Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Great to have you all here. Welcome to the museum news eums theater. We are partners with the fbi for wes special program as celebrate one hundred years of African American special agents. We will honor their history, their service, and looked toward the future. Seum has enjoyed working with the fbi. Exhibit today examines how the bureau is riding terror and cybercrime fighting terror and cybercrime. I want to give a warm welcome to many current and former fbi agents in the room and as always, i very warm welcome to our visitors and our members. Thank you for your support. Introduceleasure to the fbi associate director paul bate. [applause] good afternoon, everyone. What an amazing day. Thank you, john, and to the newseum, for hosting this event. And thank you for the fbi up us vias office of inclusion to organize thishelp event today. Its a privilege to be one small part of the 100th Year Anniversary of the hiring and entry on duty of the first af
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Taking questions from members of the Senate Homeland security and Governmental Affairs committee taking questions from members of the Senate Homeland security and Governmental Affairs committee. [inaudible conversations] the hearing will come to order. Thank you to the inspector and his team to be here i know you had to raise your hand to identify yourself all those who did this excellent work. Thank you for all your hard work and efforts as the main subject of our hearing today the what you have received for your efforts is already deserved and to share those sentiments this is an important step to provide the answers to many questions that have festered for far too long. That the scope is narrow and most non more important questions remain unanswered. Much attention has been paid to the inclusion the hurricane investigation did have adequate predicate yesterdays order by the presiding judge is a dramatic rebuke how serious those are. And then to ask more fundamental questions at what
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This morning about his report on the russia investigation during the 2016 president ial campaign. He took questions from members of the Senate Homeland security and Governmental Affairs committee. The chair is senator ron johnson of wisconsin. This hearing will come to order. I want to thank Inspector General horowitz and his team for being here. I know in the hearing you had everybody raise their hands. If youve raise your hands and identify yourselves all the people who did this excellent work, i appreciate that. I want to thank you for all your hard work and efforts for preparing the report. The bipartisan praise you have received for your effort is welldy served and i share those sentiments. The release of this report is an important step in providing the public many of the answers to the questions that have festered for far too long. As thoreau as it is, its scope is narrow. Many important questions remain unanswered. Much attention has been paid to the reports conclusion, but the