[applause] >> to find out more about author shannen rossmiller, visit her website, shannen rossmiller.com >> good evening, everybody. i am michael aron, political correspondent at mgm news, with two esteemed colleagues in the media, josh margolin, who made his name not in this state, that is not "the new york post" and ted sherman continues to make his name at the blue star ledger and most recently did the series in the valley sewer commission, which may not mean a whole lot of people down here, but it sure meant a lot to chris christie because he went after it and sort of turned it upside down and about 100 people fell out and haven't gotten back up yet, which is what this book is somewhat about. it is about the downfall of the number of people who were not expect to to be taken down and you of all or many gone to prison as a result into spies have been ruined. you all remember, i'm sure, what triggered this book were the incident that this book is all about. the mass is on a day in july and 2009 as political figures, mainly in northern new jersey and rabbis from the shore from brooklyn,

[applause] >> to find out more about author shannen rossmiller, visit our website. >> is there a nonfiction author a book you would like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org. or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> up next on booktv, john mcwhorter argues that languages are not rigid constructions but rather open to growth by continuous usage. mr. mcwhorter reports only 200 of the work 6000 languages are written. this is about 30 minutes. >> thank you for coming everybody. i'm going to start by reading briefly from the book. this is from the beginning of the book, and this is a book where i -- that we can look at language and a happier way than we are often trained to. a happy boy. this is how it starts out. introduction. page to a granville book on what was once known as natural history, as we also often do, and you will find that almost all drawings of marine life are rendered from the perspective of someone standing on the shore. there will be some fish bobbing around out in the waves, and maybe some flying fish doing what they do. but squid, sea enemies and su

we are pleased to welcome shannen rossmiller to the heritage foundation today. each of us owe her a special debt of gratitude for her courage. we look forward to hearing in greater detail from her on her saga as an unexpected patriot. shannen, welcome to the heritage. [applause] >> for some want to thank the heritage foundation in here today. it's quite an honor. a little intimidating some just going to try to get to this the best i can. i'm just going to make a few quick remarks about my book, about my story and we would is in question and answers. on 9/11 i didn't know much about terrorist groups or their ideologies. i knew even less about the arab world and its cultures. the events of 9/11 deeply affected me. to my car and eventually cause me to live within myself to find the courage and determination fight terrorism on a level that hadn't been seen before. at the time i started my question fighting terrorism i have no idea i could imagine that the work and it took pioneered counterintelligence on the internet would be, not as cyber counterintelligence and co