Who truly needs to introduction. As you know hes vice chairman of the Senate Select committee on intelligence. Im going to be presiding over this discussion. The meeting is the annual kenneth a. Moscow lecture on Homeland Security and counterterrorism. This is an annual lectureship that honors the memory of kenneth a. Moscow who was a long time member of the council with a distinguished career in the Intelligence Community. Further details on his life and his many professional accomplishments can be found in the booklet that you have at your seat. I do want to extend a special welcome to the members and guests of the moscow family who are here with us today seated at the center table. Welcome to you. So without further ado, ill just say i will invite senator warner, he will speak for about ten minutes and then ill have the opportunity to ask him questions for about 20 minutes and then at 1 00 we will open it up for questions from members. So without further ado, senator mark warner. Th
Relations in washington, d. C. Good afternoon, everyone. What a cheerful looking group. I am Judy Woodruff with the pbs newshour and im delighted to be here with all of you at this council and Foreign Relations meeting with senator mark warner who truly needs to introduction. As you know hes vice chairman of the Senate Select committee on intelligence. Im going to be presiding over this discussion. The meeting is the annual kenneth a. Moscow lecture on Homeland Security and counterterrorism. This is an annual lectureship that honors the memory of kenneth a. Moscow who was a long time member of the council with a distinguished career in the Intelligence Community. Further details on his life and his many professional accomplishments can be found in the booklet that you have at your seat. I do want to extend a special welcome to the members and guests of the moscow family who are here with us today seated at the center table. Welcome to you. So without further ado, ill just say i will in
As you know hes vice chairman of the Senate Select committee on intelligence. Im going to be presiding over this discussion. The meeting is the annual kenneth a. Moscow lecture on Homeland Security and counterterrorism. This is an annual lectureship that honors the memory of kenneth a. Moscow who was a long time member of the council with a distinguished career in the Intelligence Community. Further details on his life and his many professional accomplishments can be found in the booklet that you have at your seat. I do want to extend a special welcome to the members and guests of the moscow family who are here with us today seated at the center table. Welcome to you. So without further ado, ill just say i will invite senator warner, he will speak for about ten minutes and then ill have the opportunity to ask him questions for about 20 minutes and then at 1 00 we will open it up for questions from members. So without further ado, senator mark warner. Thank you for that int introduction
We believe this now and go live now for discussion on National Security if one of the speakers at the moment security advisor to president george w. Bush, frances townsend, the American Bar Association Standing Committee on law and National Security is the host of this conversation. Its just getting underway. Broadcasting this live as it is time ever that recently as question we ask that you please identify yourself both so that our speakers know who you are as well as will our audience. Another of the missions of the aba is a nonpartisan as well as bipartisan fashion to talk about highlight and advance the interests of National Security law. And do so in two ways. One, to stand up for the principle of physical security, but do so consistent with our National Security values. Thats the essence of what the aba Standing Committee of National Security is all about. Thats also why im so pleased today that our speakers, our discussions in fact, our two people who spend their entire careers
The American Bar Association for close to an hour. As you know, fran has just joined our committee and was able to have the 702 passed. [laughter] past, ie 702 was just am wondering what your senses of how the bill has been passed and what your senses on the compromise and whether they have hit the right mark. Frances there are a lot of friends and former colleagues in the room so it is a privilege to be with you today. I expect that the bill will pass. I think we are on a ramp that the legislation should get voted in the senate on tuesday. Will Mitch Mcconnell allow amendments, not clear, i think not. Despite thesed president s tweet yesterday morning. This roomople in understand, but what most americans do not understand, when you hear the privacy and Civil Liberties debate, i get why that is important during most people do not understand that have not worked inside the community is the many layers of protections that are inside the system, not just inside the fbi, yes they have an i