Will come back to the auditorium. Both those president here and watching at home. I am again senior fellow, burried pleased to welcome you to the second panelist of the 2019 Institute Surveillance conference. This continues the theme, focusing on oversight. With respect to two controversial programs. Surveillance on section seven oh two of Foreign Policy and a provision of section 215 that provides for a burried large scale automated collection of phone records. Both of these programs have had some serious complaints. That come to live over the past year. And so we thought it useful to examine how those arose, what the nature of the problems of the discovery is and how the Intelligence Community is responding to them and whether the response is adequate. So the discussion will be headed up by prizewinning port reporter, Charlie Savage. His book power wars is probably the best portrait of nast National Security policy making. In a president ial ministration. I will pass you on to Charli
Good morning and welcome to the Cato Institute. My name is julian sanchez, im a senior fellow here and im grateful to everyone has come out bright and early to the auditorium at cato for our 2019 surveillance conference. Weve been doing this for some five years now. When we launched this in the aftermath of disclosures about both a fake election by former contractor snowden, the nsa itself was a fairly obscure agency unfan with most americans and as we kick off our 2019 conference, we find that now even intelligence oversight is itself very much in public headlines. We have an impeachment proceeding kicked off in significant part by reports from the from the Intelligence Communitys Inspector General. We have forth coming next week a breathlessly awaited report on allegations of misuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act during the 2016 president ial campaign. We have proceedings aired, going to be from the house Intelligence Committee. So even intelligence overseers now are at
Testimony on the importance of trauma informed practices and education to assist students impacted by gun violence and other adversities. I know for the subcommittee. On both sides of the aisle where theres been an opportunity to withstand the witnesses be Opening Statements are limited to the chair and the Ranking Member. I want to begin by acknowledging that this morning marks 18 years since the terrorist attacks september 11. Let us please take a moment to remember the 1,799 lives lost in those attacks. The first morning we are here to discuss the governments responsibility to ensure every child has a nurturing learning environment. 34 million have endured a childhood experience that can render their ability to learn and grow. Extensive Research Shows paying attention and with depression or anger. The challenges can be further compounded by discipline with support in my district they lost the campus and in the new school year especially when they have their homes lost in a to obtain
A member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council was also detained and on thursday the leader of the band Independence Group and the chair and was arrested before boarding a flight to japan hes been accused of rioting and assaulting a Police Officer in july police have now confirmed 7 arrests over the past 2 days critics call it a case of white terror by Police Intimidation and an attempt to silence protests the demonstrations began more than 3 months ago prompted by a controversial extradition bill but they quickly morphed into a wider discontent what is seen as chinas growing influence in Hong Kong Affairs its all these iconic Young Leaders arrests together could send out to some Chilling Effect around the hong kong to scare people from taking to the street to morrow we arrest a person as soon as we have to get a sufficient evidence to prove his or her office. The elevation that is high in our arrest is totally false a mass prodemocracy rally planned for saturday has been canceled after
Between the opposition and Ruling Military Council are set to resume. And of the trump baby is back. Protests in the u. S. As the fourth of july parade is criticized as wasting taxpayers money. The United States welcomed the seizure of an Iranian Oil Tanker in the strait of gibraltar. It was detained by the u. K. Early thursday. It is said they were delivering oil to a libyan refinery in reach of sanctions. Iran called the interception illegal and the summoned ambassador in tehran to explain. Reporter a tanker in the shadow of a rock, the Oil Tanker Grace one. Calm, but the ship is at the center of a diplomatic storm. Spain revealed the u. S. Had been monitoring the ships journey and passed on intelligence to the government. Giving the gibraltar government grounds to believe the vessel, the grace one, was asking in breach of european sanctions against syria. In fact, we have reason to believe the grace one was carrying crude oil to a refinery in syria. That refinery is the property of