[inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objectilick a any time. Today, we come together to discuss the intelligence communities to 124 we begin with an open session and is been broadcast live and stream on the committees you tube channel. The open session is entirelyunclassified all participants are reminded to refrain from discussing classified information or other information protected from public disclosure. On the conclusion of the open session we were recess and resume in the closed session in the Committee Hearing room at two p. M. Or immediately following the first vote currently scheduled from 1 30 that you can come pick it his intention to proceed with us and without any disruptions. Any disruption of the committee will result in the United States Capitol Police restoring order and the protesters will be renewed and arrested. It is my pleasure to welcome a Renowned Group of Intelligence Community leaders during todays proceedings with with her from
This hearing will come to order. Apologies for beginning a little bit late. We have another vote at about 5 30. I want to thank the four individuals or Witnesses Today for being with us. And i would like to thank as well my friend, senator johnson, for his cooperation and support in moving forward with this hearing. A lot going on of historic magnitude before the United States senate. But the issue before us today is truly of the store consequence in president ial and practical import. The issue is in fact whether four companies sitting here today, represented by very able leadership except their obligation to respond to congressional subpoenas. The apparent refusal to do so in full is not only unprecedented, but it threatens opening a door to other u. S. Companies cloaking themselves from scrutiny whenever they work for a Foreign Government, or even a foreign state owned enterprise. This potential shield invoked by these four consultants risks blocking not only the subcommittee, but a
Host at our table this morning is the former Trump Administration former u. S. Assistant secretary of commerce here to talk about this debate in washington over what to do about tiktok. The hoaplegislation 35265, oveg bipartisan support. Is this significant . Guest given the scope of tiktok users and how debated this issue has been over the last several years, it is really heartwarming and really encouraging to see the government come together on a bipartisan basis about the threats posed to u. S. National securities, absolutely. Host you said heartwarming, why . Guest in todays era, we tend to overpoliticize issues and it is really nice when in instances where people can put partisanship aside and really come together to address National Security threats. Your second question is this a threat, absolutely. Director wray, director haynes, the director of intelligence has been incredibly vocal about the threat that tiktok poses. When you look at how much they have been issuing a warning,
Thank you, everybody and im very pleased to be back here with some friends and colleagues in the telecom industry. What we hope to do here is further discuss what weve discussed a moment ago but first let me introduce this group of experts. First we have the former head of an tia a former senior staff around the House Intelligence Committee and among other roles the executive director of the policy coalition. To my immediate right, chris who i think i worked with in cybersecurity and communication5 years. He has a vast folio and at t the small start up company you may have heard of. Just about every Security Policy issue that the Company Faces and also the chair of the policy coalition. To my immediate left, john hunter who is a technical expert on standards, please correct me if i used the terminology wrong. A combat veteran who started off his career as a officer in the marine corps. John had a some combat experiences that directly pertained to some of the issue as we are talking abo
The collaborations on communications security. Communications is essential, i would say to our modern economies as the demand for flow continues to increase. There are, of course, aut the a university of telecommunications infrastructure, whether its cables■s■q, satelles, various technologies such as open ram and the security, Cyber Security throughout these systems. Weve pulled together an excellent panel today to talk about these. Folks from us and japan who are experts in this field and diverse expertise in in field, i should say, coming from various different agencies and organizations and so, what well do, ill give just their brief introductions and then share their wisdom. Well open it up to questions from the audience and everybody can start thinking about it here. And first the Deputy Director general for the global japan min city of affairs and communications. Next to him is mark, the director of bilateral and Regional Affairs in the information Communication Policy Divisi