Some of you know me. I head up the Intelligence Program here. Before we begin our session and everybody gets set down, id like the make sure there will be q and a at the end. If everyone would be so kind as to shut off your cell phones. Frank fletcher has a very large and heavy mic and if he hears the phone, he will run to you and hit you on the edhad. Be careful. Were dealing with dangerous people. The best thing someone who introduces can do is get out of the way quickly. So im going to try to do that. Well kmnt to Daniel Morgan graduate school of National Security. We have a latest in the series of speakers in the National Security area and thank you to cspan people here as well. Im an old spy i started in cia in the soviet european division. And today i get to find out at long last. James skasal is here today, our speaker. Special forces berlin clandestine cold war operations of the u. S. Army elite from 1956 to 1990. Jim is someone who came out of nebraska, midwest and did a few s
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Sen. Rounds good afternoon. The Cyber Security subcommittee meets to assess the role of protecting the u. S. Election process. The witnesses are mr. Bob butler, adjunct senior fellow with the center for a new american security, Senior Vice President of Critical Infrastructure protection, operations for a calm. Ms. Heather conley, the Senior Vice President for europe, eurasia, and the arctic and for the of the Program Center of strategic and international studies. Dr. Richard hartnett, had a full andpe Political Science Cyber Command and the director of the Cyber Security project at the Harvard Kennedy school. At the conclusion of Ranking Member nelsons comments, we will ask our witnesses to make their opening remarks. After that we will have a round of questions and answers. There is no dispute about what russia did during the 2016 election cycle. There is clear evidence that russia attempted to undermine our democratic process through the hacking of independent political entities from
Good afternoon. This cybersecurity subcommittee meets this afternoon to receive testimony on the department of defenses role in protecting the u. S. Election process. The witnesses are mr. Bob butler, cofounder and managing director of cyber strategies, llc. Adjunct senior fellow at the center of new america operations for acom. Heather conley the Senior Vice President for europe, youre asia and the arctic and director of the Europe Program at the center for strategic and international studies, dr. Richard hartnet ahead of Political Science at the university of cincinnati an a former scholar and residence at u. S. Cyber command and the National Security agency and dr. Michael sum wrryer, at the harv kennedy school. At the conclusion of Ranking Member nelsons comments, we will have a round of questions and answers. There is no dispute about what russia did during the 2016 election cycle. There is clear evidence that russia attempted to undermine our democratic process through the hackin
Sen. Rounds good afternoon. The Cyber Security subcommittee meets to assess the role mike rounds good afternoon. The cybersecurity subcommittee meets this afternoon to receive testimony on the department of defenses role in protecting the u. S. Election process. The centw american security, Senior Vice President of Critical Infrastructure protection, operations for a calm. Ms. Heather conley, the Senior Vice President for europe, eurasia, and the arctic and for the of the Program Center of strategic and international studies. Dr. Richard hartnett, had a full andpe Political Science Cyber Command and the director of the Cyber Security project at the Harvard Kennedy school. At the conclusion of Ranking Member nelsons comments, we will ask our witnesses to make their opening remarks. After that we will have a round of questions and answers. There is no dispute about what russia did during the 2016 election cycle. There is clear evidence that russia attempted to undermine our democratic pr