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the fbi has had to change through the course of time since my grandfather who was a career fbi agent served. great admiration for the agency and what you in particular are doing. i want to go back to cyber. can you articulate the size, scope, and investment you have in personnel dollars to address the cyber threat that is going to continue in perpetuity. director comey: i probably cannot give you exact numbers sitting here but we have, the cyber division headquarters that does nothing but cyber related work. and a cyber task force in everystate's fbi field office. that does not capture it because all of the threats we are responsible for -- everyone has to be cyber analysts or cyber agents in a way. i can give you specifics on how many hundreds or thousands of people are assigned to this work but it is even broader. >> what is it that you cannot do -- is there another department or agency that is doing something that the fbi could not do? director comey: in a cyber realm? that is a good question. >> thank you. director comey: i cannot think of it sitting here. we work with our partne
the fbi has had to change through the course of time since my grandfather who was a career fbi agent served. great admiration for the agency and what you in particular are doing. i want to go back to cyber. can you articulate the size, scope, and investment you have in personnel dollars to address the cyber threat that is going to continue in perpetuity. director comey: i probably cannot give you exact numbers sitting here but we have, the cyber division headquarters that does nothing but cyber...
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you are the fbi. chicago,we do in first, our laws have been weakened because of the challenges to them. when i was first elected in 1986, in chicago, they give you a badge and you get at them. i opted not to take the badge or the gun. i figured chicago police could do both of those things. the people of the city of chicago are well served by me making that decision. here we have a majority in the -- unwilling to take up the challenges that guns and firearms and they are coming from illinois -- indiana and mississippi and they end up in illinois. if you could tell us, what are your ideas and how can i and people at a local level -- how do i help curb gun violence? absent legislation. the fbi'somey: business is not policymaking, it is enforcement of the loss of and a lot of time reducing gun violence through aggressive -- to use it in any crime of violence so i have devoted a lot of my career as a prosecutor and the fbi does investigating to impose costs to change behaviors of the bad guys do not have a
you are the fbi. chicago,we do in first, our laws have been weakened because of the challenges to them. when i was first elected in 1986, in chicago, they give you a badge and you get at them. i opted not to take the badge or the gun. i figured chicago police could do both of those things. the people of the city of chicago are well served by me making that decision. here we have a majority in the -- unwilling to take up the challenges that guns and firearms and they are coming from illinois --...
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when people said where its the fbi gets along with the rest of the states? i'd rates my -- raise my hand. he have a terrific relationship but you lose and fail in indian country, and you can't protect a whole state when you have a huge amount of land and a huge opportunity for people peddling poison to basically go undetected, invisible, and not even -- any threat at all of prosecution right there on the reservation, and people who can move are moving, and people who can't move are being exploited, and so i'm wondering if within the fbi and within the department of justice and your counter-agencies, whether there is an opportunity to really do more surge work in indian country, especially in my part of the world. >> the answer is, yes. thank you for that. it's not picking on me because i agree with you totally, and i'm so grateful for your passion because have had a bunch of meet little on this as director. i my children just returned from hed red shirtable and my girls said, you have to do something. but it's like -- i describe it as a crime scene without r
when people said where its the fbi gets along with the rest of the states? i'd rates my -- raise my hand. he have a terrific relationship but you lose and fail in indian country, and you can't protect a whole state when you have a huge amount of land and a huge opportunity for people peddling poison to basically go undetected, invisible, and not even -- any threat at all of prosecution right there on the reservation, and people who can move are moving, and people who can't move are being...
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i hope to hear the fbi's perspective. the officers and the citizens they serve to coexist in a safe and respectful environment. i appreciate your efforts to keep us safe and the heroic actions consistently performed by the men and women of the fbi. i look forward to hearing your answers on all of this today, as well as on our other issues. at this time, i pleased to recognize the ranking member of the committee, the gentleman from michigan, mr. connors for his opening statement. connors: thank you, chairman. good morning director comey. for this second appearance before the house judiciary committee. since taking office on september fbi's mission is a complex undertaking to protect the united states from terrorism , to enforce our criminal laws, nation's lawhe enforcement community. seems, is this mission think nearly all of the discussion we will have today can be distilled into one word, trust. trust in the executive branch to respect and secure our privacy and our civil liberties. fbi as anhe institution. saving local
i hope to hear the fbi's perspective. the officers and the citizens they serve to coexist in a safe and respectful environment. i appreciate your efforts to keep us safe and the heroic actions consistently performed by the men and women of the fbi. i look forward to hearing your answers on all of this today, as well as on our other issues. at this time, i pleased to recognize the ranking member of the committee, the gentleman from michigan, mr. connors for his opening statement. connors: thank...
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but as i keep telling folks, the fbi is not an alien force on folks from mars. we belong to the american people. our tools are only those tools the american people give us through you. and i think my job is to tell folks when one of the tools you're counting on us to use to protect you is not working so much anymore, we have to talk about that. and so, there's been a lot of conversation, very productive, the administration has decided not to seek a legislative remedy now. but that it makes sense to continue the conversations that we're having that are very productive because here's the thing. people in industry are good folks. they share those same values. and they're working with us to figure out how could we solve this problem and talking to industry, we're talking to state and local law enforcement, we are talking to foreign partners because everybody who cares about these two values has to be involved this conversation. there's no clear answer. an important start is to remove the venom and understand we share values, we care about protecting people. we care
but as i keep telling folks, the fbi is not an alien force on folks from mars. we belong to the american people. our tools are only those tools the american people give us through you. and i think my job is to tell folks when one of the tools you're counting on us to use to protect you is not working so much anymore, we have to talk about that. and so, there's been a lot of conversation, very productive, the administration has decided not to seek a legislative remedy now. but that it makes...
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would you comment on the fbi's work that they are doing? down, take this name rodney colan, who was killed on his front porch, a driveway of his home -- excuse me, let me stand corrected. lives wounded and still with a bullet in his liver. aspect is thatng it was an officer who mistook him as an african-american male in a stolen car. he was in his mother's car, going home to his house in houston, texas. is, what further fbi investigation can go into this case? i thank you for your indulgence. director comey: thank you, ms. jackson lee. i will look into the last matter. with respect to church fires, we have not ignore them. our agents are investigating a number of incidents around the country. we have not found patterns that connect to our civil rights enforcement work. with respect to guns, people in the fbi care deeply about trying to stop gun violence. will the bureau does not do is get involved in public policy legal questions. our job is to enforce the law. we leave it to the department of justice to make suggestions. we are passionate
would you comment on the fbi's work that they are doing? down, take this name rodney colan, who was killed on his front porch, a driveway of his home -- excuse me, let me stand corrected. lives wounded and still with a bullet in his liver. aspect is thatng it was an officer who mistook him as an african-american male in a stolen car. he was in his mother's car, going home to his house in houston, texas. is, what further fbi investigation can go into this case? i thank you for your indulgence....
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i -- the fbi fight encryption. they are colliding with public safety which we all care deeply about. we don't have an easy answer. but a great democracy should see when it's values are in collusion talk but how we might resolve those two things. there's no easy answer. the good news is where having projective comfort -- conversations with local law enforcement come with allies and with the companies who make these devices and offer these services because they are good folks who care about values. this is a hard problem for our country. we are not here to tell what the answer is. we are here just to tell folks example i use is the fbi is not an end in force imposed upon america from mars. we belong to the american people. with the tools the american people gave us through you, and our job as one of those tools is working so much anymore is to tell the american people. that's what we are talking so much about encryption. you see it in kidnapping cases, drug cases, child abuse cases. there's a conflict in our values t
i -- the fbi fight encryption. they are colliding with public safety which we all care deeply about. we don't have an easy answer. but a great democracy should see when it's values are in collusion talk but how we might resolve those two things. there's no easy answer. the good news is where having projective comfort -- conversations with local law enforcement come with allies and with the companies who make these devices and offer these services because they are good folks who care about...
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but i keep telling people the fbi is not an american force on mars. we belong to the american people. the tools are what the american people give us through you. when one of the tools you are counting on us to use to protect you is not working so much anymore we have to talk about it. there has been a lot of conversation. the administration is not seeking a legislative remedy now but makes sense to continue the conversations we are having. people in industry are good folks. how could we solve this problem? we are talking industly, foreign partners, with everybody who cares about these two values has to be involved. there is no clear answer. an important start is to remove the venom and understand we share values and care about protecting people and care about safety and security on the internet and how do we maximize both values? it a hard thing but america does it hard when they implicate our most fundamental values. i thank the committee and my partners at the table and we will continue the conversation with the american people. >> our next guest is
but i keep telling people the fbi is not an american force on mars. we belong to the american people. the tools are what the american people give us through you. when one of the tools you are counting on us to use to protect you is not working so much anymore we have to talk about it. there has been a lot of conversation. the administration is not seeking a legislative remedy now but makes sense to continue the conversations we are having. people in industry are good folks. how could we solve...
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in the fbi spent quite a few hundreds of thousands of dollars for that fbi operative. i am putting myself in the position of the parent whose son, maybe a 20 -year-old kid is being engaged with by the fbi the caliphate and all that type of thing and all of a sudden the fbi swoops in and says, did you ever talk about traveling over syria? they brought up the charges. i think that it is a serious concern about the best way to engage the community. we have not read thought -- we all agree it is important to understand where our folks are going with this as far as consuming enacting. so we will continue that work. knowing that we have to do that work, i hope that motivates the good parents of the united states, no one wants to children to go die in the nightmare that is this so-called caliphate or get locked up. so it is just another reason why good parents need to talk to us, need to know what their kids are doing. one of the challenges we all face his parents is a sense that you want to know where your child is going physically and you want to know if your kid is going t
in the fbi spent quite a few hundreds of thousands of dollars for that fbi operative. i am putting myself in the position of the parent whose son, maybe a 20 -year-old kid is being engaged with by the fbi the caliphate and all that type of thing and all of a sudden the fbi swoops in and says, did you ever talk about traveling over syria? they brought up the charges. i think that it is a serious concern about the best way to engage the community. we have not read thought -- we all agree it is...
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i read what the fbi director said. he said there's no database to check. he suggested no way that they can get sufficient information, implies substantial majority of these persons. so aren't you left a basic look at whatever documents they produced a conducting an interview? >> i can assure the american people that we have a robust series of screening measures here that encompass a wide range of u.s. government resources that involve u.s. law enforcement agencies and intelligence immunity members, that these processes and the screening measures are constantly reviewed, that we're continuously looking at ways to improve these, that incorporate both biometric and biographic checks. they incorporate an in depth interview with a trained u.s. government officer. they involve an additional interview, or inspection rather, when a person presents himself or herself that the u.s. port of entry. >> senator, if i may -- >> let me just say this. >> okay. >> i've been in law-enforcement 15 years. i know how to national crime information center works. i know how you ru
i read what the fbi director said. he said there's no database to check. he suggested no way that they can get sufficient information, implies substantial majority of these persons. so aren't you left a basic look at whatever documents they produced a conducting an interview? >> i can assure the american people that we have a robust series of screening measures here that encompass a wide range of u.s. government resources that involve u.s. law enforcement agencies and intelligence...
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as chief oferved staff to fbi director robert mueller. esther carlin previously served as the official coordinator of the doj's intellectual property program and is an assistant to the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. mr. carlin will speak for about half an hour and heidi will provide commentary and answer questions and we will open it to the floor for questions to mr. carlin. i would urge everybody to ask short questions. will moderate the questions and to ask questions that are not commentaries provide dish disguised as questions. we like to have everybody speak to the microphone. i would like to acknowledge media presence. someone will go around with the microphone. without further do, and queue again for coming in the four -- i would like to thank you again for coming. the floor is yours. mr. carlin: thank you for having me today. this is a subject of great importance that does not get discussed as much as it should. i want to start by going back to a period in time when i was at the fbi. it was january 17 2011. , butively
as chief oferved staff to fbi director robert mueller. esther carlin previously served as the official coordinator of the doj's intellectual property program and is an assistant to the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. mr. carlin will speak for about half an hour and heidi will provide commentary and answer questions and we will open it to the floor for questions to mr. carlin. i would urge everybody to ask short questions. will moderate the questions and to ask questions that are not...
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the private sector and their cooperation -- the fbi doesn't come from mars. we're all american citizens here and it's finding ways to work together on this. it's extremely important. i want us to be able to shift to what' some other folks talked about. we talk about the threat from isis. it's spectacular. we talk about a couple of dozen folks here that are major concerns that are here. last year we had over 10,000 deaths by heroin on the streets of the united states. hotel rooms, houses, on the streets, homes, people quietly dying from heroin and from narcoterrorrists, moving into our boreds and distributing this incredibly toxic substance across our nation so whether it's heroin, cocaine, whether it's american american, methamphetamine, it's a strategic move and extremely agrees and if seems to be accelerating in a pace we haven't seen before in many areas. we have in locations that these drugs are coming from as well. so can you help me understand the coordinated strategy, not only dealing with isis and those threats on american soil but the threats coming
the private sector and their cooperation -- the fbi doesn't come from mars. we're all american citizens here and it's finding ways to work together on this. it's extremely important. i want us to be able to shift to what' some other folks talked about. we talk about the threat from isis. it's spectacular. we talk about a couple of dozen folks here that are major concerns that are here. last year we had over 10,000 deaths by heroin on the streets of the united states. hotel rooms, houses, on the...
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anybody want their budget doubled in the fbi. or anywhere else. this is an extraordinary amount of money for terror to have their money on. engaging with shia militias who have now gained the fight there. whichever organization and whichever place whether it's south america or some other place where tara they will not have free reign to do it and resources for company. it is a frightening proposition. the tear component of the agreement where the u.s. sits by and watched eu and un sanctions be lifted on men with blood on their hands, it is the morally reprehensible action i've seen the administration tank and my four and half years of congress. >> to add what both of you have said, it's against the backdrop in which the 9/11 commission put aside the commission of the relationship between al qaeda and iraq. the 9/11 commission found there was an operational relationship between iran and al qaeda. there's some litigation going on now which some are aware of that deal with victims of the tower bombing that suggests that the iranians may have had some
anybody want their budget doubled in the fbi. or anywhere else. this is an extraordinary amount of money for terror to have their money on. engaging with shia militias who have now gained the fight there. whichever organization and whichever place whether it's south america or some other place where tara they will not have free reign to do it and resources for company. it is a frightening proposition. the tear component of the agreement where the u.s. sits by and watched eu and un sanctions be...
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. >> homeland security secretary jeh johnson and fbi director james comey talked about global security threats at a hearing of the house homeland security committee. topics include the fight against basis, cybersecurity in the process for vetting refugees from syria. this hearing is two hours 20 minutes. >> the committee on homeland security will come to order. the committee is meeting today to examine current and evolving threats to the homeland. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. first i'd like to thank our witnesses for joining us here today and for offering their insights on the security challenges that we face at home and abroad. we will cover a lot of ground today, from america's border security to our cyber defenses, but i want to focus in particular on the rising terror threat to the homeland. last month, this committee held the first-ever congressional hearing at the 9/11 memorial museum in new york. and on hallowed ground, we were reminded of the solemn pledge our country made in the aftermath, to never let such a day happen again. that resolve became the rallyi
. >> homeland security secretary jeh johnson and fbi director james comey talked about global security threats at a hearing of the house homeland security committee. topics include the fight against basis, cybersecurity in the process for vetting refugees from syria. this hearing is two hours 20 minutes. >> the committee on homeland security will come to order. the committee is meeting today to examine current and evolving threats to the homeland. i now recognize myself for an...
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the national security division along with the fbi in a representative from the u.s. attorneys community, we cochair the domestic terrorism executive committee. this was a committee that was originally formed by attorney general janet reno in response to the oklahoma city bombings with the goal of ensuring that there was a forum to talk about the different ways these domestic terrorism events and actors cut across statutes and expertise of the department. it was actually scheduled to meet on september 11, 2001. we reestablished it and started the dtec up again last june. a civil rights division along with many others across the federal law enforcement spectrum who work on domestic terrorism matters. as it originally did, it serves as a forum to share information about the trends we see across the leadership level and within the federal law-enforcement community and to ensure national level coordination. this is a threat that requires as much as any other. not just a federal response to working closely with police officers, local community officials, and members of the
the national security division along with the fbi in a representative from the u.s. attorneys community, we cochair the domestic terrorism executive committee. this was a committee that was originally formed by attorney general janet reno in response to the oklahoma city bombings with the goal of ensuring that there was a forum to talk about the different ways these domestic terrorism events and actors cut across statutes and expertise of the department. it was actually scheduled to meet on...
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the fbi has a key role in this. the fbi, also a daily basis has become very good at detecting investigating, and prosecuting terrorist plots to our homeland here at home. become even more important that the department of homeland security and the fbi, given how the threat has evolved work closely with and share intelligence with state and local law enforcement. intelligence by directed that we enhance our protections of federal government buildings. that enhance protection continues to exist today. much of the terrorist threat continues to center around aviation security. i'm building preclearance. on the front and from a flight to overseas use your customs personnel. screening passengers before they get on the flight. to pushrtunity i have out our homeland security want to take. so, we are establishing capabilities. we have done this and 15 airports over the. we have screened a number of people. we'rem and him him implementing reforms to our aviation security. i will tell you the woman comes to aviation security th
the fbi has a key role in this. the fbi, also a daily basis has become very good at detecting investigating, and prosecuting terrorist plots to our homeland here at home. become even more important that the department of homeland security and the fbi, given how the threat has evolved work closely with and share intelligence with state and local law enforcement. intelligence by directed that we enhance our protections of federal government buildings. that enhance protection continues to exist...
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the director of the fbi is an independent of was that role. the president does have an opportunity to consult with him on a range of topics, on a fairly regular basis. i do not have any specific out.rsations to read one of the reasons that the president chose director kobe for this job is because he is someone who is an experienced prosecutor, but also someone who has demonstrated the capacity to think and act independently. the director of the fbi has an important independent law-enforcement role. i think over the last several weeks, we have seen director kobe willingness to independently express his views. the fact of the matter is the president believes that the director of the fbi, particularly, with somebody who kobehe skills of director must be involved in grappling with the difficult policy debates that they are having in this country right now in balancing security and protection of civil liberties. take for example the encryption debate. policymakers and officials have been grappling with how to ensure that the civil liberties of the
the director of the fbi is an independent of was that role. the president does have an opportunity to consult with him on a range of topics, on a fairly regular basis. i do not have any specific out.rsations to read one of the reasons that the president chose director kobe for this job is because he is someone who is an experienced prosecutor, but also someone who has demonstrated the capacity to think and act independently. the director of the fbi has an important independent law-enforcement...
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the fbi's got your server doing a forensic review of your server. they may -- they may -- recover e-mails that you deleted from your system. so, i didn't say this, you said it. you just said it a said it a li too, transparency. you said you were more transparent than anybody else ever. so i'm going to ask you one other simple question. if the fbi finds some of these e-mails that might be deleted as they're reviewing you're server, would you agree to allow a neutral third party, like a retired federal judge, to review any e-mails deleted to determine if any of them are relevant to our investigation? >> congressman, as you point out, there is a security inquiry being conducted by the department of justice, and i trust that they will do whatever is appropriate to reach their conclusions. >> would you, as the most transparent person ever, would you commit to saying whatever they find, i want a retired federal judge to evaluate that and look and see if we need some of that information to get to the truth? >> i have been releasing my e-mails to the public
the fbi's got your server doing a forensic review of your server. they may -- they may -- recover e-mails that you deleted from your system. so, i didn't say this, you said it. you just said it a said it a li too, transparency. you said you were more transparent than anybody else ever. so i'm going to ask you one other simple question. if the fbi finds some of these e-mails that might be deleted as they're reviewing you're server, would you agree to allow a neutral third party, like a retired...
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i don't know what the answer is,, but i keep telling folks, the fbi is not an alien force. we belong to the american people it makes sense to continue the conversationgwa+sfa >> you would expect i will start with isil, the islamic state. in our judgment isil is overtaken al-qaeda as the leader of the global pilot and his movement and the group does you itself as being in conflict with the west. that conflict is being played out not just in syria and iraq q but also number of other locations around the world are isil is declared itself to establish a profit because places include algeria, libya, egypt, yemen, saudi arabia, afghanistan, nigeria, the caucasus, and even potentially in southeast asia as well, indonesia and perhaps the philippines. that aggressive growth and expansionist agenda has implications for our homeland threat picture. there are three concerning features of isil is a terrorist group that make you reach the conclusion of the first is their access to extensive resources. that can be measured in terms of manpower, military matÉriel and, of course, money. th
i don't know what the answer is,, but i keep telling folks, the fbi is not an alien force. we belong to the american people it makes sense to continue the conversationgwa+sfa >> you would expect i will start with isil, the islamic state. in our judgment isil is overtaken al-qaeda as the leader of the global pilot and his movement and the group does you itself as being in conflict with the west. that conflict is being played out not just in syria and iraq q but also number of other...
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as we gear up to the election, i know that the fbi, department of homeland security, and other groups will look carefully to track whether there are threats linked to the election, as they have leading up to prior elections, and if there are specific threats, we will work to get that information to those affected by the threats but also a broader warning to the general local law enforcement community. we are already trying to gear up in that regard. with the questions of the schools or the role of the schools, i think it is a valuable area to look at, and those of you that stay after, there are some other folks from the department of justice who are focused on that part of the countering violent extremism, but it is already i know the case -- having addressed a conference of local mayors and also u.s. attorneys -- that they are starting to work together with how we can get this message into the school system as they have in other arenas, and in terms of the department of interior, they are a member. the domestic terrorism council, definitely at the meetings, and they need to be becaus
as we gear up to the election, i know that the fbi, department of homeland security, and other groups will look carefully to track whether there are threats linked to the election, as they have leading up to prior elections, and if there are specific threats, we will work to get that information to those affected by the threats but also a broader warning to the general local law enforcement community. we are already trying to gear up in that regard. with the questions of the schools or the role...
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law enforcement, the fbi has a key role in this. the fbi almost on a daily basis has become very good at detecting, investigating, and interdicting terrorist plots to our homeland here at home. it has become all the more important that the department of homeland security, and the fbi, given how this threat has evolved work closely with and share intelligence with state and local law enforcement, which we do on a daily basis through joint intelligence bulletins and the like in response to the attack last year in ottawa, i directed that we enhance our protection of federal government buildings in major cities around the country and that enhanced protection continues to exist today. much of the terrorist threat as it has evolved continues to center around aviation security. we are building what i refer to as preclearance capability where, on the front end of a flight from overseas to the united states, you will see our customs personnel, screening passengers before a flight to the homeland. any opportunity i have to push out our homela
law enforcement, the fbi has a key role in this. the fbi almost on a daily basis has become very good at detecting, investigating, and interdicting terrorist plots to our homeland here at home. it has become all the more important that the department of homeland security, and the fbi, given how this threat has evolved work closely with and share intelligence with state and local law enforcement, which we do on a daily basis through joint intelligence bulletins and the like in response to the...
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anybody want their budget doubled at fbi? or anywhere else? this is an extraordinary amount of money for a terror organization to have their handv on and whether it is lebanese, hezbollah or hamas, or engaging with shiia militias who have joined the fight there or whether it's the hueties in yemen, whether it's southplac america, they will now have free rein to do it and the resources to accompany. it's a frightening proposition. put wholly aside the terror component of the agreement where the u.s. c stood by and watched e.u. and u.n. sanctions be lifted on men with blood on their hands. american blood on their hands. this is a tall order but it's probably the most morally reprehensible action i have seer this administration take in my 4 1/2 years in congress. >> i would just, you know, to add to that both of you have said,onou it's against the backp in which the 9/11 commission -- put aside the relationship between al qaeda and iraq, the 9/11 commission found there was an operational relationship between iran ande 9/wa al qaeda no there's som
anybody want their budget doubled at fbi? or anywhere else? this is an extraordinary amount of money for a terror organization to have their handv on and whether it is lebanese, hezbollah or hamas, or engaging with shiia militias who have joined the fight there or whether it's the hueties in yemen, whether it's southplac america, they will now have free rein to do it and the resources to accompany. it's a frightening proposition. put wholly aside the terror component of the agreement where the...
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there is a broad range of options that are ongoing could law enforcement with the fbi definitely rep. forbes: i hate to interrupt you, only have 50 seconds, but secretary work says we have not been effective to date as we would like to be. no criticism, just an observation. what do you attribute that to? is it the lack of willingness to use the tools we have or does this committee need to help you et more tools? what would you say is your assessment of how we make that more effective? admiral rogers: there is a broad range of tools effective for several options. one of the responses is to generate several options so that the secretary has options to tee up. we are in the relatively early stages of that journey but we have developed some levels of capabilities already. not going to get into specifics. i think the biggest challenge in some ways is just time. we are in the very early stages of this. if you look at, for example -- rep. forbes: my time is up. if you don't mind, we would summit some questions on the record and maybe you can respond. mr. chairman, thank you. i will yield bac
there is a broad range of options that are ongoing could law enforcement with the fbi definitely rep. forbes: i hate to interrupt you, only have 50 seconds, but secretary work says we have not been effective to date as we would like to be. no criticism, just an observation. what do you attribute that to? is it the lack of willingness to use the tools we have or does this committee need to help you et more tools? what would you say is your assessment of how we make that more effective? admiral...
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that was absolutely the primary goal that we had in working with the fbi. and i think it's -- you know, when we make a decision on the -- on a deployment of the fest. it is not just the secretary of state. in this case there was the nfc involved, there was the cia involved, there was a civitz about it and the considered conclusion was we're not going to rebuild in benghazi. >> well, that was a quick decision to make that night, that you were not going to rebuild in benghazi, that was pretty -- >> the fest would not have -- there was nothing to rebuild, there was -- >> i understand. about the you just mentioned all the agencies that would have been important to get on the ground as quickly as possible, and sum rilez the situation to give you that direction. but i know i'm out of time, mr. chairman, but i do want to say that what miss robey was trying to get you to say, what decisions did you make in regard to benghazi and what were you responsible to make? i think that's what all of us want to know. what did you do? and what decisions did you make, and you s
that was absolutely the primary goal that we had in working with the fbi. and i think it's -- you know, when we make a decision on the -- on a deployment of the fest. it is not just the secretary of state. in this case there was the nfc involved, there was the cia involved, there was a civitz about it and the considered conclusion was we're not going to rebuild in benghazi. >> well, that was a quick decision to make that night, that you were not going to rebuild in benghazi, that was...
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especially in light of the fbi director's testimony to congress last week that the u.s. may not be able to properly vet all of those seeking to come to our nation. as a legislative body, this is something that we must take seriously. if we cannot guarantee the proper vetting of these refugees, it would be irresponsible for us to promote it. we must protect our country first and ensure that all security measures are in place to properly screen these individuals before they come into the united states. we cannot compromise the well-being of the american people or our national security. unfortunately, it has taken europe's worst migration crisis to awaken the europeans now that the syrian conflict is knocking on their borders. the united states has bnts largest single contributor to the syrian humanitarian crisis response. dwarfing the contributions made by any other nation and by the european nations and a whole. there's no way of knowing how things could have turned out differently had other nations stepped up to the call like the united states did. earlier this month, co
especially in light of the fbi director's testimony to congress last week that the u.s. may not be able to properly vet all of those seeking to come to our nation. as a legislative body, this is something that we must take seriously. if we cannot guarantee the proper vetting of these refugees, it would be irresponsible for us to promote it. we must protect our country first and ensure that all security measures are in place to properly screen these individuals before they come into the united...
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the record raising concerns about the bill from the national district attorneys association and the fbi agents association. a reason why this bill has been successfully negotiated is that it represents a broad agreement among members. we all agreed stiff sentences cancer and important role protecting public safety and bringing justice to crime victims. so this bill will serve the primary mandatory minimums, will mandatoryhe primary minimums, to keep some certainat y and encourage criminals to cooperate with law enforcement. the bill expands some of those enhanced mandatory minimums to criminals with prior violent enemies and state crimes involving unlawful use of guns. new mandatoryo minimums for crimes involving interstate messick violence and materials to countries were terrorists. our current system has produced some specific instances of ,evere and excessive sentences and there are elements of the criminal justice system that all sponsors agree can and should be improved. so we all agree that we need to lower some of the harshest enhanced mandatory's. does not eliminate a single man
the record raising concerns about the bill from the national district attorneys association and the fbi agents association. a reason why this bill has been successfully negotiated is that it represents a broad agreement among members. we all agreed stiff sentences cancer and important role protecting public safety and bringing justice to crime victims. so this bill will serve the primary mandatory minimums, will mandatoryhe primary minimums, to keep some certainat y and encourage criminals to...
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the fbi going over immediately to talk to them. we didn't think was appropriate for us to talk to them before the fbi conducted interviews. i think this is accurate sir. i certainly did not know of any report that contradicted the talking points at the time that ambassador rice went on the tv show. you know i just want to say people have accused ambassador rice and the administration of misleading americans. i can say trying to be in the middle of this and understanding what was going on, nothing could be further from the truth. the information developing and was the situation fluid, would we reach conclusions later that weren't reached initially and i appreciate -- the. >> madam secretary t. disagree that a simple phonecall to those evacuees to determine what would happen were ascertained that there was no protest? that was at these events are made -- information that could have been easily obtained within hours, not days. >> senator when you are in these positions last thing you want to do is interfere with any other process. it'
the fbi going over immediately to talk to them. we didn't think was appropriate for us to talk to them before the fbi conducted interviews. i think this is accurate sir. i certainly did not know of any report that contradicted the talking points at the time that ambassador rice went on the tv show. you know i just want to say people have accused ambassador rice and the administration of misleading americans. i can say trying to be in the middle of this and understanding what was going on,...
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. >> the private sector in that cooperation, has jim comey mentioned earlier, fbi doesn't come from mars. we're all american citizens and it's finding the way to work together. i want to shift to what some other folks talked about. we talk about the threat from isis. it's spectacular. we talk about a couple of dozen folks here that are major concerns that are here. last year we had over 10,000 deaths by heroin on the streets of the united states. hotel rooms, houses, on the streets, homes, people quietly dying from heroin and narcoterrorrist moving into the boredders and distributing this incredibly toxic substance dues the nation. and whether it's heroin, cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, it's a very strategic move happening, and it's extremely aggressive and seems to be accelerating at pace we haven't seen before in many areas of certain types. we seem to have new locations these drugs are coming from at well. can you help me understand the coordinate it strategy deal withing isis and those threats on american spoil the threats from nark to terrorist around the world, budget both th
. >> the private sector in that cooperation, has jim comey mentioned earlier, fbi doesn't come from mars. we're all american citizens and it's finding the way to work together. i want to shift to what some other folks talked about. we talk about the threat from isis. it's spectacular. we talk about a couple of dozen folks here that are major concerns that are here. last year we had over 10,000 deaths by heroin on the streets of the united states. hotel rooms, houses, on the streets,...
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. >> fbi director james comey seemed to suggest there is something to the so-called ferguson effect. part of the explanation for an increase in violent crime maybe because you have police officers who are hesitant to engage. what is the president's take on that, and does he think it was appropriate for him to make those comments? >> i haven't spoken to the president about it, and i don't know if director comey has communicated those views to the president directly? i would say evidence does not support that law enforcement around the united states are shying away from fulfilling their responsibilities. a lot of local law enforcement officers have indicated that law enforcement officials are dedicated public servants who on a daily basis are putting their lives on the live. >> sounds like the white house disagrees with the characterization by the fbi director. >> i think what i'm merely citing to you is the evidence we've seen so far doesn't support the contingent that law enforcement officials are somehow shirking their responsibility. in fact, you hear law enforcement leaders across
. >> fbi director james comey seemed to suggest there is something to the so-called ferguson effect. part of the explanation for an increase in violent crime maybe because you have police officers who are hesitant to engage. what is the president's take on that, and does he think it was appropriate for him to make those comments? >> i haven't spoken to the president about it, and i don't know if director comey has communicated those views to the president directly? i would say...
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checkngerprint checks against the of fbi fingerprint holding. the checks against the dod fingerprint holdings which include bigger prints that have been obtained overseas. it also checks against the dhs fingerprint system which contains records of any time the u.s. border, their fingerprints are captured and that goes to the dhs system. >> may i interrupt you? interact, we also had background checks and we talked to people on the ground in iraq when we had a lot of troops on the ground. have that in syria. is that not going to create a tremendous shortfall in addition to the technical checks you are talking about? mr. emrich: we have added a specific inter-agency check were ine time that we iraq and we can brief you on that in detail in another setting. an additional think that we have done for this population is the enhanced review that i described. contactvidual comes in with unhcr coming he provides his story and at that time, all of his family members and the is registered as well as their family members. that individual is interviewed again
checkngerprint checks against the of fbi fingerprint holding. the checks against the dod fingerprint holdings which include bigger prints that have been obtained overseas. it also checks against the dhs fingerprint system which contains records of any time the u.s. border, their fingerprints are captured and that goes to the dhs system. >> may i interrupt you? interact, we also had background checks and we talked to people on the ground in iraq when we had a lot of troops on the ground....
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the joint staff and other government agencies including the department of homeland security and the fbi. after the fort hood 2009 shooting, the army recognized that the threat from home grown violent extremists is real, and we must take actions to protect the force. in the past few years, we have hardened our installations, those being large bases with their own assigned provost march shacials, that is law enforcement, and now we are placing additional emphasis on the security of our off-installation facilities. you would know them as recruiting stations, many army reserve centers, national guard armories where they don't have dedicated, assigned force protection for specifically law enforcement officials. in the, you may remember the september 2013 washington navy be yard shooting, not long after that there was a second fort hood shooting in april of 2014. while our response to that incident showed that we had made significant progress and we were better prepared to respond, it also highlighted the complexities of trying to prevent these types of incidents. in the 2014 fort hood shooti
the joint staff and other government agencies including the department of homeland security and the fbi. after the fort hood 2009 shooting, the army recognized that the threat from home grown violent extremists is real, and we must take actions to protect the force. in the past few years, we have hardened our installations, those being large bases with their own assigned provost march shacials, that is law enforcement, and now we are placing additional emphasis on the security of our...
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now the director of the fbi just this month, october 1st recently said he was, "very concerned about the increase in violent crimes and murder in cities across the country and it will prompt him to be thoughtful about move to reform the nation's criminal justice system. on october 14th, the director said, quote, we have hit historic lows in violent crimes recently and if we let it slide back, we need to explain to those who come after us what we did or didn't do to let that happen. that is exactly the way i feel about it. i was appointed to being a united states attorney in 1981. i saw it was increasing at 15% a year in some years. the american people were really upset about it. and these efforts have worked. in recent years we have taken a number of steps to undermine the guidelines already. the supreme court, the department of justice, federal judges now don't have to follow the guidelines. the only real teeth out there are the mandatory minimums. they haven't gotten around that. mr. chairman, i see you're getting nervous. my time is up. i'll wrap up with that. thank you for workin
now the director of the fbi just this month, october 1st recently said he was, "very concerned about the increase in violent crimes and murder in cities across the country and it will prompt him to be thoughtful about move to reform the nation's criminal justice system. on october 14th, the director said, quote, we have hit historic lows in violent crimes recently and if we let it slide back, we need to explain to those who come after us what we did or didn't do to let that happen. that is...
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scientists will confer with the department of energy and when necessary refer the findings to the fbi to coordinate appropriate response. thank you for the opportunity to testify. >> thank you very much. our last witness is misted -- mr. david morrow. you are recognized. >> good morning. i am pleased to be here to discuss the efforts to prevent a dirty bomb attack on a us port. preventing the smuggling of aa nuclear radiological device into the us is understandably and deservedly a top national priority. as we are from the other witnesses there are a wide away a programs and activities at several federal agencies to help address and mitigate this threat. mymy statement focuses on one key aspect of this much larger effort, the covert operations to assess capabilities to detect and interdict the smuggling of nuclear materials and the us. over the years dhs has invested billions to develop, purchase, and apply radiation detection equipment on the nation's borders as well as equip and train personnel on how to use the technology. they have invested substantially less on testing to see whe
scientists will confer with the department of energy and when necessary refer the findings to the fbi to coordinate appropriate response. thank you for the opportunity to testify. >> thank you very much. our last witness is misted -- mr. david morrow. you are recognized. >> good morning. i am pleased to be here to discuss the efforts to prevent a dirty bomb attack on a us port. preventing the smuggling of aa nuclear radiological device into the us is understandably and deservedly a...
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there's a broad range of options that are ongoing with law-enforcement and the fbi does every day. >> i hate to interrupt you but we have 50 seconds and i i want to ask you this. secretary said that we had not been effective up to date as we would like to be. again no criticism just an observation. what do you attribute that to? is that our lack of willingness to use what we've had our what would you say is your assessment of how we make that more effective? >> i think there's a broad range of tools available to include cyber options. one might might responsibilities is to generate cyber options so that the secretary has options. where in the early stages of that journey but we have developed some levels are capabilities out already. i will not get into specifics. the biggest challenge in some ways is just time. we are in the very early stages of this. >> is speaking of time, my time is up. we could sit submit some questions on the record and you could respond to that. >> thank you and i yelled back. >> thank you a gentleman from rhode island is recognized for five minutes. >> thank y
there's a broad range of options that are ongoing with law-enforcement and the fbi does every day. >> i hate to interrupt you but we have 50 seconds and i i want to ask you this. secretary said that we had not been effective up to date as we would like to be. again no criticism just an observation. what do you attribute that to? is that our lack of willingness to use what we've had our what would you say is your assessment of how we make that more effective? >> i think there's a...
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interagency effort and you're working with the department of homeland security, law enforcement, the fbi and intelligence community. how much sharing across those orders is taking place in terms of the skill set that you need in each of those aspects of this and how comfortable are you with the ways you are working together and how they are responding to the challenges they face in matters of personnel? >> i would argue very well. i have personally set down with the director of the fbi and talked about things we should be doing together and that was a conversation i had with the leadership at homeland security. i've also had it with the private sector where we've argued that we are both competing for the same pool. what works for you and what we can do differently, can we partner, i would make some small twist. i would tell you on the opposite side, the single greatest issue i've experienced with my workforce is just the hint of a shutdown. i have had more agitation from the workforce saying that this is the second time in two years that we are having this discussion. even if we don't sh
interagency effort and you're working with the department of homeland security, law enforcement, the fbi and intelligence community. how much sharing across those orders is taking place in terms of the skill set that you need in each of those aspects of this and how comfortable are you with the ways you are working together and how they are responding to the challenges they face in matters of personnel? >> i would argue very well. i have personally set down with the director of the fbi...
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and just a couple of weeks ago i had the opportunity to host director comey as he spoke to 60 or so fbi detailees who are doing trick work. so, jugs to say there's always room for improvement in the way we work together. we're constantly striving to get better but i'm proud of my work force and also the work forces that i get support from the dhs and fbi. >> thank you, director. ... i thank you for your picture just him and your service to this country. >> i am tom carper and i agree with this message. >> this hearing record will remain open for 50 days until october to record at 5:00 p.m. so you have time senator baldwin for submission of statements and questions for the record. thank you all. this hearing is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] just hours before the expected elections for the speaker of house majority leader kevin mccarthy removed himself from consideration. it's been reported that outgoing speaker john boehner only learned about the decision moments before mr. mccarthy spoke to members of the caucus. we spoke to a c
and just a couple of weeks ago i had the opportunity to host director comey as he spoke to 60 or so fbi detailees who are doing trick work. so, jugs to say there's always room for improvement in the way we work together. we're constantly striving to get better but i'm proud of my work force and also the work forces that i get support from the dhs and fbi. >> thank you, director. ... i thank you for your picture just him and your service to this country. >> i am tom carper and i...
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after that fbi director james comey and jeh johnson testify before the homeland security committee. we'll join that hearing in progress following the house republican leadership meeting. >>> this sunday night on q&a. "the new york times" national political reporter shares her experiences from hillary clinton's presidential campaign and compares what it's like now to bake in 2008. >> to be honest, i was a lot younger. i was sort of the traveling person. i wasn't in a senior role. and i also, you know, when you're traveling all of the time. i got to know the people that traveled with her. i felt like i got to know her pretty well because she would come back in the plane and talk with us. but at the same time i didn't have the same sources at the campaign and high level people that i have now. and whether that's a function of being at the tooims or the function of being in a more senior role. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >>> vice president joe biden recently talked about the events leading up to the raid that ended in the killing of osama bin laden by u.
after that fbi director james comey and jeh johnson testify before the homeland security committee. we'll join that hearing in progress following the house republican leadership meeting. >>> this sunday night on q&a. "the new york times" national political reporter shares her experiences from hillary clinton's presidential campaign and compares what it's like now to bake in 2008. >> to be honest, i was a lot younger. i was sort of the traveling person. i wasn't in a...
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considering your distinguished career, i think it's having your mom and dad here and two fbi agents is over the top. you know? in terms of guaranteeing your nomination. on a serious note, we had a good conversation. i listened to some of your responses today. i just want to quickly go over some ground, because i think it's incredibly important. would you agree with me that consultation with this committee and the senate is an important factor in us having a united front in u.s. foreign policy? >> yes, it is. >> because what i have experienced both as the former chairman of this committee and as a member is that we get a lot of notification but not a lot of consultation. and there's a difference. we may not agree at the result of consulting, but at least you will understand, you know, some thoughts of those of us who represent the nation. maybe there will be ways to achieve a common goal, but to do it in a different way. and so what i have experienced is a lot of notification but not a lot of consultation. so i'm glad to hear that you are committed to consultation. secondly, do you agre
considering your distinguished career, i think it's having your mom and dad here and two fbi agents is over the top. you know? in terms of guaranteeing your nomination. on a serious note, we had a good conversation. i listened to some of your responses today. i just want to quickly go over some ground, because i think it's incredibly important. would you agree with me that consultation with this committee and the senate is an important factor in us having a united front in u.s. foreign policy?...