In early february 24th as the made crisis was getting more violent there was a phone call that was intercepted was a call between the secretary of state for European Affairs Victoria Nuland and the u. S. Ambassador. Geoffrey pyatt. Chats between. You know what. I think. Probably. Call. Talking about how they were playing to restructure the government of ukraine. Exactly im not saying the whole u. S. Government feels that way the there is there is division but the neoconservative element very much to change the strategic dynamic in eastern europe. People and theyve been at this for a long time they came in around the issue of propaganda they studied how to create hot buttons for the American People they had this experience when they were getting the American People to get excited about Central America back in the one. And theyve been applying those same strategies ever since they were dedicated to achieving their goals they still want to get rid of. Syria for instance regime change. Ver
Subject of our hearing today the what you have received for your efforts is already deserved and to share those sentiments this is an important step to provide the answers to many questions that have festered for far too long. That the scope is narrow and most non more important questions remain unanswered. Much attention has been paid to the inclusion the hurricane investigation did have adequate predicate yesterdays order by the presiding judge is a dramatic rebuke how serious those are. And then to ask more fundamental questions at what point should that investigation collusion between russia and some campaign has been shut down . And then when officials of the first six weeks now a result in inclusion of any inculpatory information rather than shut it down or the least intrusive mesh in one methods the pfizer taps the fbi officials argued with the cia with the salacious into the body of the Intelligence Community assessment and finally the fbi investigation blooming on ballooning i
Taking questions from members of the Senate Homeland security and Governmental Affairs committee taking questions from members of the Senate Homeland security and Governmental Affairs committee. [inaudible conversations] the hearing will come to order. Thank you to the inspector and his team to be here i know you had to raise your hand to identify yourself all those who did this excellent work. Thank you for all your hard work and efforts as the main subject of our hearing today the what you have received for your efforts is already deserved and to share those sentiments this is an important step to provide the answers to many questions that have festered for far too long. That the scope is narrow and most non more important questions remain unanswered. Much attention has been paid to the inclusion the hurricane investigation did have adequate predicate yesterdays order by the presiding judge is a dramatic rebuke how serious those are. And then to ask more fundamental questions at what
It started to evolve and then i decided what i really love to do in journalism was investigate complex cases and that there was less market for that in the journalism world for ghost stories were getting shorter, emphasis on breaking news bricco so i decided to try to see if i could do that sort of work in the private capacity. What sort of stories did you do at the wall street journal quex. I started off with politics the early eighties and late nineties and investigating politicians for possible corruption and campaignfinance abuse, ethics in washington and government and over the years that involve two different types of Investigative Journalism with financial crime, fraud, corporate cases like enron, scandals, financial crisis and savings alone and after 9 11 started to branch out to International Criminal such as terrorism and organized crime crime. What was peters role at the journal . To make he was my editor we were stationed together in brussels which is the headquarters. A Fo
This is two hours. I want toen. Johnson thank all of the people who did all of this excellent work. I appreciate that. I want to thank you for your hard work and efforts preparing the report that is the main subject of our hearing. The bipartisan praise you have received is well deserved and i share the sentiments. The release of this report is an important step to answer the questions that have festered for far too long. But as the oral as this report is but as thorough as this report is, it is also narrow and many questions remain unanswered. Much attention has been paid to the reports conclusion that the crossfire hurricane investigation did have adequate predicate. But that inaccuracies and omissions in the fisa application and renewals call into question the integrity of that process. Yesterdays order by the presiding judge is a dramatic rebuke and underscores how serious a fisa warrant abuse is. I would argue that based on what the report reveals about early knowledge within the