Now again, we come back to the nsas dual functions and see over and over again whenever they weigh Information Assurance it gets surveilness, this side wins. So its very unclear how this weighing process is going to play out. And actually one of the reasons its unclear is that theres no transparency built into it. I think one of the key things we continually talk about throughout this is the need for Greater Transparency and how things are being applied. And they havent talked about if any numbers are going to be made public about this process. Who is going to be aware of how many vulnerabilities they turn over every year and how many they keep back. How many days on average that they keep things back. So these are core questions that need to be answered. Things that can be made public. Numbers that can be made public without great risk to National Security if any risk at all. And its not built into this process. Its just inherently kind of tilted in one direction from the very beginni
Workplace that faces a key Senate Procedural vote today. We will hear your thoughts on the employment nondiscrimination act and what you think it means when it comes to Public Opinion on gay rights in america today. Give us a call with us ono catch up all your favorite social media pages. You can also email us. Good monday morning to you. I want to take you to the headline in todays wall street journal. Vote to procedural proceed to debate is happening today. Here is the story in todays new york times. We will be looking at more from that story later but heres the front page of todays arizona republic. Over to the concorde monitor, the hometown paper of senator kellyayotte. We are getting your opinion on the employment nondiscrimination act. Also the status of Public Opinion on gay rights in the United States, some comments are already coming in on our facebook agent morning. Our Facebook Page this morning. That is from facebook and we want to hear your comments, our phone lines are op
And then it would be the courts response ability and the courts ability to hold the government to account. To return toke former congresswoman harman and ms. Pell. The challenge of the authorization that authorizes secret activity, it almost seems like a contradiction. How do you address laws that we dont want to talk about in public . Democraticke a fully function and the government will fully comply, but how do you write about things that the government doesnt want to talk about . We can talk about the purpose of the program in the framework for the program. Certainly, i recall very specifically in the debate on the fisa amendments in 2008, that is what we did. Maybe members of congress for not paying much attention, but it was out there on the airwaves what the issues were. Certainly, the telephone metadata had been disclosed by the New York Times and then partially declassified by president bush in late 2005. There was conversation out there. Congress can do that and that should ha
Of the department of Homeland Security as Congress Battles over funding. This showdown happening at a critical time. The United States and britain are vowing to hunt down the coldblooded isis killer known as jihadi john. The londoner who has brutally slaughtered western hostages on camera. But while the world now knows his true identity Mohammad Emwazi was known to British Security services for years. He was detained more than once. So how did he escape that scrutiny and become a key figure in the isis reign of terror . How will the department of Homeland Security protect americans from a Terror Threat which is growing daily if congress cannot find a way to pay those workers whose job is supposed to keep all of us safe . Looks like republicans are moments away from failing to break the deadlock over funding the department of Homeland Security. House democrats joined by 15 republicans voted to block an effort to keep the money flowing for another three weeks. Lets go immediately to our
Vote of congress. Thats not the way our system of government was designed to work. The house has an obligation to stand up for the constitution and thats exactly why we are pursing this course of action. Lets get to the other battle brewing now between president obama and house and Senate Republicans when it comes to comprehensive Immigration Reform. President obama is on his way to las vegas to push a sweeping new executive action on immigration. And republicans are looking for ways to block what they call an unlawful scheme by the president. During a primetime speech, the president unveiled a plan that will affect up to 5 million undocumented immigrants of the United States. It will allow the parents of u. S. Citizens a chance to stay in the country, at least temporarily, if they have been here for at least five years. They have to pass a background check, they have to agree to pay back taxes at the same time. This will expand the socalled dreamers program. That applies to those kids