Consequences for citizens in the last friday the Central Government finally imposed a temporary state of emergency in madrid effectively over powering their Regional Government since then strict rules have been imposed again local only allowed to leave the city in exceptional cases the virus would be less destructive to follow up on egyptians actually did that job its a sentence that you hear more and more on the streets of madrid people are increasingly tired of a political system in which power games seem more important than pragmatic Crisis Management and they hardly see any sign of improvement. Doctor at all it isnt done yet she takes a short coffee break 3 hours after her shift was supposed to end and will then attention 2 more patients. Shes worried that the coming days will even be longer for her and her colleagues. And here in germany authorities have also brought in new restrictions as corona virus cases in some cities reach what they call worrying levels the Southern City of
Published spy masters and the first with the modern directors of Central Intelligence and then to be interpreted of their jobs and to talk about all those issues and the Intelligence Community doing a fairly good job to warn and anticipate the pandemic is coming so the data that points in that direction . Can i just say that thank you for the kind words i was lucky enough and even luckier to talk to you about sure the book would be as good as it is. I have an epilogue in the book the history of the cia from Richard Helms but at the end of the book what the president knew and when he knew it from the emerging Coronavirus Crisis and with the Intelligence Community told him. And with those catastrophic consequences of a president who ignored warnings about the coronavirus and the daily brief throughout january and february. And those whose name had emerged through that time and trump later said its the first he ever heard of the coronavirus and then said it was no big dea deal,. There are
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I had a long markup coming back and forth. Chair of the Government Operations subcommittee that hasma jurisdiction over inspectors general could you describe your understanding of the roles and functions of the Inspector General . The Inspector General reports to the head of the agency. They have the responsibility to identify areas of waste fraud and abuse and then to conduct independent audits and investigations with a strong commitment to be independent with the influence comes from the agency or congress or any other place there is a commitment to be independent. Do you believe the ig is subject to the supervisors review and approval of the subject matter that the ig may beut pursuing. And thats my point you have been independent from many kinds of employees. So you, had conversations about the subject matter he was proposing are activelyte investigating . I referring to a specific subject matter . Starting with the general in getting to the particular , we are now in the territory
Well continue, mr. Connolly. Thank you very much mister chairman, and thank you for our panelist for being here. I have a long convoluted mark, thats why were coming back and forth. I show the Government Operations subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over Inspector General. So, mr. Brian bulatao could you describe for us your understanding of the roles and functions of an ig an Inspector General . The Inspector General reports to the head of the agency, under the direction provision according to the ig. They have the responsibility to identify areas of fraud and abuse. They have the mission to conduct independent audits, to conduct inspections and to conduct investigations. And they have strong commitment to be independent of any and appropriate influence. Where that influences coming from within their agency, or from congress, or from any other place, there is a commitment to be independent from inappropriate influences. Would you, would you but do you believe that an ig is subject t