So glad you are here for the kickoff session on protecting democracy, foreign interference, voter confidence, and defensive strategies in 2020 election and beyond. Im Carrie Cordero of the center for new american security. We have two sessions this morning. This session will run until 10 45 a. M. Eastern, and i hope you will join us again at 11 30 a. M. Eastern for a session i will be moderating on foreign influence and voter attitudes. Todays conversations are part of a broader collaboration between the center for new american security, the center for ethics and the rule of law, which is part of penn law, and the annenberg Public Policy center, also on the university of pennsylvania. There i hand it over to moderator, this discussion is being livestreamed, and you can post your comments and questions on twitter using the protectdemocracy2020. Our team will be monitoring the monitoring the hash tag and pose your questions to the monitor. America may have been caught off but theres no t
The annenberg Public Policy center, also on the university of pennsylvania. There i hand it over to moderator, this discussion is being livestreamed, and you can post your comments and questions on twitter using the protectdemocracy2020. Our team will be monitoring the monitoring the hash tag and pose your questions to the monitor. America may have been caught off but theres no the samer falling for tricks again twice. Understand the influences around us, take steps take proactive steps to counter them, and work to strengthen our democracy. This collaboration is our effort to do just that. Im now going to turn the over to the professor claire finkelstein, my friend and faculty director of the center for ethics and the rule of law at the university of pennsylvania law school, who is theleading voice on intersection of law, ethics, and national security. Willto claire, who introduce our guests for the session. Thank you soin much, carrie, and its a to have this with c nas. N more importa
The annenberg Public Policy center, also on the university of pennsylvania. There i hand it over to moderator, this discussion is being livestreamed, and you can post your comments and questions on twitter using the protectdemocracy2020. Our team will be monitoring the monitoring the hash tag and pose your questions to the monitor. America may have been caught off but theres no the samer falling for tricks again twice. Understand the influences around us, take steps take proactive steps to counter them, and work to strengthen our democracy. This collaboration is our effort to do just that. Im now going to turn the over to the professor claire finkelstein, my friend and faculty director of the center for ethics and the rule of law at the university of pennsylvania law school, who is theleading voice on intersection of law, ethics, and national security. Willto claire, who introduce our guests for the session. Thank you soin much, carrie, and its a to have this with c nas. N more importa
Senior counsel at omalley and myers. He serves as a National Security advisor for obama and also headed the obama biden transition of he is a veteran of many democratic campaigns and of course serves on multiple. [inaudible] steve hadley served as the National Security advisor for resident george w. Bush from 2005 to 2009. Hes a deputy from 2001 to 2000 vibrant he is now a partner in a great little Consulting Firm called. [inaudible] also the chairman of the u. S. Ip and involved in just about as many bipartisan causes as one can be in washington d. C. So thank you steve for all the bipartisan work that you are doing. And here to interview both of them we have jim shoot a which is achieved National Security correspondent, we all see him on tv throughout the middle east and the arctic. He has a book out coming out next week with his virtual book tour called the mad man theory which i just looked at online jim and it looks fascinating although not a very relaxing beach read. But we all l
Department involving the roger stone case and other doj investigations. This is the first portion of the hearing before the committee took a short recess. You can watch the second portion on cspan. Org. Thank you. [indistinct conversations] without objection the chairs authorized to recess at any time. Political interference threatens independence. Before we begin i would like to remind members we have established an email address distribution list circulating motions or other materials members point might want to offer. If you would like to summit the materials, sent them to the email address distributed to your offices and we will circulate the material as quickly as you can. I remind all members guidance that face coverings are required for all meetings such as committee hearings. Everybody attending this hearing is required to follow this guidance. This is for the health and safety of all of us including our staff and the loved ones we will return to at the end of the day. I expect