I think both broad and domestically they are not going to forecast what we are through as we ing are traveling to see but ones but we are on high alert. Mostly abroad. I think its fair to wonder how may inconvenience us but, thats the world were living in. But when will the enhanced threat end. Well, thank you both for being here. Q a. S week on he had planned for four years this campaign. Started in 2010, right after he saw what had happened in the republican primary. Rand paul b mcconnells handpicked guy. Had to point, mcconnell recalibrate everything he knew about republican primary politics. He started to make changes. He hired key staff. You start to create infrastructure. They had to watch the obama 2008 and 2012. They had watched harry reids election in 2010. They knew it was a tough race. The latest g to have technology. He was going to build the most thorough campaign ever in american history. Probably got there. At 8 est. T and to mark 10 years of q a while speaking to report
Plotting an attack against the states, article two still gives the president the to conduct whatever is necessary to protect the united gives me causet to be confident that we arent theing the security of United States at risk and that we will be able to come back and decision. Dependent if isis poses a threat to the United States in another country as to whether its a good idea to bring to country as well, which may involve a completely different set of factors. For johnson. I think much of this discussion underscores my primary point is we should spend a lot of time on definition. Of time defining exactly who the enemy is. Name one group, defined. So if we spend a lot of time defining a lote enemy is and spend of time finding exactly what the and then be 100 committed to the objective, anybodys hand, dont ations. Imit is is if we do that it will be easier the partners that will also be 100 committed to the exact properly defined objective. Example, the first gulf war. When the first
That morning, i knew what it was like to belong to an Intelligence Agency that had been ringing the bell for many months about the plans to attack. Thatf us were devastated al qaeda operatives were able to carry out such horrific attacks in simultaneous fashion. While i remit or walking the halls of cia that day to ensure as many agencies as possible had left the building. They work through that day and that night in the following days in the following nights to piece together the clues as to what plans are underway to carry out more attacks. Their cia brothers and sisters who were dispersed around the globe many in dangerous environments to the same thing only 15 days after 9 11 under it was cia who put the First American boots on the ground in afghanistan. Less than two months after arriving the United States suffered its First Casualty what a 32yearold cia officer was killed in action november 25. Ciae his death, 20 other officers have lost their lives around the world the events of
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The meeting will come to order. I will say at the outset that we hold this hearing to provide information to the public on the Intelligence Communitys assessment of threats facing our nation. I ask that everyone in this room remove any signs you may have and refrain from any disruption during the hearing so that the committee can conduct the hearings and people sitting behind you can see. I will ask the Capitol Police to remove anyone who disrupt this proceeding. Today inittee meets open session to hear the annual report from the United States Intelligence Community on the threats to the Nation Security and let me start by welcoming the witnesses. They are the director of National Intelligence, james clapper, the director of the Central Intelligence agency, john brennan. The director of the federal bureau of investigation, jim tommy, the director of the Defense Intelligence agency, Lieutenant General michael flynn, and the director of the National Counterterrorism center, matt olson. E