After i was elected, i had the privilege to be appointed to a task force on combating terrorist and foreign fighter travel. For six months, our Bipartisan Task force looked at this very threat. What we discovered is that 30,000 individuals have traveled from over 100 countries to iraq and syria to join isis. We know about 4,500 are from western and visawaiver countries. And 250 of them are from america. Those are the ones that we know. We realize there are probably so many that we dont know. In addition, Law Enforcement has isisrelated investigations in every single state right now, with cases increasing at an alarming rate. And isis is employing a sophisticated and unprecedented propaganda, recruitment, and socialmedia campaign. They use it to inspire or direct people to travel to isiscontrolled areas to join the fight or remain where they are and commit terrorist attacks at home. Theres an estimated 200,000 proisis socialmedia posts per day. They are acting at the speed of broadband,
And that is the involvement of Security Experts in development of the Design Excellence program. I know there were some who were on the commission to develop it. But ms. Munaz and mr. Green, if you could address the actual input of the Security Experts into the program and setting standards in the program, and whether theres an ongoing effort to keep the Security Experts involved. Beyond what the state department comes up with on its own. One of the criticisms that has happened has been that the state department has underestimated the security needs and the security threats. And i want to make sure as we move forward and build these embassies that security considerations are part of that ongoing process of assessment. So if you could sort of address that, starting from who was on the initial commission and whether that involvement and security continues and mr. Green, if you could gives your assessment as a security expert yourself. Im not really a security expert. You led the committe
Plot lines real. We talk to the expert, a former c. I. A. Operative. The n. S. A. Says on its website that it specialises in signals intelligence and information assurance. Translation it is in the spying business collecting data, especially from phones, possibly your phone. The agency is under fire for vast surveillance programs and a president ial panel says its time to change the way the n. S. A. Operates. The 46 recommendations spelt out in the report are surprising and sweeping. The panel chosen by president obama asks them to stop phone calls. Surveillance Program Creates risk to trust, personal privacy and civil liberty, and spying on citizens, including World Leaders must be carried out by a duly enacted law and must be directed at protecting nationality security interests. We need to endure intelligence is supporting our Foreign Policy and National Security objectives,. That is including being focussed on the threats to the american people. The president has been clear. As we
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