good evening, everyone. so glad you re with us. i m poppy harlow in tonight for erin burnett. outfront tonight, faceoff, the justice department taking aim at trump s argument for a special master. today, announcing fbi agents have already sorted through those documents and weeded out any material that may be covered by attorney/client privilege. trump s team has argued much of the seized material contained presidential communications and therefore in their view is protected. the former president s attorney today making it clear that trump is not leaving it up to doj to sort the documents. listen to this. now, they are trying to suggest with this pleading, judge, don t be surprised we have already taken care of all this. nothing to see here. well, we re not in a position where we can really have a lot of faith in that. we still need judicial intervention. we need a judge to monitor our access to these documents. also tonight, another court deadline looming. this one fo
Of the nation in broad terms, and strong encryption is important to strong internet defense and will defend it is in our best interests. Within the broad framework of though the challenge we cant figure out is realizing that communication that the use by very law abiding citizens, nationstates and companies engage in lawful activity is also being used by criminals, terrorists, nationstates who attempted generate advanced against the United States advocates are allies and partners. So were trying to figure out how do we balance these two important. Is a privacy and security, and realizing the world around us is changing in a foundational way. So were trying to come to grips broadly with how do we do with the reality of the technical world around us to yet the broader legal and social imperatives we have begun the first acknowledge we do not have a defined way to hit you in the end i think this is about how to get the best minds together to address this. When i look at our capabilities a
Issc considered just as bad and make sure that that culture is incolcated throughout the force. I agree, but now the admiralt is assaulted by the telecoms who want to tie his hands behind his back by doing all of the encryption. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, mr. Chairman. In our state, naval surfers warfare, senator crane has taket the lead on much of our effortso to protect against the threat oe counterfeit electronics. And so secretary work and director clapper, the Global Supply chain for ts a g microelectronics presents a growing challenge for cybersecurity. One of the things we saw s wh recently, ibm sold its chipmaking facilities with dod foundry status to a foreignowned competitor. So i was wondering your top toiorities in managing the risk posed by the globalization of microelectronics ilitie Manufacturing Capabilities and our abilities to protect our systems in that area. Its a big question, senator. In fact, its going to be one of the key things we look at in qt this fa
Well, it didnt affect a National Security entity but it did cause damage to a company. In that case and this is an important illustration of when we could attribute. Very clearly there was agreement across the Intelligence Community to attribute that attack to the north koreans, and we did sanction them. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, mr. Chair. Gentlemen, thank you for your service and for joining us here today. And director clapper, before i start on ill begin to focus on cyberpolicy, i think were all very concerned about the allegations that leadership at Central Command deliberately distorted the assessments of Intelligence Officers related to the fight against isil. And i understand that theres an ongoing investigation, and im going to wait for the results of that investigation. But i want to say that as a member of both this committee and the intelligence committee, i want to in the strongest terms possible impress upon you the importance for all of us to re
Okay, thank you. My time has expired mr. Chairman, i just would like to pursue which at some point fiscal issue of trading because i think it has great bearing on what is allowed to happen. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Now recognize that children from north carolina, mr. Meadows, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Ms. Leonhart, youve been with dea for how many years . Thirtyfive. Thirtyfive years and as i understand it about five years in your current position . Since 2010. So you take this very seriously being part of Law Enforcement. I enjoy great relationship with Law Enforcement back home. And in the standards of which they take the standards that are violated by some within our ranks really paint a very bad picture for the rest to serve diligently, would you agree with that . Yes. These are, you know a few compared to the 4600 agents that work for dea. We are very proud of our agency ended its is hard. And it should hit you hard it sounds like you know you keep saying youre ap