Over the past three months, three deadly terrorist attacks have struck the United Kingdom. In additional five other plots were thwarted. These were the latest in a wave of deadly attacks that have since swept europe 2014. In three years there have been more than 36 attacks across western europe killing nearly 400 people, including a number of americans. The number of potential plots have skyrocketed, posing a challenge to european authorities. According to british authorities , they are investigating as many and 5000 suspected potential plots. While Security Services have been lucky all of the time to protect our freedom, the terrorists just have to get lucky once to threaten our sense of safety. Terrorists are no longer focusing on sophisticated tax. Everyday items such as kitchen come areelivery trucks used as tools of terror. Anyonel is directed to be it French Police patrolling the streets or children and their families exiting a concert in manchester. They have targeted symbols of
Over the past three months, three deadly terrorist attacks have struck the United Kingdom. In additional five other plots were thwarted. These were the latest in a wave of deadly attacks that have since swept europe 2014. In three years there have been more than 36 attacks across western europe killing nearly 400 people, including a number of americans. The number of potential plots have skyrocketed, posing a challenge to european authorities. According to british authorities , they are investigating as many and 5000 suspected potential plots. While Security Services have been lucky all of the time to protect our freedom, the terrorists just have to get lucky once to threaten our sense of safety. Terrorists are no longer focusing on sophisticated tax. Everyday items such as kitchen come areelivery trucks used as tools of terror. Anyonel is directed to be it French Police patrolling the streets or children and their families exiting a concert in manchester. They have targeted symbols of
Length, limitations, and rules. I will now make my opening statement. Over the past three months, three deadly terrorist attacks have struck the United Kingdom and other plots were thwarted. These are the latest that have struck. In three years, there have been more than 36 attacks across western europe killing a number of people including americans. This poses a serious challenge to european authorities. They are investigating as many as 23,000 suspected and 500 suspected plots. Been trying to protect freedom, the terrorists only have to get lucky wants to threaten our freedom. Kitchen knives, delivery trucks, are now used as tools of terror. Patrolling thece streets, children, families exiting concerts. Terrorists have struck bystanders at the heart of european capitals and struck small towns, killed priests and imams in world communities. Relentlessstop such murder . The first step is not living in. Not accepting terror as they knew norm. Some unfortunately you are accepting terror
Subcommittees will come to order. Without objection, all members will have five days to submit statements, questions and extraneous materials for the record subject to the length, limitation and the rules. At this time, i will make my opening statement. Over the past three months, three deadly terrorist attacks have struck the United Kingdom. An additional five other plots were thwarted. These were just the latest in a wave of deadly terrorist attacks that have swept european since 2014. Three years, there have been more than 36 attacks across western europe killing nearly 400 people including a number of americans. The number of potential plots has skyrocketed, posing a serious challenge. According to british authorities, theyre investigating as many as 23,000 suspected and 500 potential plots. While Security Services have been lucky all of the time to protect our freedom, the terrorists just have to get lucky once to threaten our sense of safety. Terrorists are also no locker focusin
The desert, 10 months after lockerbie. And that was 1988. All of our focus was on that whether it was the brits or the americans. Camethe french plance forgotten. It was not the same visibility except that this man who represented seven clients, seven citizens who were on that plane which went down killing everybody. Foughtthis search, he against the desert, he fought against the french bureaucracy and president ial rock was very upset by various activities of stuart newberger. So today, i want to leave you through a short presentation by him on his book and then a wonderful q a with david, correspondent for the Washington Post and now we are very lucky, a scholar with us here at the wilson center. I am sitting down and they are taking off. Ahead firstnt to go and give an outline of the book and then we will have a little q a here . Stuart newberger certainly, i want to thank diana and her was an Center Including the wilson press and counsel and all the folks here and ive been very inv