Speaker. We are very fortunate in the current climate, in which all of this is happening, that we have perspectives from the Intelligence Community and from the department of defense. So it is a privilege and an honor to welcome to our to welcome our next two speakers who will do a talk with different points of view. Our next speaker is mad lynn madeleine. Principal director for several policy for the office of the secretary of defense. Without further ado, lets get the party started. [applause] i will apologize, a heads up that our colleague will go first, but i am happy is that ok . If that is all right. Ok, so it is not the program, but [laughter] my distinct honor and pleasure to introduce david porter, assistant section chief with the Foreign Influence Task , counterintelligence division. He is joining us today from fbis headquarters. Thank you. [applause] sorry about that. Good morning, everybody. I am david porter, i served as the assistant section chief of the f. B. I. s Foreig
Technologygy and the center for justice to welcome you to what i consider to be a very timely and very important symposium. At these outset, i want to thank all the participants who got an incredible array of speakers participating in the form. I want to thank the guests that have taken the time to join us this morning, and i also want to reach out and say thank you to cspan for covering something that i think all of us, regardless of th whether republ, democrat, independent think it is critically important. Its an disputed people have been hacking into the elections for a long time. The evidence is indisputable. We can start with 2016, but i think that we will look back before that we might havese seed there were some people playing around inpe that arena even befe that time. So, when we decided to get together for these organizations to pull together a symposium to deal with how to make the 2020 election more secure so we are grateful they can join us this morning. Some of you in the
Id appreciate it. Im going to take the role now, vice chair. Present. Commissioner palmer. Here. Commissioner thomas hicks. Here. So we have a quorum of the commission. Good afternoon, i thank you for joining us today as the u. S. Election Assistance Commission convenes an Election Security forum for the security challenge Election Administrators face ahead of the 2020 president ial election. This vital conversation will provide us with a better understanding of ways the commission can help jurisdictions address a variety of Security Issues, including those that stem from aging Voting Technology. When Congress Passed the help america vote act of 2002, it established the eac as the only federal entity solely focused on Election Officials and voters they serve. Part of our charge is to be the nations clearinghouse on Election Administration. It is this responsibility that brings us here today and guides our Election Security efforts. Eac prides itself addressing significant issues and th
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