Cybersecurity and cisas cybersecurity and infrastructure Security Acting director and we will have with us today i think hes joining a little bit later. Senator warner is the vice chair of the intelligence committee, representative will hurd whos the Ranking Member of the subcommittee on intelligence modernization and readiness and on the house intelligence committee, and representative underwood, from the subcommittee on cybersecurity, infrastructure , protections, and innovation. And i thought we would start where we just ended, which is we just heard from the cybersecurity and infrastructure cybersecurity agencys acting director from the department of Homeland Security. And the reason why we have an acting director is that the president fired the director , chris krebs. And maybe ill start with representative underwood and then turn to representative hurd, but to see what do you make of the firing of our lead cybersecurity officials. Well, thanks for having me. Hi, everybody. Really
About the 2020 election. Welcome to Washington Post live. Im david ignatius, a columnist for the Washington Post, and its my pleasure to welcome christopher krebs, the former director of the cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at dhs, and it is fair to say, one of the heroes and protecting the security of our 2020 election. Welcome. Chris thank a lot. David lets begin with your story. You began preparing for a secure election back in february. And i remember talking with you in august for a column at a time when President Trump was warning about the danger of fraud because of mailin voting. You told me on the record interview back then this election would be slower to tabulate because of all the absentee votes, but it would be safe and secure. In august for a column at a time when President Trump was warning about the danger of fraud because of mailin voting. Took you told me in and on the record interview back then this election would be slower to tabulate because of all
Looking ahead to the election in 2018 and then ultimately the election in 2020, you have a to do list. And the to do list includes what . Paper ballots. Paper ballots give you the ability to audit, to go back and check the tape and make sure that you got the count right. And thats really one of the keys to success for a secure 2020 election. 95 of the ballots cast in the 2020 election had a paper Record Associated with it. Compared to 2016, 82 . And with a paper order are, you can go back and verify what the machine is saying by physically counting the paper. That gives you the ability to prove that there was no malicious algorithm or hacked software that adjusted the tally of the vote and just look at what happened in georgia. Georgia has machines that tabulate the vote. They then held a hand recount, and the outcome was consistent with the machine vote. And that tells you what . That tells you that there was no manipulation of the vote on the machine count side. And so that pretty th
Cybersecurity threats. I want to welcome our guests and remind folks please submit questions and i will read them toward the end of the session today. Just heard from cyberSecurity Acting director, senator warner is the vice chair of the Intelligence Community, representative will heard who in addition to being a cochair of the Cyber Security group is the Ranking Member on intelligence modernization on the health house Intelligence Community. And underwood on the subcommittee on Cybersecurity Infrastructure protection and innovation. I thought i would start with the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Acting director from the department of Homeland Security and the reason we have an acting director, the president fired the director, maybe i will start with representative underwood and turn to representative heard to see what you make of the fire ring of cybersecurity officials. Hi, everybody. I oppose any effort to politicize the National Security department and agency. Our last inve
Highprofile former members of President Trumps administration. Now a highprofile critic an ambassador, john bolton. Welcome back. Got to be with you. Bolton, as you commit deeply that President Trump will take action against iran . I think the reports that he asks for options is fairly typical of the erratic idiosyncratic ill form that he makes decisions. The thought occurs to him that maybe it would be a good thing to do. Somethingbout it, and else attracts his attention. I do not think that is all likely. If anything, 30 days from now, he could be thinking about making a deal to go back into the nuclear deal. Theyll be par for the course within. Robert what are you hearing from inside . Mr. Bolton he is definitely not reconciled to having lost the election, that is for sure. I think he is being spun up by bad legal advice and bad political advice. Win. He has a chance to becky will never conceive that he lost. He will say that the election wasnt stolen from him. I am worried that in