I first took my seat in the ancient bodin the spring of 1769. I must tell you, your excellency, you were already a legend in my family when i was a young boy. My father, peter jefferson, spoke very highly of you. He as you well know was a surveyor commissioned by the western authority surveying lintz of virginia and beyond. Lands of virginia and beyond. He was a young major. I believe you both sat together in the Virginia House of burgesss, just before he passed away. He passed away in 1757. When i came to the house 12 years later, i had already known of you as a boy that attended the old World College in williamsburg, william and mary and george whiff and practicing law in williamsburg. In fact, general, i do not know whether you remember, but when i was a young man, a good 25 years of age, i had already become a de devote of theater and never missed an opportunity when virginia burg performed in the theater and i believe mrs. Campbell was quite the destiny for you. You enjoyed her oc
The ongoing lecture series. Russell took office as acting director in august, but its not his first, second or third time in the building. Hes held many other leadership positions including counselor to the director, chief data officer. Hes held positions at the Defense Intelligence agencies, the National Security council, the u. S. Army, joint chiefs of staff. So were thrilled that hes been able to carve time out of his busy schedule and spend some time with us today to talk about Counter Terrorism in an era of competing priorities. Russell will deliver some opening remarks from the podium and then well sit down for a little fireside chat. Ill ask the first few questions and then i will open it up to all of you who are here to ask some questions and we welcome all of you who are watching via livestream or via cspan, thank you for joining us today. Russell, the podium is yours. So, thanks very much, matt. Its a great pleasure to be here to talk about Counter Terrorism in an era of comp
Electionrelated violence. Hamas is calling for the release of dozens of its members and supporters detained overnight on thursday saying more than 100 people were picked up in raids on the west bank by forces. Ata spokesmen said hamas members planned to create chaos. Hamas said the raids are politically motivated. There was a Large Campaign carried out in the palestinian authority, of members and supporters. They arrested hundreds of people the majority academics people they are part of the security coordination between israel and the palestinian authority. Crossing over to gaza and bringing in imtiaz tyab to tell us what this means for a strained relationship between hamas and others. Very strained and this will not do anything to improve the ties. We were at a press conference a small demonstration held by hamas officials, where they reiterated their call for all of these people that have been arrested to be released. In fact we spoke to a senior hamas official who said to us that th
European vacationers stay away. We begin in greece where campaigning for bale out referendum ended. A gay before voting begins. The greek finance ministers accused creditors of terrorism. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras wants freecks to vote know and reject what he calls blackmail. Tens of thousands took part on friday. This was the scene, long queues outside at ms. Banks will reopen by tuesday, and they have been closed to stop mass money withdrawals. Jonah hull has more from athens the word olli means no the no cannes pain gathered in front of parliament wants a future but with a better deal for grease less money loss to debt repayments. A no vote for me means theres a possibility that this country will have a future. Not far away, the yes crowd met in greek. They are for a bailout, and quickly, one that will allow the banks to reopen. We are here to show that we want to be european citizens, and if possible, return to drachma would be a total disaster. Sundays referendum called uncons
Completed by the end of the year. The capital days after disputed parliamentary elections. The greek finance minister is accusing his creditors of terrorism. The results will start coming in as soon asthe final result on monday evening. But this is what most important vote in greek history is about. The proposal includes more taxes on tourism pension and defense cutback. Now the government has has been lobbying hard for a novote. But policymakers are warning that a novote could mean a rejection of the euro, shutting the door on further help of the creditors. That could lead to more unpaid loans and possibly exit from europe itself. The voters will have a referendum on the government and the Prime Minister and his government said that they will step down if the voters say yes. You can see long queues outside of banks cash machines. They have been closed all week to try to stop mass money withdraws. Now to tunisia where the president has announced a state of emergency following the the k