Back i could only respond through that email. But what i meant to say is we couldnt find out who was sending it. It was obvious that they were english speaking, however, because, you know, of the commander language. Was there specifics about a ransom number or conditions . When they initially reached out to us, yes. It was ridiculous. Like they wanted 100 million euro or all muslim prisoners kind of thing. And you know, fbi, you know, of course we right away sent tight the fbi and they just said keep them talking, keep them talking. But within a few emails when they realized they were just talking to the family, they had absolutely no interest. And so they cut off discussions until the only other time, sir, was when the french came out in march of 2014, they came out with another very specific offer to negotiate for all americans and all of the british. And your primary source of contact in the United States was the fbi . We had no primary source. I did have one we had one fbi agent wh
The Justice Department statistics show that nationally only 16 of state prisoners are in for drug crimes and less than 4 are there for drug possession. And yet, our very president is going around stating an untruth. That is because this is an administration i think that is ruled by an ideology that claims that Law Enforcement is somehow racist. And that, as you say, is a disservice to officers of all colors who are there to help the good people in the community. Mr. Mccarthy, you rightly observed that the title this hearing, the war on police, is directed more broadly than just the department of justice. But it is rather what i see as a pervasive, to use a term of art, pattern and practice across the federal government and this administration, and indeed, i think no one bears more direct responsibility than the president. As ms. Macdonald just noted, president obama has directly tried to attack his own fbi director for observing that Violent Crime and homicides are increasing. We saw a
Here is how you can respond different lines this morning. If you think the u. S. Will be better off. You can also reach out to us on twitter. If you want to make your thoughts known on facebook, and if you want to give us an email. The Associated Press did a survey taking a look at folks and asking about 2015. When it comes to those sayings 48 or so saying the u. S. Will be better. 11 of those responding said next year will be worse and 39 said not much different in 2015 then 2014. That is how we parsed the lines. Be sure to tell us why when you give us a call. Gallup did a poll as well as asking about the new year and their optimism, here is how they responded saying americans are now slightly more positive than negative of the economy cost direction with 49 saying the economy is Getting Better and 45 saying it is getting worse for the week of december 2228. This is a relatively good rating and aside from two weeks in may 2013 when the measure was in the net positive territory, last w
Is getting its money. Tracking wall street. First this afternoon, the latest developments in one of todays terror attacks in downtown and yesterdays terror attack in downtown ottawa. Identified as a nativeborn canadian with a history of drug and robbery charges. He shot and killed a soldier at the citys war memorial and then headed to the Parliament Building up ross the street where he was killed by building security. Today, canadian lawmakers honor the security official who fatally shot the victim. He was greeted with a standing ovation when todays session began. The 58yearold grandfather has been on the job since 2006. He is a former member of the Royal Canadian mounted police. Greg, what is the latest with the Police Investigation . As you mentioned, the chief of Ottawa Police have said there was just one shooter, the one that was killed yesterday. They arent looking for other suspects at this point. The Royal Canadian mounted police will give a brief in 90 minutes and may give more
That is something our moderator was asked earlier today. Observers think the egyptians are in the best position to play that role, but my knowledge they are not playing that role. The conversation today comes at a crucial moment. Who are the palestinians, and what government governs all the palestinians, if any . Does the integration of the amas into side of h the Palestinian Authority reflect the integration of hamas or not . Is the rest of hamas operating separately, and he is that part of hamas contributing to the problem or solution . The Wilson Center has invested attention to the development in the neighborhood. This year we hosted an israeli minister of intelligence, palestinian the chief negotiator. Close to half of our ground truth briefings, something you know about which are telephonic conversations about hot spots, close to half of our nearly 30 iefings have been devoted to the region. Our guests will be introduced by aaron, who is the brandnew father of a son. The senior f