Thank you for coming, my name is steph jones and director of the transnational threats project for the center for strategic and international studies. We have a fantastic two sets of panels on what is an important subject. Part of the motivation i think from Suzanne Spaulding and i and looking at this. It was to look at some of the recent attacks, including el paso and the synagogue attacks. There has been a dialogue, debate within the u. S. , about how to respond to it. What the degree of threat and how serious it is and how to respond. What we would like to do is move in the following sense. We will begin with a discussion about the evolution of the threat and how domestic terrorism, i know some of the terminology for some of these groups in the government is the racially motivated violent extremist groups. I cannot promise that panelists will use that term. Just be aware, we are talking about roughly the same subject. Will move into a second panel which we will debate and discuss so
Thank you for coming, my name is steph jones and director of the transnational threats project for the center for strategic and international studies. We have a fantastic two sets of panels on what is an important subject. Part of the motivation i think from Suzanne Spaulding and i and looking at this. It was to look at some of the recent attacks, including el paso and the synagogue attacks. There has been a dialogue, debate within the u. S. , about how to respond to it. What the degree of threat and how serious it is and how to respond. What we would like to do is move in the following sense. We will begin with a discussion about the evolution of the threat and how domestic terrorism, i know some of the terminology for some of these groups in the government is the racially motivated violent extremist groups. I cannot promise that panelists will use that term. Just be aware, we are talking about roughly the same subject. Will move into a second panel which we will debate and discuss so
That looks at this issue and then george, Senior Vice President of programs and the homelandrector of security. You have a range of views on the subject. A couple of points of order before we begin, we are going to have a discussion for about 40 minutes or so and then we will open it up to questions from you. Please remember this is about questions. If you give a monologue, i will cut you off and ask where the question is. Peak into the microphone raise your hand. We will call on you. You can identify yourself and ask your question into the microphone. Emergency there is an , the policy is to move to the National Geographic museum, which has a cafeteria and is located next door. That was not an indication to go there before or after, although you can if you want. With that, we will start and i will sit down. Thank you for coming. Off. Y dont you start us , theus a sense after 9 11 u. S. Government focuses on al qaeda and the Islamic State. We have added other kinds of extremist threats
Military pots. Left in the drawing board. Good afternoon. I want to welcome those of you who are here in the auditorium. Here in washington dc as well as those of you who are watching online. On our website or on cspan. I believe they are in fact on site here. According to them. Just wanted to go over a few items before we get to the meat of the program here. I would ask that everybody here turn off their cell phones or at least have them in a silent mode and those other Electronic Items as well. We will have a q a portion as we get close to the end of this, and when it goes down, it will ask folks to please wait to be called upon and wait for the microphone so everyone in the audience has an opportunity to hear you. That i will ask you to announce your name and affiliation. Our topic today is this particular absolutely fascinating and terrifying book eyes in the sky, by arthur hall and michelle and i have to. Out that the digital version that when i call the eye of saffron i will comp
Items before we get to the meat of the program here. I would ask that everybody here turn off their cell phones or at least have them in a silent mode and those other Electronic Items as well. We will have a q a portion as we get close to the end of this, and when it goes down, it will ask folks to please wait to be called upon and wait for the microphone so everyone in the audience has an opportunity to hear you. That i will ask you to announce your name and affiliation. Our topic today is this particular absolutely fascinating and terrifying book eyes in the sky, by arthur hall and michelle and i have to. Out that the digital version that when i call the eye of saffron i will compare it to the lord of the rings. It was literally six years ago this month, that an nsa contract whistleblower by the name of edward snowden, burst upon the world scene with his absolutely amazing revelations. About mass Government Survey blades and being taken place on the socalled war on terror error. Doze