Floornoi and they discussed china russia and iran as well as intelligence. This is half an hour. [ applause ] good afternoon, everybody, and marcel, thank you for that warm introduction and thanks to the sponsors for pulling such an Amazing Group of professionals together this afternoon, and it is truly an honor for me to share the stage with the general and he was a fantastic colleague and a wonderful role model of this servant leader for all of us who were in government. You served as u. S. Socom and as commander of Central Command during probably the busiest time ever for our armed forces in the middle east. You were an avid and regular consumer of intelligence, and if youd start by giving us a war fighters frank assessment of the intelligence support you received. How were you doing . What were the strengths and the weaknesses and the gaps . Let me add my thanks to the leadership here and to all of you for being here and thanks for joining us here today for this panel. Youre right,
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Close coordination with our iraqi partners in baghdad and in the north province. At bottom, as military Campaign Plan comes together, thesefour nonmilitary components , political agreement on the disposition of forces, and unified humanitarian plan, civilization of local governments must keep pace. I believe next to the pledging conference yesterday to meetings we are having this Week Foundation is being set. The liberation of mosul and raqqa is now an achievable objective and its one we must get right. Liberating these areas will not only free millions from the terror of daesh, it will make the world safer. Tonight daesh c haven the plan attacks, denying access toresources , shuddering propaganda outlets and exposing it. When two historic caliphate. Two years ago, when we first met as a coalition in general, is looking possible. But thanks to our work to date is now possible but is still not inevitable. The unexpected will happen. We must remain flexible, adaptive, he prepared to resp
Disruption of the plots and the arrest of the al qaeda operatives here. Socalled incidental collection led to the initial identification of these men and enabled the government to use other investigative tools including traditional fisa to vag advance the investigations. Its an invaluable tool in supporting the counterterrorism efforts of our allies around the world. In describing the value of 702 its important to explain why its uniquely important as the Deputy Attorney general from 2006 to 2009 i experienced first hand the consequences of the prefaa approach in some cases it simply was not possible under that prior approach to demonstrate probable cause that a foreign target overseas was an agent of a foreign power. It authorizes the government to obtain critical intelligence about terrorists and other targets that it cannot obtain by other means. In conclusion, i would say that the Authority Congress established under section 702 has played an indispensable role in protecting the na