Of staff. Were really very thrilled hes been able to carve time out of his busy schedule. And spend time with us today to talk about counterterrorism in an era of competing priorities. Russell will deliver opening remarks from the podium and well sit down for a little fireside chat. Ill take the moderators prerogative and ask the first few questions then ill open it up to all you here in attendance in person to ask some questions, and we welcome all of you who are watching via live stream or via cspan. Thank you for joining us today. Russell, the podium is yours. So, thanks very much, matt. Its a great pleasure to be here amongst a number of old friends to talk about counterterrorism in an era of competing resources. I happened to testify earlier this week with the leadership at the fbi and dhs and was talking to a friend of mine yesterday from dhs and said a colleague of hers had seen the testimony and that characterized my performance as that of a thoughtful nerd, so i am hoping to a
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That his government would not allow catalonia to set up a virtual independent republic online the kind of to stick of demonstrations in catalonia and indeed elsewhere has been the ability to mobilize large numbers of people into street demonstrations at very short notice using Online Communications online the Catalan Independence movement may have reigned supreme however this may be about to change with the catalan in minister of digital politics and Public Administration your nettle claiming that the madrid government are intent on a shipping extrajudicial powers to clamp down on social media traffic which alex whos speaking with him in barcelona. Most of jordie people are welcome to the hour examine to thank you for inviting me. To your responsibilities in government and compass the digital column as well as the Catalan Civil Service tell me a bit about how your position in catalonia is a digital hub. In the europe and the world well catalonia has been over the past the. Fabric of of
Not the. Knife from moscow studio its just past 2 oclock in the morning youre watching International Welcome to the program. And donald trump has said peace talks with the taliban have resumed the u. S. 6 president paid a surprise visit to the background based afghanistan and is the 1st time hes ever been to the country he announced a substantial cut in troop numbers that. Were doing a tremendous job. And as you know a big part of the job is isis certainly the biggest and we. Weve got them down very low numbers we have that totally taken care of an aversion period of. And well see what happens if the taliban wants to make a deal well see if they want to make a deal its going to be a real deal but well see well trump made that statement after a meeting with the afghan president ashraf ghani we heard from karen task is a 4 time u. S. Air force Lieutenant Colonel and she says a u. S. Pullout from afghanistan is long overdue. Seems like theyre trying to rebuild it and i do think theres a c
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the Washington Institute for near east policy. I have the pleasure of directing the institutes reinhardt program on counterterrorism and intelligence and im very, very please to be joined here today by the acting director of the National Counterterrorism center, Russell Travers. Todays conversation is part of the institutes ongoing counterterrorism lecture series. Russell took office at nctc as acting director in august, but its not his first, second or third time in the building. He felt many other leadership positions within nctc including Deputy Director counsel to the director, acting director to the office of datacomm strategy and innovation, chief data officer, among others picky suppositions at the office of the director of national intelligence, the Defense Intelligence agency, the nationals could counsel, the u. S. Army, joint chiefs of staff so were really very thrilled that he has been able to carve time out of