Want to know. Since then members of congress have wanted to know. Congressional oversight of intelligence is a recurring flash point in executive congressional relations. Our guests professor Laura Donahue of Georgetown Law School and mark from the Security Academy and John Hopkins University will explore the context to the current dustup between the senate and the c. I. A. By not only reminding us about past struggles between congress and the Intelligence Community, such as the Church Hearings but helping us to understand why this context matters. Everything has a history. Until the 1975, Church Committee, there was no congressional oversight. Despite the sensationalism of the committees rev lyingses the mandated reforms were moderate. Once again, we have revelations demand for more intensive oversight. Nobody at least a good historian, will simply say history repeats itself and that is how we learn from it. We do know that it is impossible for us to understand change without context.
Lets go to chief White House Correspondent jim acosta first. Jim, the president is about to get what he wants, made his desire to leave the hospital very, very clear. He has been want to go get out and is getting out. President trump is preparing to leave walter reed after being hospitalized for about 72 hours. He is down playing covid19 as you said, even as he is recovering from the virus, tweeting he feels better than he has in decades, neglecting to mention hes been on intense medications for days. Medical experts fear he is making a rash decision to come back to the white house. Doctors claim he made enough progress to return to the white house while conceding he is not out of the woods yet. One worrying sign, the lead physician was once again dodging critical questions earlier today. One day following his infamous sunday drive outside Walter Reed Medical Center, President Trump is leaving the hospital, insisting people shouldnt fear covid19 after the virus killed more than 200,000
Reality because at media com, were built to keep you ahead. Media com, along with these Television Companies support cspan2 as a public service. Senator patrick leahy. Youre doing something thats hard for a lot of senators to do and that is to retire voluntarily. What made you decide to do that . I never thought i was going to be here this long. When i was elected everybody said i would be a oneterm senator and i thought thats quite possible, but then it got easier getting reelected. I did not expect to be here this long and my wife and i talked about it after the last election and we prayed, that that would be the last one. I knew from the polls and everything else, i could easily be reelected this year, but im 82. I wanted to go home. I want to have more time with my kids and grandkids. We both like to scuba dive and we have more time for that, but also, its time for somebody else to come in there and i want to be able to do things with the university of vermont and other places to h
Minutes. Our attention today will be on capitol hill itself, on our own neighborhood. But with an eye, of course, toward the global implications. In 1973, a leading member of the Senate Subcommittee responsible for overseeing intelligence activities, told director of intelligence james schlesinger, and i quote im not going to try the accent here, it was thick no, no my boy, dont tell me. Just go ahead and do it but i dont want to know. Well, since then, members of congress have on and off wanted to know. And congressional oversight of intelligence is a recurring flash point in executive congressional relations. Our guests, professor Laura Donohue of Georgetown Law School and mark low enthaul, the director of the Intelligence Community is going to explore the dustup between the senate and the c. I. A. About not only reminding us about past struggles between congress and the intelligence communities, such as Church Hearings but helping us understand why this context matters. Everything h
Under ronald regan and one of the most decorated veterans of vietnam. United states senator. Celebrated author. Lawyer. And i thought he made a pretty strong, persuasive case. So did many of us. Lets turn to cybersecurity. I was pleased that you mentioned Cyber Security in your initial remarks. They have moved expand its Cyber Security efforts. I have to talk about colorado. The air force academy is well positioned to train those. Would you talk a little more on your take on Cyber Security and what sort of resources we need. Ive been to those facilities in colorado a few times and dont know as much about them as you do, but i am familiar with them. They are essential to our National Security. Cyber, i believe represents as big a threat to the security of this country as any one specific threat. For all the reasons this committee understands. Its an insidious quiet, kind of a threat that we have never quite seen before. It can paralyze a nation in a second. Not just a power grid or bank