Things like that potentially unininvestigatable if the target has done a good enough job of hiding his other traces. If we believe that be the case, we wouldnt take the position we have. Our belief is the civil agencies with the tools they have can veth. It is our belief that the type you have to be arguing in order for that to be the case, you have to argue theres no case in which access to information by direct request to the Service Provider contributed in a material way to an investigation . I think its difficult to be categorical in a hypothetical situation. So i would not want to say that. But i will say i think we think on balance, balancing the law the needs of Law Enforcement with the privacy here we believe that the best the best outcome to this is that the civil agencies work with the tools they have rather than extending this new power to them. But you agree and accept that a contested Court Proceeding in open court with the target of the investigation present is a more rig
Countries like honduras or others that have two times the murder rate of mexico but mexico does have a high murder rate. I think its about four time, over four times the american rate. Five times four times the american rate. I wonder if some of you could the differences in some cities compared to other cities and whether you think it is right now particularly dangerous in these cities with the higher the differences in rates themselves. Sir, i think the embassy in mexico city and the different types of agencies that are represented there mr. Starr and the different mr. Starr and the different agencies represented there have different types of violence. That fuels a lot of murder rates. As we said earlier, 25 million americans visit mexico every single year. Very few of those people have any type of problem there. You know, tourism is a very big dizz. Is a very big business. Were acutely aware of certain places where the drug cartels, one is trying to take over another, or theres a spl
Will be shot, but understand you may very well be back again and again as the documents that were requested finally come in. For that, i am truly sorry that you may have to come back here again and again, but if we do not receive documents that were requested in plenty of time, then many of your testimony today will be a first round and not in fact a definitive oversight that we expected to have. With that, i recognize the Ranking Member for his opening statement. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Thank you for holding this very important hearing, and i thank you all of our witnesses for being with us today. The horrific bombings of our embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1998 were a watershed moment for our nation. Following those attacks, the state department reported that 80 of its overseas facilitiy i did not i repeat, did not meet Security Standards. Congress authorized billions of dollars to expedite Embassy Construction around the world. As part of this effort, the state Departm
Legislative agenda. The most Diverse Congress industry poised to take power and a wave of new lawmakers is arriving on capitol hill. Republicans called it the ranks. And that spirit, the hill should look at the quirks of the voting members and the new congress. There is a Record Number of female lawmakers, alongside 430 men following the departure of michael grimm. You taught senator tim scott is part of the largest black republican lass in Congress Since the reconstruction era. There will be 46 black lawmakers and the new congress. Hispanic lawmakers will have 33 in the house and 30 senators. That is Peter Sullivan reporting on that. The 114 Congress Gavels in tomorrow at 9 00. Next, we hear from former white house officials and the obama bush, and Clinton Administrations. This would not happen without pat griffin. He has been a background of being an assistant director and assistant to be president under clinton. He organized this and he came up with the idea several months ago and i
Happy thanksgiving weekend. Welcome to defense news. Im vago muradian. What are the best policy options the United States as china continues to flex its military clout . C and political secretary defense chuck hagels resignation. The initiative will help had United States retain its military superiority despite easilyations using available commercial technologies to counter u. S. Capabilities. A multifaceted approach that will use intensive war gaming to identify future capabilities and technologies that u. S. Forces will need to off set gains by adversaries. Led to ther development of leadahead capabilities like stealth, gps, precision weapons that American Forces enjoy to this day. Diiher key part of the strategy is institutional reform to make the pentagon more agile. Here to talk about the dii and what new leadership at the department will mean, our two analysts, each of whom has a slightly differing view. Fitzgerald is the director of the tecechnology and National Security program