His official title is Deputy Director and Research Director of the National Security archive now, of course, it is not that in and say. The nsa that he works for is one of washingtons greatest gems, the place where classified american meets its maker and as hopefully declassified allowing transparency in government that seeks to shine a light on what goes on behind the scenes inside of washington. He is also the coauthor of becoming enemies, a book on american diplomacy during the iraniraq war which i think is safe to say is the best book on american diplomacy during that war. He now has a new book, irancontra, which is based on an extraordinary amount of research and documents and diaries and interviews with individuals. It is literally a mountain of material and documents that i dont think anyone else has ever systematically and seriously looked at, unless you are a prosecutor. But in the end, as your book shows, they did not look as well as they should have. The picture that emerges
Another has just begun. Battling over the budget, and each side has a different vision. Just two shorts to agree on a longterm budget plan. If they dont, and the partisan bickering kicks in the impact may be fall well into the new year. Libby casey is in washington with more on what is at stake in. Drama, the fight over funding the government and raising the debt ceiling may barely be cold but work is already started on the next washington budget battle, a group consisting of house and senate members, both republicans and democrats, have started meeting to get their budget work under way. Patty murray and congressman paul ryan former president ial candidate, and their effort is to try to come to some sort of deal of spending cuts, new budget changes. They have two months to get it done. Theyre starting from very different places, though. They come to the table with different goals. Republicans want no new taxes. They also want to see cuts to agency spending, and they reductions in enti
Judiciary will come to order, without objection the chair is authorized to declare resources of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing and oversight of the department of justice and National Security division. Before we begin with i would like to remind members that we have established an email address and distribution list dedicated to circulating exhibits, motions, and other written materials that they want as part of the hearing today. If you would like to submit materials please send them to the email address that has been previously distributed to the offices, and we. I will now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. National Security Division, or an s day was established was in the department of justice in 2006 with the aim to create counterterrorism and streamline interactions between federal prosecutors, main justice, and the Intelligence Community. The decision operates on the front lines of meteorologist facing our country, including a ris
Matthew olson, assistant attorney general for the National Security division of the Justice Department said its investigation of the january 6 attack on the u. S. Capitol is the single largest domestic terrorism investigation in the nations history. During his testimony before the house Judiciary Committee, he also talked about potential domestic extremist threats. This hearing is just under three and a half hours. The House Committee and are judiciary will come to order, without objection the chair is authorized to declare resources of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing and oversight of the department of justice and National Security division. Before we begin with i would like to remind members that we have established an email address and distribution list dedicated to circulating exhibits, motions, and other written materials that they want as part of the hearing today. If you would like to submit materials please send them to the email address t
Judiciary will come to order, without objection the chair is authorized to declare resources of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing and oversight of the department of justice and National Security division. Before we begin with i would like to remind members that we have established an email address and distribution list dedicated to circulating exhibits, motions, and other written materials that they want as part of the hearing today. If you would like to submit materials please send them to the email address that has been previously distributed to the offices, and we. I will now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. National security division, or an s day was established was in the department of justice in 2006 with the aim to create counterterrorism and streamline interactions between federal prosecutors, main justice, and the Intelligence Community. The decision operates on the front lines of meteorologist facing our country, including a ris