Dealing with in terms of threat environment. Hearing that ih have participated in. Have seen ald say i reduction in threat and all is well. If anything, the threats are growing. We were talking about drones and the extent of social media. Evolving and terrorist groups are spreading around the world and if anything , it has grown far more complex and difficult. You have tremendous responsibility and on your shoulders. I will turn it over to witness testimony. Thank you for being here today. The department of Homeland Security was created to defend the United States from any and all threats. The departments leaders are critical to our National Security efforts and we rely on them to coordinate with the National Counterterrorism and fbi. 9 11,hs was created after agency was very clear [inaudible] the narrow focus was expanded and as threats have grown, they have become more dynamic as well. Andthreats have emerged foreign adversaries disrupt the nations cyber networks. Interference has pr
Investing Additional Resources into Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies. Fbi director Christopher Wray was on capitol hill with intel officials to testify on security threats facing the u. S. Senators asked about counterterrorism efforts, stopping foreign influence in elections, and cybersecurity measures. This Senate Homeland security hearing is two hours 15 minutes. Good afternoon. This hearing will come to order. I want to thank our witnesses for your service to our country. 13 people lost their lives, 30 people were injured. It underscores what we are dealing with here in terms of a threat environment. This is my ninth annual threat hearing that i have either chaired or participated in. I often say im not the most uplifting character. Those i could say that in nine years, i have seen tremendous progress being made and we have reduced these threats and all is well. Unfortunately, we face the same threats. If anything, the threats are growing. Nine years ago, we w
For your service to our country. 13 people lost their lives, 30 people were injured. It underscores what we are dealing with here in terms of a threat environment. This is my ninth annual threat hearing that i have either chaired or participated in. I often say im not the most uplifting character. Those i could say that in nine years, i have seen tremendous progress being made and we have reduced these threats and all is well. Unfortunately, we face the same threats. If anything, the threats are growing. Nine years ago, we were talking about the blind use of drive drones or the use of social media. We face the same threats. They are evolving. Terrorist groups are metastasizing. They are spreading around the world. , it has happened is grown more complex and difficult. You have tremendous responsibilities on your shoulders. Really, i will turn it over to my Ranking Member and we will get to witness testimony. Thank you. Thank you for your service and thank you for being here today. As w
Good afternoon. This hearing will come to order. I want to thank our witnesses for your service to our country. I want to thank you for taking the time and for your testimony and the answers to our questions, but first and foremost, your service to our country. This was not planned this way,ut this does mark the 10year i hate to even call it the anniversary, the shooting at fort hood. 13 people lost their lives, 30 people were injured. It underscores what we are dealing with here in terms of a threat environment. What we are dealing with here in terms of a threat environment. This is my ninth annual threat hearing that i have either chaired or participated in. I often say im not the most uplifting character. Those i could say that in nine years, i have seen tremendous progress being made and we have reduced these threats and all is well. Unfortunately, we face the same threats. If anything, the threats are growing. Nine years ago, we were talking about the blind use of drive drones or
Farber talksdavid about his book taken hostage which chronicles their ordeal and examined the u. S. Governments First Encounter with radical islam. I think the 19791980 hostage crisis between the United States really set the tone. It was really a significant juncture point in how people thought about political islam, the nation of iran, and how they think about us. There were two movements and iran, both of which involve the United States. There was an insurgency within iran, so the union was trying to foster a communist insurgency. We worried a lot about that and ah becauseith the sh he crushed that communist percent. I do think most american political elites thought much about the islamic distance the dissidents in that state. Part of the reason i wrote that book is that i was trying to get across how reasonably so, but narrowly so americans tended to look at our alliances in that part of the world. Didnt really think of islam as a political force. We cheered on who we thought of as