Boomers were getting to vote. Host appreciate that and all our callers today. Coming up live is the commander of the u. S. Southern command, army general laura richardson. She looks at security challenges facing latin america. This event is hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. Have a great day, everybody. We will be back tomorrow at 7 a. M. Eastern. See you tomorrow. Malign actors across the region. Those are only part of the strategic challenges to the United States that are emanating from that region. Migration, transnational criminal organizations, illegal fishing, all of these are on the agenda of the United States Southern Command. I am the director of the smart women, Smart Power Initiative and im joined by my colleague, the director of the Aerospace Security project at csis. We are delighted to welcome general laura richardson, the commander of United States Southern Command to csis, to talk about her perspective on whats happening down south. General ri
Hearing for state Department Nominees Including ambassador at large for Global Health security and diplomacy as well as u. S. Ambassadors. This is about an hour 20 minutes the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Our hearing today is to hear from five of the President Bidens nominees in dealing with career positions and ambassadorships. Its wonderful to have you all here. We thank you all for being here. Thank you do senator ricketts for being here to lead the republican side of this hearing. Its not always easy to find members that have or willing to adjust their schedules in order to accommodate these hearings, and i think senator ricketts for always being available to this committee to carry out our important work. I want to add some opening comments and senator ricketts wont opening comments but first i want to recognize senator reed and allowed to make an introduction and thank him for being here in the committee. We sometimes have a friendly rivalry between Arme
[inaudible conversations] the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Our hearing today is to hear from five of the President Bidens nominees in dealing with career positions and ambassadorships. Its wonderful to have you all here. We thank you all for being here. Thank you do senator ricketts for being here to lead the republican side of this hearing. Its not always easy to find members that have or willing to adjust their schedules in order to accommodate these hearings, and i think senator ricketts for always being available to this committee to carry out our important work. I want to add some opening comments and senator ricketts wont opening comments but first i want to recognize senator reed and allowed to make an introduction and thank him for being here in the committee. We sometimes have a friendly rivalry between Armed Services and Foreign Relations but sense of National Defense authorization bill will be up soon and im going to need his help, he goes first. [l
You know the stories of thomas drake, the n. S a whistle blower, jeffrey sterling, the c i, a whistleblower. Daniel hale, the drone whistle blower, and edward snowden, who worked both for the c i a and n. S. A i blew the whistle on the sea ice torture program. You know that the c i a comes down on whistle blowers like a ton of bricks. And for those officers whom challenge them and who are found guilty in the see eyes preferred court. The Eastern District of virginia sentences are getting longer and longer. So what is a potential whistleblower to do when he becomes aware that the agency itself is breaking the law or plotting against the sitting president . Lets say, what happens when a potential was of lower, realizes that the deep state is real and its dangerous pedro or to is a highly decorated former c i a officer in his 18 years in the agency. He won 8 exceptional performance awards for his work in the middle missed afghanistan, and then the office and the Inspector General working
Is a big, slow, lumbering bureaucracy. Its not the kind of quick moving on mission, super agency like it is in the movies. Sure. Its had its share of successes, even a broken clock is right. Twice a day is the old saying goes. And at the same time the c i a can be a means plateful and vengeful organization, especially for whistle blowers. And when was of lowers are involved the cia often will not release its breath until the whistle blower is ruined. Im john kerry onto welcome to the whistle blowers the. 2 2 2 2 if youre a regular viewer of the show, you know the stories of thomas drake, the n a se whistleblower, jeffrey sterling, the c i, a whistleblower daniel hale. The drone was the blower and edward snowden, who worked both for the c i a and n. S. A, i believe it was so on the sea ice torture program. You know that the c, i a, comes down on whistle blowers like a ton of bricks. And for those officers whom challenge them and who are found guilty in the see, eyes preferred court. The