Connect the uscis and the visa process to the latest intelligence to help vet applicants from high risk areas. Thank you, chairman, and Ranking Member. Members of the committee, its an honor to be here today. Charlottesville truly was a wakeup call for our country. It was a reminder that the holdest form of terrorism our country has ever known is still with us. It was proof that the White Supremist Movement has been energized by mr. Trumps campaign. Proof that mr. Trumps campaign has unearthed some demons. The chant in charlottesville you will not replace us was an expression of paranoia over cultural displacement. It reminds us of what dylan roof said when he murdered nine people in a church, youre taking over our country. The chant, their antisemitism reminds of us one of the darkest chapters in modern history. I call the threat associated with groups like isis the most acute ones we face. I certainly dont take issue with director wrays calling it our main terrorism threat. But i wor
It was proof that the White Supremacist Movement has been energized by mr. Trumps campaign. Proof that mr. Trumps campaign has unearthed some demons. The chant in charlottesville you will not replace us was an expression of paranoia over cultural displacement. It reminds us of what dylan roof said when he murdered nine people in a church, youre taking over our country. The chant, their antisemitism reminds of us one of the darkest chapters in modern history. I call the threat associated with groups like isis the most acute ones we face. I certainly dont take issue with director wrays calling it our main terrorism threat. But i worry that calling the threat from domestic extremist groups like those in charlottesville merely a steady one as director wray has called it may lead us to under estimate the danger that the current White Supremacist Movement poses. Not just to our physical safety, but to the very cowell soul of our nation. I worry that calling the domestic extremist threat mere
Supremacist movement has been energized by mr. Trumps campaign. That it has unearthed some demons to use congressman sanfords words. The marchs chant in charlottesville, you will not replace us, was an expression of paranoia over cultural displacement. It reminds us of what dylann roof said when he murdered nine people in a charleston church. Youre taking over our country. The marchers chant, blood and soil, their antisemitism reminds us of one of the darkest chapters in modern history. In my written testimony, i called the threat associated with groups like isis the most acute ones we face. So i certainly dont take issue with director wrays calling it our main terrorism threat. But i worry that calling the threat from domestic extremist groups like those in charlottesville merely a steady one as director wray has called it, may lead us to underestimate the danger at the current White Supremacist Movement poses. Not just to our physical safety, but to the very soul of our nation. And i
History of the secret service. The Atlanta Press club posted this earlier this month. Good afternoon. Name is tom johnson. I am proud to say that i am a cofounder of what we think is the new Atlanta Press club. It is second only to the National Press club. In quality it is the number one press club in america. This is a joint meeting read several years ago pete and i peak was then, i guess at that time he was chairman of the board for the Woodruff Foundation and later the Commerce Club we thought it would be a real good thing to bring together the strengths of the atlanta media and the atlanta Business Community into this, and particularly at time to time to have speakers with a message that we felt was important to this community, as well as to the nation. We have had speakers like general betray us general petreaus. We can go down the list. I knew absolutely no one on Lyndon Johnsons staff in 65. I had no political connections. I was not part of the president ial family, even though
Good afternoon. My name is tom johnson. Im proud to say along with murray a supporter, i am a cofounder of what we think is the new Atlantic Press club. Today is the second largest press club in america. It is by far the number one press club in america. Of the a joint meeting leaders of the Commerce Club in the press club. The time, he ago, leader ofan and the the, you can idea to bring mediaer the atlanta members, have speakers that would have the message be important to the community. Late general betray us and we can go down the list. I knew absolutely nobody on that staff in 1965. I had no political connections. I was not part of the president ial family is in my last name is johnson. [laughter] agent inly for me, the charge of president johnsons protection of the time was Rufus Youngblood from my hometown. He and i became good friends. Hurled,ufus who literally hurled, johnson to the report of a limousine and placed aftern body on top of lbj the fatal shots were fired at presiden