At any time. Ill now recognize myself for five minutes for my Opening Statement. Good afternoon. Thanks for being here. Its been over 240 years since our forefathers declared independence and a democratic experiment began. Throughout the entirety of our existence our adversaries have sought to suppress our voting process. Voting is one of our fundamental rights. Our existence as a democracy depends on free, fair and accurate elections. Today we are here to talk about the best way to protect the integrity of our Voting Systems bu the cybersecurity of our Voting Machines and election systems. There are over 10,000 election jurisdictions nationwide that administer elections and even within states, counties use different systems and different technologies to conduct elections. Over a year ago, last september. Ranking member kelly and i held a hearing in the subcommittee titled cybersecurity and sharing the integrity of the ballot box to discuss potential cybersecurity issues with the upcom
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Channel and abc news in london, ive been covering terrorism since 1987, so for 30 years. About six years ago we were celebrating the takedown of Osama Bin Laden at his compound in pakistan. And later in 2011, a successful drone strike took out an american cleric who was the First American targeted for death by the cia and in many respects the father of this digital jihad that we are living today. I am reminded that it is one thing to kill a man, another to kill his ideas. The topic of our panel today is whether the Intelligence Community has the tools it needs to blunt this terrorist threat. Id like to introduce members of our panel. Id like to begin with jane harmon who is on my far left. Jane harmon is a very familiar face here on capitol hill. She resigned from congress in february of 2011 to join the Woodrow Wilson center as its first female director, president and ceo. Jane served on all major security committees and has made numerous congressional Fact Finding Missions to hot spo
Accomplishment. Later in 2011, a successful drone strike took out an american cleric, anwar al awlaki, who was the First American targeted for death by the c. I. A. And was the first of the digital jihad. And im reminded its one thing to kill a man and another thing to kill his ideas. Here we are today in a threat environment which is extremely dynamic and extremely diverse. And the topic of our panel today is whether the i. C. Has the tools it needs to blunt this terrorist threat. And i would like to introduce members of our panel. I would like to begin with jane harmon, on my far left. Jay harmon is a very familiar face here on capitol hill. She resigned from congress in february of 2011 to join the Woodrow Wilson center as its first female director, president and ceo. Representing the Aerospace Center of california during nine terms in congress. Jane served on all major security committees and has made numerous congressional factfinding missions to hot spots including north korea, a