Committee on Homeland Security will come to order. Committees meeting today to examine the most serious threats confronting our homeland. Before i recognize myself for an opening statement, i would like to take a moment to welcome the newest member of our committee, don bacon. Don served nearly 30 years in the air force and is experienced in cybersecurity and Airborne Reconnaissance will prove greatly beneficial to this committee. Thank you, sir, for being here. Thank you, chairman. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. I would like to thank each of the witnesses, acting secretary elaine duke, fbi director christopher wray, and ctc director nick rasmussen, for joining us today. You represent thousands of patriotic men and women who go to work every day to insure the safety of their fellow americans. Everyone on this committee is extremely grateful for your service and director rasmussen, for over two decades, you have helped navigate an unprecedented landscape in combat terr
Spying practices. There was a secret memo circulating. Freedom caucus members like mark meadows and jim jordan insist the American Public deserves to read that memo. Agencies and operatives overstep their bound when they continuinger in almost near secrecy without accountability. It has explode on social media and devin nunes is leading the charge. Which is laughable because he misled people about the phoney reforms that were supposedly in the legislation and put limit on the unconstitutional mass spying. The memo reportedly outline how fisa lawyers lied to a judge to obtain a warrant to fire what tap carter page. If the dossier was the basis for such a warrant that led to such a wiretap and that was predicated on both the lying witness and agents who committed seasons of omission on his pea half, then accountability is in order. Let us read the memo and let due process follow. Then let heads roll. Im kennedy. A republican congressman said the memo will shake our democracy to its very
Spying practices. There was a secret memo circulating. Freedom caucus members like mark meadows and jim jordan insist the American Public deserves to read that memo. Agencies and operatives overstep their bound when they continuinger in almost near secrecy without accountability. It has explode on social media and devin nunes is leading the charge. Which is laughable because he misled people about the phoney reforms that were supposedly in the legislation and put limit on the unconstitutional mass spying. The memo reportedly outline how fisa lawyers lied to a judge to obtain a warrant to fire what tap carter page. If the dossier was the basis for such a warrant that led to such a wiretap and that was predicated on both the lying witness and agents who committed seasons of omission on his pea half, then accountability is in order. Let us read the memo and let due process follow. Then let heads roll. Im kennedy. A republican congressman said the memo will shake our democracy to its very
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Talking about mental illness. From what we know about this you be stable murderer. He had his own tragedy mud yig up a damaged brain by losing both adoptive parents in short order. But he didnt brood in secretive silence about his dark intentions. There were so many warning signs the red flags were practically purple, the fbi, his school, his friend, the local cops, everyone seemed to know he was violent and crazy and capable of doing what he did. He reportedly advertised in a youtube post, im going to be a professional school short. That kind of sickness needs to be discussed, identified and treated long before it manifests into helpfest monday morning quarterback. He used social media to advertise his desires. You can ban guns, you can enact the strictest background laws in the world. But how do you convince someone not to engage their murderous rage. As long as there is a dehumanized disconnect and damaged brain, talking points will never cure this kind of murder. Lets talk about it