U.S. Foreign Policy and the Terrorist Threat
Michael Scheuer, former Chief of the CIA bin Laden unit
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Michael Scheuer, a 20 year veteran of the CIA, who in the 1990's headed the search for Osama Bin Laden and the rendition program to imprison jihadists. Scheuer discusses the career of Osama bin Laden, the origins of the rendition program, and the failure of the US foreign policy elite to understand the challenges posed by jihadist terrorism.
Recorded March 12, 2008
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UC Berkeley celebrated the 99th birthday of Charles Townes, who received the Nobel Prize for inventing the laser.
Full story: http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/07/22/birthday-bash-to-celebrate-laser-inventor-charles-townes/
Video by Christian Collins, UC Berkeley Media Relations
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