He stalked her. My sister was afraid. I was 100 confident that he was our guy. Reporter a determined prosecutor faces off against oj simpsons attorney. Did it give you pause . Im on the right side. Reporter would a jury agree . Its been a long journey. Reporter he was alone in his makeshift workshop. Had to be, for what he intended. Carefully, he cut the lengths of a broomhandle, two of them, just a few inches each. Sanded them down, drilled a hole in each one. Found a piece of wire to string between them. Too thin. He doubled it for strength. His perfect weapon for his perfect crime. Outside in the brilliant sunshine, it was the summer of 1979. Aids hadnt happened to us yet. Nor the internet, nor cell phones, nor a way to read dna. All of those things were still years away. Everybody worried about three mile island that summer. The iranian hostage crisis was still months away. And in Southern California, in the summer of 79, in the beach towns that cling to the coast near l. A. , 20so
Because given the speed and complexity of the challenges were talking in cyber, thats where weve got to get. We have to work our way through how we do that in the u. S. Department of Homeland Security which plays a central role here. Our capabilities support them and other u. S. Government support partners in attempts to do that. On that topic as a journalist, ive asked the nsa whether my Cell Phone Communications have been monitored in any way because i submitted through proper channels, i got a response we appealed. And we got a stock response which others have gotten. Im a journalist, i lived overseas a lot of the time. As part of my work, i spoke to people who i would imagine you might want to listen to, some in the terror community, et cetera. As a lawabiding american, why wont the nsa tell me if theyve looked at my phone communications . First youre asking me directly. I dont know. But its a policy because they told others the same thing. What i would say is look its a matter of
Screeria nigeria. Obamas executive orders on immigration. And later, a hearing on Home Ownership and mortgage lending. At an event hosted by the center for American Progress, state legislators from texas minnesota, and new jersey spoke about what their governments are doing to help the middle class. Topics include the minimum wage and health care costs. This is just over an hour. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for braving the cold. For those of you watching at home, we had a big snowstorm here in d. C. , and it was difficult for a lot of people to get in, and we have a pretty full room considering the circumstances. So welcome to all of you. Thank you to winnie. One of my first jobs in politics was here at the center for American Progress when it was still just a fledgling organization with about i dont even remember at the time. But winnie was my boss here, and it was an honor to work for her. I learned so much from her, so thank you for the introduction and thank you for hosting u
He stalked her. My sister was afraid. I was 100 confident that he was our guy. Reporter a determined prosecutor faces off against oj simpsons attorney. Did it give you pause . Im on the right side. Reporter would a jury agree . Its been a long journey. Reporter he was alone in his makeshift workshop. Had to be, for what he intended. Carefully, he cut the lengths of a broomhandle, two of them, just a few inches each. Sanded them down, drilled a hole in each one. Found a piece of wire to string between them. Too thin. He doubled it for strength. His perfect weapon for his perfect crime. Outside in the brilliant sunshine, it was the summer of 1979. Aids hadnt happened to us yet. Nor the internet, nor cell phones, nor a way to read dna. All of those things were still years away. Everybody worried about three mile island that summer. The iranian hostage crisis was still months away. And in Southern California, in the summer of 79, in the beach towns that cling to the coast near l. A. , 20so
Expenditure of our federal resources in incarceration and the i think the average on mandatory minimums is about 11year incarceration and so without going too far, are you suggesting that those resources could be applied in other ways to make us safer . Absolutely. As ive looked at the spending of the department of justice and seeing that the bureau of prisons each and every year takes up a larger and larger percentage of the department of justice budget, that money has to come from somewhere and where its been coming from is money for agents and prosecutors and also critically importantly money for state and Law Enforcement assistance for the cop on the street. Those are the things that i believe keep our country safe. Now, let me say there are some defendants who need those long sentences. There are some who need to be this prison for a very long time. Because they are dangerous and our Society Needs to be protected from them but i think we need to use those lengthy sentences in a sm