In keeping bad actors from using unbreakable encryption. Which is open source, free, and widely available from Companies Based overseas. As the chairman argued when we had this debate in 1999, only y allowing the use of strong encryption not only domestically but internationally as well can we hope to make the internet a safe and secure environment. I agree with that sentiment and you have made some of the public statements that i hope you can help us to reconcile that view with your call for special access. And, finally, because rigorous oversight is necessary for public trust, i hope that you will commit today to full compliance with the Inspector General act. For the past five years the f. B. I. Has resisted the clear mandate of that law. The Inspector General of the department of justice is to have timely access to every carry t he requires to out his duties. Noncompliance has real consequences. This committee waited until february of this year to receive a report about the f. B. I
Landmark cases. Director james comey testified before no bright a committee. H this is about two hours and 45 minutes. Good morning. The Judiciary Committee will come to order. Welcome, director komi. We are happy to have you here with us today. Commend your distinguished service and i am confident you will continue to serve honorably. Today, the fbi continues to face the effects of one of the worst National Security leaks in our nation wash history by Edward Snowden two years ago. Was aa freedom act bipartisan law that ended a controversial National Security program. You provided transparency of the american intelligence gathering. The act in chores that federal law appropriately respects civil liberties, while providing the and meet ourls National Security responsibilities. Comey to thank director and the men and women of the fbi, for working closely with the members of this committee to ensure the passage of the freedom act. Events of the past year have deeply violated the worlds mo
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Other than a gasoline engine. They will be connected to each other in ways that will make the driving experience safer and more enjoyable and they will more and more relieved the human being of the driving task. Because we know that humans are fallible and will have crashes and cars, the Automobile Industry and the national Highway Transportation Safety Administration or nhtsa has spent the last half century designing and building automobiles to be safer when they crash with innovations like seatbelts and airbags. Today we are designing and building automobiles to avoid collisions entirely with technologies like for him to backup cameras and blind spots warnings. Increasingly these technologies allow the machine to assist the driving task itself when the human driver doesnt react appropriately enough to approve a crash. Soon, technologies like vehicle to Vehicle Communications will be deployed with the promise to impact over 80 of the crashes on todays roads. The savings in terms of li
Proxy forces, misdirection plays, propaganda, a different way of exerting power . Sec. Carter exactly right. And we need to counter that, too. And we need to fortify our european allies to counter that. So weve got a lot to do, and thats just another way of saying that we need to continue to be innovative. We innovated a lot when it was came for iraq and afghanistan. They were new kinds of one of the things im really proud of in our Defense Department is a long history of innovation. It goes back you know, i started my career in science and technology. As you said, we were doing stealth at that time. We were doing a whole lot of stuff in space. Missile defenses, all those were new capabilities. And those of you who are in High Technology industry know im trying to reach out to our industry, building those bridges. Mr. Seib i wanted to ask you about that, as a final thought before we take questions. But but you have spent a lot of time in silicon valley, which is not a normal place for