Day caused by a fundamental lack of understanding about whats actually happening at individual companies. Often these seemingly nonsensical moves define the underneath as we call it. Whats really going on. Even as the averages look placid, beast. Happily sunning themselves on the plains of the syrian gatti. S p advanced 0. 4 and nasdaq climbed also. What do i mean when i say people get it wrong . Lets go right to the tape. Take best buy. Heres a company that most of the cognicente view it where you can check out hardware before buying it from amazon prime. The thing is that view couldnt be more mistaken which is why the shorts got their bell rung today. Best buy. Best buy is and always has been and always will be about new product cycles. When theres a huge new product cycle it can produce fantastic nulls. When there are several Sterling Products hitting all at once results can be as spectacular as they were this morning. When best buy reported a gigantic upside surprise that astonishe
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon. We are going to get the hearing started. I want to welcome director Nick Rasmussen from the National Counterterrorism center. Nick, we have invited you here today in an open session. I think some of the news outlets vice chair that said this would never happen with me being chairman that everything would be close and i want to point out we are having an open session and this is to provide the senate and the American People with an update on the current threat from terrorism. The committee remains concerned about the expanding evolving nature of this threat than the challenges facing the Intelligence Community and the evolving nature of the threat. This is the first of what i hope will be a number of open hearings that should give the Intelligence Community an opportunity to better inform the public of its current efforts and challenges. As mr. Rasmussen and i have talked about here is what we do. More importantly here is why the American People
Tough situation. Thats a terrific question senator and isils propaganda runs the gamut. You are absolutely right to point to some of these horrific videos including that sends a signal and attracted some element of isils propaganda also includes a fair number of messaging examples in which they paint a fulfilling life in the caliphate that they project to individuals who may be disenfranchised, disadvantaged dissatisfied in their home environment. So the range of factors for people than that going to places like syria now ranges from ideological that you pointed to but also to the psychological catering to some sense of wanting to belong to something no matter how depraved that group they would belong to is. And to others its the sheer sense of adventure and a chance to throw your hat into the winning side is a part of the calculation. We have tried to disaggregate all the different factors in the messaging we are seeing so we can develop contra messaging strategies to go at it. The pr