Disruption of the plots and the arrest of the al qaeda operatives here. Socalled incidental collection led to the initial identification of these men and enabled the government to use other investigative tools including traditional fisa to vag advance the investigations. Its an invaluable tool in supporting the counterterrorism efforts of our allies around the world. In describing the value of 702 its important to explain why its uniquely important as the Deputy Attorney general from 2006 to 2009 i experienced first hand the consequences of the prefaa approach in some cases it simply was not possible under that prior approach to demonstrate probable cause that a foreign target overseas was an agent of a foreign power. It authorizes the government to obtain critical intelligence about terrorists and other targets that it cannot obtain by other means. In conclusion, i would say that the Authority Congress established under section 702 has played an indispensable role in protecting the na
Going to have none of us as individuals can protect ourselves. And it is not solved within the next year. Arthur . Yeah. And i think that it is also it is just another i think weve heard here that this is just going to be sort of another pressure on the health care sector, which parts of which have a lot of financial and other strains. And unfortunately this was an unforeseen consequence of i think unforeseen by most of the Meaningful Use Program and the effort to get the the needed effort to get computers into medical offices. And so and it was such a push to get the adoption of the Electronic Health record that there wasnt enough i think most people didnt foresee that suddenly they were going to be it was going to make the Health Care System vulnerable in a new way. A whole new bag of cards. I think there were probably some who did. But any other closing thoughts . I think one thing that one thing that bears repeating is we hear a lot about how you need the board to get involved. And
Ambassador to south korea, mark lippert. The diplomat undergoing nearly three hours of surgery overnight, receiving more than 80 stitches on his face alone. Im bleeding here. Lippert slashed by a teninch knife in the face and arms moments before delivering a speech in seoul on wednesday. The weapon slicing open his left forearm, damaging the nerve system for his fingers. The gash on his right cheek four inches long and an inch deep. South korean surgeons say if the facial injury was any deeper it could have been lifethreatening. Hes one of our top asia policy experts in the u. S. Government. According to witnesses, the suspect, 55yearold king ki jeong pushed the diplomat on to a table before assaulting him. Bystanders tackling him to the ground as Police Rushed him out of the conference room. Witnesses say they heard kim yelling antiu. S. Sentiments shouting the south korea u. S. Military drills must stop a reference to the annual war games which north korea sees as a provocation. Nort
Show you something that shows ever part of our times or how people are getting used to this. The london markets which you think would have gone off and our own markets barely budging. So whether that is a sign that were kind of used to it or this wasnt worse than it could have been, anyones guess. Even in london, throughout europe, stocks barely budged. I say that not to obsess on money but these life and death issues, some captured on cell phones like this one shortly after the attack, were remarkably calm in these events. Again, could be a tragic commentary a year after the belgium attacks that took out 32. Maybe again, we are used to it. Ben hall in london with the latest. This has brought the center of london to a standstill. Ambulances, sirens going on. This is an attack on parliament. After the attacker went down the bridge, mowed down pedestrians on the sidewalks, he went to the one main entrances to the house of parliament and got inside before stabbing a Police Officer and sho
Off a former playboy model. For that, the president blames his former fixer for illegal hush money deals. But now Michael Cohen says the president knew that the payments were wrong. Well hear from cohen in his first interview since his sentencing. The feds are looking to how the president s inaugural committee spents millions and whether it took illegal donations from foreigners. The white house is responding. Reporting on that and more begins now. Our reporting begins with President Trumps former longtime fixer Michael Cohen who says of course President Trump knew it was wrong to arrange hush payments during the campaign for women who he had affairs with years ago. But directed Michael Cohen to make the payments anyway. Michael cohen spoke to abc news George Stephanopoulos in an interview. He directed me to make the payments, directed me to become involved in the matters, including the one between mcdougal and david pecker and peckers counsel. I just reviewed the documents in order to