Epidemic, and that is very inspiring to us, to see these small news organizations that are struggling because they have lost so much advertising over the past decade, and still putting resources into this story is really important. So we cheer all those people on. Ms. Casey where does this go from here . Mr. Rosen i think the story that we did will get local television stations now to say lets cover it in our area in the bigger way. Lets not just cover the car crash or local three alarm fire, lets devote resources to this. When that happens, here is how it works in washington. Those stories happen, people at home get outraged, they call their senator and congressman, the senator and congressman look at the mail and the incoming phone list, and says oh, i better do something about that. Legislation has been proposed maybe to remedy it. Law enforcement, maybe the vote is more resources in a proper way. To theely, it goes executive branch that says this is going to be a big voting issue i
The Senate Armed Services Committee Held a hearing yesterday. [inaudible conversations] , one. Of morning. The Committee Meets to receive testimony on the u. S. Government policy strategy and organization to protect our nation in cyberspace. To begin id like to thank senators rounds and nelson for their leadership on these issues and our Cyber Security subcommittee. This hearing builds upon the good work that they and their subcommittee have done to tackle the critical challenge of cyber. This is a challenge that is growing more dire and more complex. Not a week passes that we dont read about some disturbing new incident, Cyber Attacks against our Government Systems and Critical Infrastructure, data breaches back compromise Sensitive Information of our citizens and companies, attempts to manipulate Public Opinion through social media and of course attacks against the fundamentals of our democratic system and process. Those are just the ones that we know about. This is a totally new kin
Thank you. [applause] one of the objectives of this subcommittee is to bring attention to matters that impact the overall readiness of the department of defense. This includes programs or activities which face management challenges, present budget implications, or could be administrated more efficiently. It is our goal to provide necessary oversight in order to ensure our armed forces achieve the highest level of readiness possible. Given the current threat facing our nation and budgetary pressure on the department of defense, accountability is always paramount and every dollar counts. Vigorous oversight can help ensure that mistakes do not happen and when they inevitably do, we learn lessons from missteps for this reason. I am very grateful that we have convened this hearing today on the recent Accountability Office report highlighting deficiencies found with the management and operation of the Law Enforcement support office, l e s o within the logistics agency. They are responsible f
Several reports only on abc 7 news. The scandal is growing. At this point dozens of careers are on the line. Officers. Sergeants. Captains. Under investigation for having sexwith a young prostitute. Several incidents when she was under age. In many way she as typical teenager concerned about her appearance for our interview. I dont have lip stick on. Reporter thats all right go ahead. Thats okay. But she has seen more in her 18 years than any one should in a life time. Meet see legislature not her real name. This means money. Like this for money. Reporter even though her mother has good job as Oakland Police dispatcher she was exposed to drugs and prostitution growing up in richmond then decided to hit the streets herself. Can you tell me at what age you actually took money for six. I was told the first time, 12. Reporter she now work oakland Street Corner and clients on social media. She was 16 when she had sex with her first officer and oakland cop. Her mothers friend. He would tell
It. News4s Mark Segraves joins us from u. S. District court with a look at the fallout it caused. Mark . Reporter doreen sometime between 2013 and 2014 his Attorney Says that former special agent Matthew Lowry became addicted to painkillers and eventually heroin. Next week hes expected to walk into this federal courthouse and admit that he used his position as an fbi agent to go into fbi headquarters and take heroin out, take what he needed and then sneak the tainted evidence back into fbi headquarters. He made a very bad decision here a criminal decision. He knows it. Reporter Matthew Lowrys Attorney Says the former fbi agent stole the heroin only for his personal use. He took very small quantities on occasions to selfmedicate himself. Reporter in some cases lowry took heroin seized during major drug busts and kept it all or took some heroin for himself before turning the rest in as evidence. In other cases, lowry would smuggle as much as a pound of heroin or more out of the fbi Evide