We have a situation in which you the way the old the old identifiers of quite what united russia stood for beginning to break down 2. And therefore i think that most of these elections really going to be in some ways referenda on just how well the local administration is is seen as dealing with what is sometimes serious crises sometimes not and it doesnt necessarily mean that where when times are hard people will be voting against the regime but i think this is this is why its important and this is why in some ways the the whole issue of the protests in moscow absolutely very important but theyre also a distraction from what local elections are meant to be about which is precisely its about local issues the reason im asking this is because in several of your interviews are heard you say that russian elections im not real elections and admittedly there is still fraud and manipulation going on some of it being caught on camera. As installed at the expanse of the state but theyre also i w
Russia stood for beginning to break down. And therefore i think that most of these elections really going to be in some ways referenda on just how well the local administration is is seen as dealing with what is sometimes serious crises sometimes not and it doesnt necessarily mean that where were trying to hold people will be voting against the regime but i think this is this is why its important and this is why in some ways the the whole issue of the protests in moscow absolutely very important but theyre also a distraction from what local elections are meant to be about which is precisely its about local issues the reason im asking this is because in several of your interviews are heard you say that russian elections im not real elections and admittedly there is so fraud and manipulation going on some of it being caught on camera installed at the expense of the state but there also i would. Say some positive developments i mean last than a year ago the whole gubernatorial elections i
A year ago the whole gubernatorial elections in the forest wrecked cancelled because of the fraud and arguably this is a much more unusual than protests in moscow dont you think that there is perhaps a day attention is being skewed from russia as a whole as a country to you know just a couple of individuals who are aiming for that attention. I wouldnt want to make it that i mean to go would go into my point about elections not being real elections my point in that is that i mean there is no in my opinion truly meaningful opposition within this is the systemic opposition parties the cold minutes the socalled liberal democrats and so forth secondly there is a huge mobilization of administered resource before its not just about stuffing ballot boxes its also about precisely who gets what posters and so forth now that does not mean that this is not democratic. In the sense of that there is no democracy this is not a no for a terrorism pretending to be a democracy this is a a strange system
Key legislators on the topic of Homeland Security. Joining us is Bennie Thompson. He serves as the chair of the ho joining us as representative Bennie Thompson democrat from mississippi who serves as the chair of the homeland committee. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. Where are we as far as Homeland Security 18 years after the fact . Weve created an Organization Called Homeland Security in response to the act of 9 11 18 years ago. We have some 250,000 fulltime employees, over 200,000 contract employees keeping america safe. Congress has taken a full throttle approach to making sure that if thought all possible 9 11 type actions wont happen again. What are some of those details . What would you tell her the specifics on that . Weve created for instance Transportation Security Administration and have 450 airports around the united states. You cant get on a plane now without going through some screening because weve identified that is one vulnerability. We have now enha
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