Provider. Watch us on h. D. , like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. The House Intelligence Committee today held a hearing with top officials from intelligence and Law Enforcement agencies. Heres what the chairman of the committee, mike rogers, had to say about the obama administrations approach to counterterrorism operations. Decision on key covert action activities have had serious consequences to the National Security of the United States. When it comes to americas current approach to National Security, there is only one thing that is certain and that is our allies have no clue what our policy is from one day to the next. We just return from the munich security conference, we had roughly 10 bilateral meetings in a bipartisan delegation. To the individual who expressed frustration over the lack of clarity in u. S. Policy when it comes to engagements in rough parts of the world. As a matter of fact, one particular very senior official highlighted the confusion when he stated th
Quite an important factor. So thats the second point. The third point id make is c. B. O. Themselves says theres a tremendous amount of uncertainty. A lot of the report stems from, as tax credits phase out, what does that do to peoples incentives . Theres a literature on the earned income tax credit that has generally found that the phaseout of the earned income tax credit doesnt affect labor supply. C. B. O. Is assuming that in this context, people will have a much better understanding of these phaseouts and alter their behavior in response to it in a much greater degree than weve seen with the earned income tax credit. I expect c. B. O. Would say theres uncertainty around that and expect thats one of the many assumptions that one could debate in this report. You dont dispute or do you dispute the conclusion, one of the main conclusions that weve talked about already, that some people would choose to go part time so as not to lose the subsidies that are a part of the design of the a.
[inaudible conversations] this airing of the subcommittee will resume. It would have been ten minutes except the senate train broke down. [laughter] we had to walk over the capital. Please proceed. Good afternoon, mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, members of the committee. Thank you for revisiting this pressing issue. Changing the culture in the prisons will change the culture and our cities and states. The disproportionate and arbitrary use of solitary confinement is not only immoral but they missed the opportunity to break the cycle of crime. This approach doesnt increase Public Safety and is contrary did justice goals were the criminal Justice System, accountability and restoration. Teaching people to become good citizens red and just give prisoners is a charge entrusted to the Correctional Officers by the taxpayers. Skilled whartons understand that in sharing prisoners become responsible and productive members of society at large is paramount to the safety of our communities whether in
The revelations have shaken the tech industry. It has heightened calls for surveillance reform. That is our topic today. Has government surveillance gone too far . Welcome to washington journal. We want to hear from you this morning. The numbers are you can also reach out to us on social media. Take a look at the headlines. First in usa today, that investigation coming out this morning, it details how Public Service agencies are using that surveillance data. Lets talk about the eight Tech Companies calling for more surveillance limits. Those include apple, google, microsoft, and twitter. Looking at the front page of the Washington Post this morning from that letter lets go to your calls. In northgo to david carolina on our line for independents. Hey. R i use a lot of the social facebook. Outy to put my opinion there and i feel when it gets that it locksed up all the time, stuff gets delete it randomly. I can never get a clear thought out there into the world. People lookinghe over your
Has to go. And call her never say die dieana diana. Marathon swimmer diana nyad will say never say never. Thats up next on cbs this morning for saturday, august 31st, 2013. Captioning funded by cbs and welcome to the weekend, a long holiday weekend. I hope its a good one for everyone. Well get right to syria. President obama says he has not yet made a final decision to launch a military strike but if he does order one, it will be limited in scope. Early this morning a team of u. N. Chemical weapons inspectors left syria after completing its investigation and crossed into neighboring lebanon. We have Team Coverage including Elizabeth Palmer in syrias capital, but we start with jeff pegues at the white house. Good morning to you, jeff. Good morning, vinita. Later today republicans are going to get a briefing on the state of syria. They believe the case is strong against the Syrian Government. The president says the military strike would not include Ground Troops but he believes something