Information on a political opponent. I think i would listen. Theres nothing wrong with listening. If somebody called from a country, norway, we have information on your opponent, i think i would want to hear it. You want that kind of interference in our l elections. Not interference. They have information. I think id take it. Paul the president told fox he would report it to Law Enforcement if he thought the information was, quote, incorrect, or badly stated. Lets bring in wall street journal columnist, Dan Henninger and ki kim strassel and bill mcgern. What do you make of the president s statements . It was something he should not have said. We dont like foreign governments meddling in our elections. What the russians did with the bots and websites and all of that was not a good thing. So that was a mistake. But i wouldnt build it into a mownen the, i think it mountain, i think it was more or less a double dribble. The president has to understand hes in reelection mode. Every time he
Benefit direction at joe bidens expense and more evidence from the g 20 trip hes more happy talking to tyrants than heads of state like himself. Before going further, hard headed diplomacy deals with less than savory characters and out right thugs and if thats what the president was doing, it would be controversial but for good purpose or a definable purpose. Instead, his critics and they span the spectrum, worry this president turned a diplomatic necessity for advancing the interest of the United States and democracies into Something Else such as failing to rebut Vladimir Putins claim that western style liberalism is obsolete. He didnt do what john f. Kennedy did when he confronted nikita and didnt defend what nato was to form instead he confused western style lib list liberalism with opposition in california. I dont know what they are thinking but when you look at los angeles, when you look at san francisco, when you look at some of the other cities and not a lot, not a lot but you d
Our jab was ob was to stop it. I had oversight of all 16 are our nations intelligence agencies. My name is mike rogers. I had access to classified information gathered by our operatives, people who risked everything for the United States and our families. You dont know their faces or their names. You dont know the real stories from the people who live the fear and the pressure until now. 9 11 was a wakeup call to the United States that were vulnerable to terrorist attacks. It was also a wakeup call that our Law Enforcement Intelligence Community had to Work Together in the future. Pre9 11 what you didnt have is the connective tissue of information between Law Enforcement and Intelligence Community assets. And the consequence is youre not seeing what is going on inside the country and its not easy to connect that to outside the country. And that was noted in the 9 11 commission report. Theres a lot of Lessons Learned after 9 11. A lot better sharing of information and intelligence, comm
Support both sides, that meant more money for him. He was the merchant of death. Nobody was able to touch him. As a former fbi agent and chairman of the house intelligence, i had oversight of all 16 of the nations intelligence agencies. My name is mike rogers. I had access to classified information gathered by our operatives. People who risked everything for the United States and our families. You dont know their faces or their names. You dont know the real stories fear and the pressure until now. A worldwide hunt is on for a russian weapons dealer who u. S. Authorities fear is every bit as dangerous as oh sbin laden. Viktor bout is a dangerous figure. They dont care who they do business with and provide weapons to drug traffickers, terrorists, human traffickers. They are basically the engine behind those groups. He facilitates that death and destruction. And the deaths of many innocence. What he did is the worst thing ive ever experienced as a dea agent. The drugs are one thing. Drugs