeks to repeal one percentage point reduction in the cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees and the age of 62. at 12:15 montana democratic senator designate john walsh will be sworn in by vice president joe biden. john walsh will replace former democratic senator max baucus who last week was confirmed as u.s. ambassador to china. live to the senate floor on c-span2.

lily coppell on astronauts and john rizzo on his work with the cia and deborah solomon on the life of norman rockwell. part of the three-day weekend on booktv. we will take your calls and e-mails and tweets from noon to 3:00 p.m. on keep -- c-span2. join the conversation go to booktv.org and click on book clubs to enter the chat room. >> a senate panel examines the highway trust fund which is expected to sell the gas tax. richard trumka also talks about this as well. >> this is such an important issue. >> including averting a major crisis and we will hear from witnesses who are national leaders representing businesses and states and workers and i am so pleased to once again welcome tom donohue i always feel when they are together that we have a winning issue. the transportation cabinet and doctor pete lorraine, president and ceo of american roads and transportation builders and i want to say to all of you here, there are devastating impacts they estimate at the that the highway trust fund may run out of funds as early as september of 2014. which would create cash flow problems for the

book festival we will bring you several authors including mike redmond, lily cobble, scott bird, john rizzo and debra solomon. we kickoff live coverage of the savannah book festival with gabriel asherman, author of the loudest voice in the room. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning everyone. my name is allan and i'm happy to welcome you all to the seventh annual savannah book festival presented by georgia power and are lutheran church which is made possible by the generosity of fran and john kaine. many of you have rd attended our triptych special events with our opening a keynote addresses. today your work is cut out for you as you change -- choose which authors to visit from others that have written outstanding books in last year. we would like to extend thanks to her present and sponsored georgia power literati members and individual donors to make saturdaysaturday's free of them possible. if you would like to lend your support we welcome your donations to provide books for books buckets at the door as you exit. before we get started i have a couple of housekeeping notes. please tak

and john rizzo, 30 years of controversy and crisis in the cia. that is tonight at 8:00 p.m.astern on the c-span networks. >> we also teach people the difference between this and what one can observe an experiment. i believe that we are teaching people to think critically in terms about science and i believe it is a creationist that should be talking to the kids out there because we are teaching them the right way to think. the historical science is based upon the bible and i'm just challenging evolution to be upfront about the difference here. and i encourage you to explain to us why we should accept your word for it that natural law changes. just 4000 years ago, completely. there is no record of it. there are pure myth that although not. there are human populations that are far older than i heard traditions that go back farther than that. it's not reasonable that everything changed for a thousand years ago and by this i mean the species and the surface of the earth, the stars in the sky. as well as the relationship of all the other living things on earth to humans. it's not

eastern with roger of with k9 nd continues warriors, john rizzo on his work for the c.i.a. and debra solomon rockwell. of norman the savanna book festival, live saturday on book tv. march 2, black power, the civil rights movement and the obama era. storian peniel joseph will take calls live on march 2 at noon eastern. and comment on february's in depth guest bonnie mars. read "women's history for beginners." go to booktv.org and click on book club to enter the chatroom. the director of national intelligence today told lawmakers a cyberattack is the greatest national security threat facing the u.s. here's some of his testimony before the senate armed services committee this morning. >> thank you, mr. chairman, director clapper, general flynn, thank you for your service and thank the people of your organization as well. as i ask these questions, if they are -- if the answer should be in closed session, i'm sure you'll let me know but one of the things that we worry about, obviously there's cyberattacks but physical dangers and what i always think is what keeps me up at night

philosophy, and author programs, including gabrielsenman for his biograph of original ailes, and john rizzo's account of his tenure at the agency. check out our web site, booktv.org for the complete schedule. then on march 15th and 16th 16th look for booktv's coverage for the tucson festival of books in the university of arizona. let us know about book fairs and festivals in our your area and we'll add them to our list. >> this weekend, booktv is in olympia, washington, with the help off our local cable partner, comcast. learn about the history of the put sound -- pow jet sound next. >> when our nation was founded in 1776, only 16 years later were the fit explorers exploring pew jet sound -- puget sound the original residents were the indians. the first british explorers came here in 1792. captain george vancouver and lieutenant pugte, for human puget sound is name. so it is a very porsche area for settlement, for trade, and for the establishment of forts for trading by the british and the hudson bay company. >> in the late 1800s, and mid-1800s, we became the offshoot of the gold rush in cali