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NPC Headliners Book Event: "The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation"
One year ago, amidst the backdrop of the #MeToo movement, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford decided to send a letter in confidence to a leading Democratic lawmaker alleging that her former high school classmate and Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers. The FBI was given 1 week to investigate the allegations, but even after Kavanaugh’s confirmation, two New York Times reporters - Robin Pogrebin, who was in Kavanaugh’s undergraduate class at Yale, and Kate Kelly, who grew up not far from his childhood home – kept digging. On September 18, Pogrebin…
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News Conference: The Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) and Nuclear Weapons – Witness Testimonies
A panel of former U.S. Air Force officers will discuss their involvement in UAP incidents at nuclear missile bases and test sites during the Cold War era. Affidavits and declassified U.S. government documents that the substantiate the reality of UAP activity and nuclear weapons sites will be available. In two instances in March 1967, nuclear weapons were disabled during UAP encounters at launch control facilities. Numerous UAP-related missile shutdowns have now been publicly acknowledged by former U.S. Senator Harry Reid, whose efforts resulted in creation of the DOD UAP investigations group…
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Letter Writing to Support Evan Gershkovich
Join us on World Press Freedom Day in support of Evan Gershkovich. The Wall Street Journal is collecting messages for the detained reporter and his family. We will be gathering to write letters at 11 a.m. in the Bloomberg Room.
Type: Event
Why Are They Not Home?
Why Are They Not Home?; Challenges Faced By US Government In Resolving Journalist Hostage Cases marking the 11th anniversary of the abduction of journalist Austin Tice
Held in Syria 11 years, Austin Tice is the longest-tenured U.S. hostage. Almost twice as long as Terry Anderson of the Associated Press was held. At this 11th anniversary, we consider why journalists are so often held the longest or suffer fates like those of Jamal Khashoggi and Shireen Abu Akleh? In light of new hostage cases like that of Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal, we are compelled to look at the approach and results of the USG in these cases. In this panel we will try to discover what are the special challenges government encounters when the hostage is a journalist and if…
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