These techniques were band and it was a time when there was a fair amount of propaganda as well as antiu. S. Sentiment related to guantanamo as well as other issues. And so these are things that i think we as professionals in the National Security environment tried to take into account. And so this is a feature i think of our past. And one that we have to come to terms with. And deal with. And this agency is determined to move forward. The first part of the question. Involved with congress in 1996. Oh, yes. You know, the one thing about whether its the intelligence business or nash security or something, you can always find something that you can pull out and say, the agency said this. Or judged this or this was the conclusion at that time. Now its going to be different. A lot of times there are differences of views. It was one of the things that the wmd commission encouraged there to be, a diversity of views within the Intelligence Community so there wouldnt be single group think. The
It done. What didator tavenner, the administration anticipates would be the pattern, of enrollment, prior, what were you thinking prior to the launch of thinkcare. Gov, and do you the early problems you had are moing to affect the longter pattern in enrollment . We assumed we would be able to enroll folks throughout the six months, but that that greatest surge would come in december, because we got there were people who wanted coverage on january 1 and the second search would come late february, early march, by the individuals who were not as motivated to get insurance. Figures, butment they were lower for october him and i think they will be low, and it follows the massachusetts experience, and that was part of the reason for such a long and rome at period such a long Enrollment Period in the first year. And you have time to get these problems fixed . I think we have time. We agreed that the problems of the website are unacceptable, but our experience in massachusetts suggests it migh
Just last night, National Security adviser susan rice talked about the potential for an isis attack inside the u. S. Listen to this. Isil has the potential and perhaps the intent to try to attack the u. S. Homeland. To date their ability to carry out you attacks against u. S. Persons, interests, facilities even overseas is thus far limited. But we recognize that they have an ambition and ideology that poses a threat not only to the people in the countries of the middle east but also have acted in europe and elsewhere more broadly. We take that very seriously. Joining me now to discuss further. Global Affairs Analyst bobby goesh. Also with me is evan perez, our cnn justice correspondent. I want to start with you, evan. I know youre still learning details about the recent arrest. What do you know now about the suspects . We know that the suspects got on the radar of the fbi last summer. After the fbi saw them posting very alarming things on the internet in a website that traffics in isis
You are in the cnn newsroom. Thank you for being here. Now the most startling tweet, he called the mayor of san juan of puerto rico, a poor leader. He wrote this this morning. Poor leadership by the mayor. They want everything to be done for them when it should be a communitys effort. That poor leadership comment he was aiming at san juans mayor. She had been leadipleading with u. S. Government to move faster to get food and water and medical help to desperately needy people in her city. Here is an update of where the updates are standing right now. Just 5 of electricity have been restored and about half, 50 of water is back. We want to start with our brian nobles whos getting more reaction from the president whos continuing to tweet this out this afternoon. Ryan. Reporter yes, thats right ana, it is a busy day on twitter for the president of the United States. He tweeted 15 different times of whats happening in puerto rico. Most of those tweets about him defending himself and administ
Many allies and proxies. Breaking this afternoon a seen kwor white house official is telling cnn the Trump Administration told congress it plans to send formal noifrgs today under the war powers act about the drone strike that killed the iranian leader Qasem Soleimani on thursday. In the meantime our military sources are telling us there are highlevel discussions at the pentagon considering whether iranian retaliation could happen already within days. National Security Officials say they want lawmakers to be cleareyed, as they say, as mourners fill the streets of many iranian cities to denounce the death of Qasem Soleimani. Now, there are three Big Questions at least, how will iran respond . How strongly will they respond . And where will they respond . Cnn International Security editor Nick Paton Walsh is in beirut, our Jeremy Diamond is live in west palm beach, near the president s maralago resort. Jeremy, i want to start with you. What is the significance of the Trump Administration