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Spies, Technology, and Espionage

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Partner:: Chautauqua Institution
Location:: Chautauqua Amphitheater
Chautauqua, NY
Event Date:: 07.12.11
Speaker:: Bruce Riedel
Tags:: brookings; counter-terrorism; energy; diplomacy; national security council; pakistan; afghanistan; cia; nato

Summary: American Intelligence: Technology, Espionage, and Alliances

In two months, our nation will confront the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. In the decade since, what have we learned? What is our espionage history, and why is it important? What is the appropriate balance between civil liberties and national security? In this week, a collaboration with the International Spy Museum, we will examine American intelligence capabilities, the methods by which we collect and analyze data, how our justice system works, and what these issues tell us about who we are and how we form alliances. We�ll learn about our technical capabilities in an information-based global environment with billions of bits of information. What do we know about our espionage efforts, and how do we know our strategies are working?

Chautauqua, according to the late, great Teddy Roosevelt, is "the most American thing in America." It's also the country's oldest ideas festival. Since its founding in 1874, Chautauqua has attracted the likes of Amelia Earhart, FDR and Susan B. Anthony. The rich tradition continues in 2011. Speakers include New York Times contributor Stanley Fish, groundbreaking religious commentator Karen Armstrong, leading foreign policy analyst Robin Wright, noted historian Gordon Wood and several others. Take advantage of this exclusive offer from FORA.tv and the Chautauqua Institution, and join the discussion as these important thought leaders address the most pressing issues facing America and the world.

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Bruce Riedel

Bruce Riedel is senior fellow for political transitions in the Middle East and South Asia at the Saban Center in the Brookings Institution. He is an analyst of Middle East and South Asia politics with extensive experience in counter-terrorism, energy security and multilateral diplomacy.

Riedel served for eight years as a senior adviser at the National Security Council to the last three presidents of the United States. At the request of President Barack Obama, he chaired an inter-agency review of policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan for the White House, completed in March 2009.

In 2006, Riedel retired from the CIA after nearly 30 years, including postings overseas in the Middle East and Europe. He has also served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Near East and South Asia at the Pentagon and as a senior adviser at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels. Riedel was a member of President Clinton's peace process team at the Camp David, Wye River and Shepherdstown summits.

Riedel is the author of American Diplomacy and the 1999 Kargil Summit at Blair House, Deadly Embrace and The Search for Al Qaeda. Riedel is a graduate of Brown, Harvard and the Royal College of Defense Studies in London.

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01 hr 12 min 55 sec

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01.: Introduction

01 min 21 sec

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02.: The Call from President Obama

04 min 36 sec

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03.: Provocation

03 min 14 sec

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04.: Founders of Al-Qaeda: Bin Laden and Zawahiri

03 min 42 sec

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05.: The Drone Attacks

02 min 26 sec

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06.: Panetta Named to Lead Intelligence Operation

03 min 57 sec

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07.: Can Zawahiri Take Over for Bin Laden?

02 min 59 sec

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08.: Al-Qaeda Affiliates in Pakistan

07 min 33 sec

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09.: Osama Bin Laden's Villa in Abbottabad

04 min 00 sec

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10.: Regional Franchises

03 min 47 sec

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11.: Lone Wolves

03 min 53 sec

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12.: Ideology

06 min 02 sec

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13.: Al-Qaeda in Perspective

01 min 47 sec

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14.: Q1: Numbers in Al-Qaeda

02 min 19 sec

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15.: Q2: Cooperation with India

01 min 27 sec

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16.: Q3: Intelligence Failure on 9/11

03 min 08 sec

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17.: Q4: Glossary of Possibility

01 min 13 sec

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18.: Q5: Iran's Relationship to Pakistan

01 min 45 sec

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19.: Q6: Education of Girls in Pakistan

03 min 28 sec

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20.: Q7: Dealing with Angry Future Terrorists

01 min 58 sec

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21.: Q8: Other Nations with Drones

01 min 19 sec

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22.: Q9: Terrorism without Al-Qaeda

01 min 03 sec

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23.: Q10: American Intelligence in the Arab Spring

01 min 59 sec

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24.: Q11: American Policy toward Pakistan

03 min 56 sec

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How America Can Support Pakistani Women Against Al-Qaeda

03 min 24 sec

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Encyclopædia Britannica Article

Chautauqua movement: Popular U.S. educational and cultural movement founded in 1874. It began as a training assembly for Sunday-school teachers at Chautauqua Lake, N.Y., but gradually spread to various circuit “chautauquas” and broadened in scope to include general education and popular entertainments, many of which incorporated religious themes. Outstanding speakers were brought in for summer lectures and classes. The movement declined after reaching a peak in 1924 (though the Chautauqua Institution still holds meetings), but its legacy contributed to the growth of community colleges and continuing education programs. See also lyceum movement.; Chautauqua movement on britannica.com