My desk, not to dump on hoover i never knew the man but to make sure people understand the danger in becoming in falling in love with your own view of things and danger in the absense of contrant and oversight. Im somebody who believes people should be skeptical of government power. Im a nice person. I suppose you should trust me but you should oversee me, and i should be checked and balanced. Thats the way you straighten power. Its there to remind me. Do you agree his name is not reflective of what the fbi stands for and what the fbi agents of today believe in and do . I think thats fair. If youre focusing hoover did a lot of good things for Law Enforcement in the United States, did a lot of things that through the lens of history we reject as improper. So im no historian, but i would imagine a historian would say take the total measure of the person, figure out whats bad, whats good. Im not equipped to do that. I would like to see his name taken off the building and have a bill, repr
Can you tell us what kinds of things we are doing in chicago . Your agency and the federal government to help the people of the city. Director comey we are trying to focus on some of the predators who are focusing on this violence. We do taskforces, we do Drug Task Forces and as i said, we operate on an ad hoc basis to try to lock up repeat offenders. As ive look at the challenge of gun violence in the city of chicago and i see that there is if we took a map of the city of chicago and we put little stars where people had been murdered due to gun violence, do you see it as is it the whole city of chicago . I am not that worried about my grandson walking in the park i am worried but not that worried as i would be in other neighborhoods. What other dimensions relate to gun violence . Director comey i know the city of chicago pretty well having gone to law school there. The story of chicago is much like other cities. It is localized. The violence is heavier concentrated. In chicago, primar
Landmark cases. Director james comey testified before no bright a committee. H this is about two hours and 45 minutes. Good morning. The Judiciary Committee will come to order. Welcome, director komi. We are happy to have you here with us today. Commend your distinguished service and i am confident you will continue to serve honorably. Today, the fbi continues to face the effects of one of the worst National Security leaks in our nation wash history by Edward Snowden two years ago. Was aa freedom act bipartisan law that ended a controversial National Security program. You provided transparency of the american intelligence gathering. The act in chores that federal law appropriately respects civil liberties, while providing the and meet ourls National Security responsibilities. Comey to thank director and the men and women of the fbi, for working closely with the members of this committee to ensure the passage of the freedom act. Events of the past year have deeply violated the worlds mo
On the average to remove cleared suspects, former suspected, director comey, i think that we have to carefully balance that with our civil rights and liberties under the law. What specific steps is the fbi doing to ensure that innocent americans are not incorrectly placed on the no fly list and what reforms are being made to ensure those are erroneous replaced are quickly removed . First of all, i agree with you u. The premise its important to protect and protect our liberties. I know we have an extensive process that we go through before someone can get on the list to make sure weve got it right and as you said, im aware there is a process to remove someone. If theres a mistake or the matter has been closed, i dont know enough to respond to your concern about the time lag or what improvements are needed. Could you respond to us in writing . Sure. Well, let me then ask about hate crime tracking. After the 9 11 attacks, hate crime and violence committed against individuals in the hindu
astonish. last sunday this program showed you disturbing video that was released of an unarmed man shot and killed by a reserve deputy. that civilian volunteer, 73-year-old robert bathes said he thought he was grabbing a taser but pulled his gun. he can be heard saying i shot him, i m sorry. policer were trying to arrest harris for allegedly selling a gun to under cover officers. by monday bates was charged with second degree manslaughter. he turned himself in and was released on $25,000 bond. thursday a uh newspaper report based on anonymous sources emerged making a startling allegation that bates s training records were falsified. his attorney denied the allegations and the sheriff s department dismissed it as rumor. on friday surrounded by his family and his attorney bates sat down for an exclusive interview with matt lauer on nbc s the today show. first he explained what the role was soes ed to be that day. i want you to take me back to april 2, the day this happened.