Will continue to do that, and to make sure that in the second incident that were using their input. Well, i think its absolutely crucial. Mr. Chairman, i would like to really thank you also for having the ig at the table, when i chaired the committee, it was my habit or really my administrative procedure that all of my subcommittees either had an ig come in what was the hotspots for agencies or at least submit written testimony, the fact that youre utilizing that is really crucial. Well have a lot to talk about this afternoon. Thank you so much for your service. We so value the work of our Inspector Generals theyve been enormously helpful to me, both as chair and now vice chair of the committee to really get value for our dollar. To identify management hotspots, and we really want to thank you for the identification not only of the problem but the recommendation for solutions. So thank you very much and all the igs. Youre very welcome, senator. Thank you, senator. Senator langford. Tha
Washington and in shanksville pennsylvania. After exhaustive studies by congress and the 9 11 commission, there are questions we are still asking today. Who really helped the 19 men . Who helped them to move around our country largely undetected . And was this man, american born cleric anwar al alack can i at the center of the plot for 9 11. Is he the new bin laden . We begin our report with kathryn herrige. January 5th 2000. Kuala lumpur malaysia, in a condo overlooking a beautifully designed golf course at least a dozen of Osama Bin Ladens hijackers gathered for a meeting. The purpose, discuss details in the upcoming plots to bomb the u. S. S. Cole in the gulf of aiden and the attack plans for 9 11. It was a terror summit. Since the 1998 bombings of the u. S. Embassies in tanzania and kenya which killed over 200, the nsa has captured and recorded phone calls made from a specific house in yemen. It was some 60 miles outside of the capital. The house was Osama Bin Ladens operation cent
Pennsylvania. After exhaustive studies by congress and the 9 11 commission, there are questions we are still asking today. Who really helped the 19 men . Who helped them to move around our country largely undetected . And was this man, american born cleric anwar al alack can i at the center of the plot for 9 11. Is he the new bin laden . We begin our report with kathryn herrige. January 5th 2000. Kuala lumpur malaysia, in a condo overlooking a beautifully designed golf course at least a dozen of Osama Bin Ladens hijackers gathered for a meeting. The purpose, discuss details in the upcoming plots to bomb the u. S. S. Cole in the gulf of aiden and the attack plans for 9 11. It was a terror summit. Since the 1998 bombings of the u. S. Embassies in tanzania and kenya which killed over 200, the nsa has captured and recorded phone calls made from a specific house in yemen. It was some 60 miles outside of the capital. The house was Osama Bin Ladens operation center. The call came in and the t
You get tot often hear from multiple cia directors at the same place at the same time, speaking on the record. I would like to welcome to the stage our moderator, Principal Deputy director of national intelligence, the honorable sue gordon along with the honorable john brennan, the honorable general michael hayden, the honorable porter goss and the honorable jobs what does judge webster. Judge webster. Thank you. [applause] how lucky are we . I think i may be the first moderator in this programs history who has the joy of saying that she worked for everybody that was on the panel. Gentleman, im going to try to make you proud. This is remarkable. Here is what we are going to do, take a little bit of a rock throughboth romp their histories and 10 years, and comment on the issues 10 years, and comment tenures and comment on the issues. Can you look at us when you address us . Yes, sir. We are getting it back echo. I love that. What is the greatest threat or issue that consumed your tenure
And general michael hayden, the honorable porter goss and the honorable judge webster. Thank you. [applause] ms. Gordon how lucky are we . I think i may be the first moderator in this programs history who has the joy of saying that she worked for everybody that was on the panel. [laughter] gentlemen, im going to try to make you proud. This is remarkable. Here is what we are going to do, take a little bit of a romp through their histories and perspectives from their 10 years tenures, and comment on the issues of today and then see if we can bounce back and forth. Can you look at us when you address us . Ms. Gordon yes, sir. [laughter] ms. Gordon i love that. We are getting it back echo. Ms. Gordon i love that. First question for each of you, what was the greatest threat or issue that consumed your tenure, and what do you see is the greatest issue or threat facing the nation today from a security perspective . John, you get to go first. Congress is an answer . [laughter] ms. Gordon we wi