as you saw this video, our our association is involved in every facet of the beach and safety. the international air transport association recently rep worded the last year's accident rate was the lowest in mediation history. according to iata, the global accident rate was the equivalent of one accident every 2.7 million flights. this represents a heard a 9%, a 39% drop compared to 2010 when the previous mark was set. i is proud to say that in the past year, we have accomplished a great deal in the areas of safety, in the areas of security and pilot assisted. and now i would like to highlight some of our

significant achievements. so we will start with an old crewmember, and enhanced, and ice stress, enhanced screening process for u.s. airline pilot. the success of the initiative is due in large part to the coordination of airlines, government and outlaw can be measured in the following statistics: more than 3500 screenings take place each day, utilizing the program. no crewmember has facilitated more than 500,000 entries through security since august 2011 when the program was launched. gnome crewmember site are now operational at 18 u.s. airport, with 31 total airport six acted by the end of the year. crewmembers at 28 u.s. airline now have access to this in hand

screening process. another issue at the top of alpa's agenda in both the united states and canada is pilot fatigue. for decades, we've advocated for updated, science-based pilot fatigue rules. i am pleased to report that new regulations for pilot flight and duty time in the united states were released in december. f.a.r. 117 will implement much-needed and long-awaited safety improvement over the next two years. but as you know, that will exclude all cargo airlines for mandatory compliance and this is absolutely unacceptable. so alpa has redoubled our efforts to promote one level of

safety for all, and i repeat, all airline operations. to that end, alpa has launched an intensive campaign focused on critical importance of protecting all airline pilots equally against fatigue and to date, alpa pilots advocate and staff have made more than 400 visits to congressional offices as part of this effort. in addition, our members have sent more than 2600 messages to their elected rep cinemas in strong support of the safe skies at the 2012. this legislation was introduced with bipartisan support in the housing of congress this year. the safe skies act achieves one level of safety by ensuring that all pilots are good by science-based rest requirements regardless of whether they fly passengers or cargo.

a sendak date, the u.s. department of transportation look by the federal aviation administration new regulation to all cargo operations in the same way they currently apply the passenger operations. at this time, i would like to thank u.s. representatives sure back, jim bishop, barbara boxer further contribution to aviation and introducing and moving this important legislation forward. now up in canada, the transport canada food t. working group late last year come to the group is cochaired by canada board president, cap in hand at the

case, since august 2010 they met on a monthly basis until their final meeting in december 2011. the cochairs have submitted their report using the working group's recommendation and will be on the agenda at the care act technical committee meeting to tober. then, transport canada will take the report along with public comments and review them for regulatory consideration. now, you have my word, the airline pilots association international is and will continue to be fully engaged to advance one level of state he for all types of flight operations against the airline industry and in the u.s. and canada. the success of programs like gnome crewmember -underscore is

utilizing the risk faced approach to aviation safety and security. alpa helps enhance aviation security, making air transportation or customer friendly for airline transportation, for airline passengers and air cargo shippers and ensure the u.s. air industry continues to feel the nations economy and provide jobs. in the u.s., alpa has worked closely with the faa to promote the highest level of safety for air transportation systems. many of our efforts have been tied to the signing of the agency and i got to report that this year we finally have a long-term reauthorization bill through 2015. this bill was signed into law after 23 extensions. faa reauthorization advances

many of sub are his priorities, including advancing nexgen initiatives, enhancing runway safety, making laser attack on an aircraft a federal crime, improving the safety of lithium battery ship by air, strengthening voluntary deviation data protections, studying feasibility of installing backdoors for alternatives on all cargo aircraft and said porting critical aviation safety research. at the airline pilots association, we find that we were together, we achieve outstanding results and i alpa, we are uniquely positioned to bring industry stakeholders together to keep focus on issues

critically important to the aviation safety mission. using the air safety pharmacy model, we thought a series of highly successful conference is, you should vote it to one specific issue. last october, cravaack and airlines for america focused on the growing problem of laser elimination of aircraft caught it. in january, we kicked off the new year by organizing and hosting a symposium on aviation safety action programs. the current challenges, the trends in these vitally voluntary safe to reporting programs. in march, alpa seize the opportunity to combat pilot fatigue. we held a landmark conference, where participants explored actions necessary to build on these new safety regulations.

in april, alpa hosted a full day conference and closing the gaps in the air cargo safety and security and last month, alpa hosted a one-day conference on pilot training, which was sponsored by rockwell collins and general electric. each of these conferences true a wide range of attendees, and sensory safety and security representatives and their peers, from other labor groups, to legislatures, to the representatives of several u.s. canadian and european government agencies and airline managements. line for us men and military officers, news reporters and academics. the level of interest in these issues underscores the point that when it comes to aviation safety, we are all stakeholders.

now, there a few initiatives would like to highlight. in april, alpa submitted comments to the faa outlining the association's view on the agency's notice of proposed rulemaking on pilot certification and qualification requirements. for air carrier qualifications. alpa debauch many of the recommendations contained in this npr round. in june, the house subcommittee approved funding for the motivation study, the highly successful collaboration between the faa air carriers and pilot representatives. and so while we are talking about facts and figures, he was an important one. the long-term success rate under the program is 85 to 90% and by

approving funding for phmsa, the committee enabled this critical health program for professional airline pilot to continue to operate for another three-year cycle. also in june, we created the special alpa for promote operations. peter black, several alpa carriers with pilots routinely fly in and a higher tick and other remote locations in the far northern areas of canada and the united states. earlier this year, we had the opportunity to see some of these pilots in action. they are true professionals in everything they do. they operate in a harsh, i predict the bombardment, using rats, unpaved runways, making approaches with basic

non-precision nowadays. through the creation of this committee, it is another step towards alpa's long-standing goal of one level of safety and security for airline operations. the primary focus will be to address the challenges for professional center aviators overcome on a daily basis in the arctic in similar regions. as you can see in the year since i last came together, we've accomplished a great deal. but there's always more to do. ignore cassatt threes air safety organization continues on many different fronts and i'll highlight some of the strategic priorities going forward. one of our goals is to improve state and standards for the carriage goods, especially

lithium batteries. our position is clear, lithium batteries represent an unmitigated hazard on our cargo and passenger aircraft and must be regulated. we were able to get the international civil aviation organization to adopt technical instructions, which alpa is working to implement to ifalpa standards. we implement to a pin's veracity of regulation regarding the carriage of lithium batteries. another key aspect is this faith integration of unmanned aircraft systems which they now call remote piloted aircraft international airspace. our key message here in the

airspace, where we fly must meet the same safety standards that we currently do. it doesn't matter whether pilot is on a conventional flight deck were sitting in a control station on the ground, high safety standards must be established and they have to apply to everyone in the airspace. step three is the number of the rulemaking committee on ua gas and on the rt ca special committee developing standards and will continue to participate in those groups to advance this goal. as part of our continuing advocacy of a risk based approach to airline and airport security, alpa will continue to press for action to increase funding for the successful federal flight deck officer program. this is a highly cost-efficient

program in which airline pilots are fully trained to protect their flight deck since federal law enforcement officers. the ffdo program is a multilayered approach to aircraft security will continue to work closely with the tsa and the air marshals service to resolve issues which have an impact on the program's overall integrity. we will also continue to urge action to advance the airspace management so that the year transportation system is positioned to swiftly and effectively respond to potential security threat, to add laser attacks on aircraft, to improve the security of all cargo operations by doing more, but doing more, secure the flight deck by installing carriers on

aircraft and particularly cargo aircraft that do not have fortified light backdoors. by adding full sides of her connections for all domestic airport serving not cargo operations, incorporating fingerprint-based history checks for all persons with unescorted access advocates a.k.a. by mandating training for freight crews in the all accommodating and improving systems and use of technology for the screening of cargo loaded on all cargo aircraft. we will also continue our partnership with a4a and the tsa to make it available for all u.s. airline pilot and flight. in canada, alpa is also a strong

supporter of the restricted access identity card or raid program and we urge to continue continued implementation. the alpa also continues to work are work related to modernizing international airspace system in which we operate. many who were involved in the implementation of nexgen initiatives are getting frustrated with the pace of progress. as i frustration grows, it will be important for alpa to remain the honest broker, ensuring procedures implemented to increase capacity to not tersely affect safety for pilot workload. in the area of pilot assistance, working to ensure all commercial airlines have professional standards programs. sub three has participated in rulemaking committee to address flight crew member professional

development and conduct. we expect that the art will public advisory in the rulemaking violence for programs to address these issues. this guidance will serve as the basis for fostering professional standards programs for both u.s. and canadian airlines. in addition, alpa recently published a white paper to address the issue of pilot occupational ian howell and highlight the need for a dedicated division within both the faa and transport canada to focus on these issues. this white paper will be used as the basis to approach the station needs to ask for government support of the programs to promote private health and safety. now when it comes to aviation safety mission by every measure, we are making real progress.

but these statistics don't, but nothing. if they are the results of a collective effort in to start the partnerships with all stakeholders, legislators and regulators. manufacturers and operators and other employee groups and labor unions. many of our partners are taking part in the safety forum this week and i want to thank you. our panelists are sponsors and exhibitors, for making the event such a success to advance our mutual goals. now, it is my great pleasure to introduce the keynote speaker, the honorable john pistole, administer and he was transportation security administration. in this role, administrator

pistole oversees management of the 60,000 strong workforce, the security operations of more than 450 federalized airports throughout the u.s., the federal air marshal service and security for highways, railroads, ports, mass transit and send pipelines. under his leadership, tsa continues to grow as a risk-based intelligence trivet trivet, counterterrorism agent a dedicated to protecting our transportation systems. administrator pistole came to the tsa is a 26 year bactrim with extensive national security and counterterrorism experience. after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, he was put in charge of the fbi's greatly expanded counterterrorism programs, eventually becoming the fbi's

executive assistant and director for counterterrorism and counterintelligence. in 2004, he was named deputy director for the fbi. he has led or been involved in several high-profile investigations, including the attempted car bombing in times square on may 1, 2010. the december 25th, 2009 attempted attack on northwest flight to 53. the plot against the new york city subway in 2009, the 2006 u.k. liquid explosives apply in the may 2003 suicide bombing of three housing compounds in riyadh, saudi arabia in which 35 people died, including nine americans. he began his career as a special agent with the fbi in 1983,

serving in many lives in new york divisions before his promotion to supervisor in the organized crime session at fbi headquarters in washington d.c. in 1999, as an assistant special agent in charge, he helped lead the investigation and recovery efforts for the egyptair 990 crashed off the coast of rhode island. in 2007, pistole received the everett h. levi award for outstanding professionalism and exemplary integrity. he is the recipient of the 2005 presidential rank award for distinguished executive service. since his confirmation in july 2010, at than the straight or pistole is one of the most important parts through his

leadership, the crew member and trusted traveler programs became a true reality. the success is the result of alpa's a4a collaboration with tsa and administrator pistole is integral to that success. last month tsa to her crewmember program to the next level when it announced flight attendants can now participate in a program. alpa has been a strong proponent for including flight attendant in crewmember we fully support participation in the program. administrator pistole embodies many qualities that we had such alpa depend on heavily. since i became president of alpa we've developed a constant dialogue. he's honest and accessible. he's a collaborative spirit and is always open to include alpa

and come to us for expertise and help enhance the precise type of leadership that washington needs, especially at this time. on behalf of alpa, we value and appreciate commitment to her industry, profession and members. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the honorable john pistole, administer the transportation security administration. [applause] >> well, thank you captain moak for the gracious introduction. i'd be interested if you run for congress come i like to vote for you early in office. thanks for that. it's a great partnership and privilege to be here this warning to address you as i did last year. a lot of tapped in as captain moak ended last year to make to highlight some of the security aspects and challenges we face

in our respective missions in effort to provide the most effective security in the most efficient way to help promote the free movement of people and goods worldwide. alpa challenges that like to focus on his security challenges to passenger airline and the fact it related to the all cargo carriers. and the third is more an internal tsa issued the belgian share a little bit with you about it terms a strengthening of the tsa workforce professionalizing the work force to try to provide the most effective security again and the most efficient way. so the context for this year's conference in terms of the threat environment, let's start with passengers. just three months ago we saw this i can't attempt to bring down an airliner from a plot out of yemen by al qaeda in the

arabian peninsula. the second plot improvised explosive device that is completely nonmetallic, there was a new and innovative design and concealment techniques similar to the christmas day attempted 2009, but with a different type of explosive involved in a different initiation of detonation system that had a backup system to overcome what was perceived as the failings of the christmas day plot of 2009. and but for the extraordinary intelligence crew that foreign security intelligence services, coupled with u.s. government worked, but for that extraordinary work, that individual, turned out to be a devolution for the security services would have possibly been successful in his attempt and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula desired to insert that

person with the suicide bomb into the global supply chain, presumably on a flight coming to the u.s. as his instructions were for the leadership of aqap. so these threats continue. we see them evolving, changing. again, the fact of the new explosive is an indication they're going to school on what they believe our detection capabilities and techniques are, so it'll are those and not just to react to it, but be predictive as to what threats are and say at least half a step ahead of those threats. so in response to this threat, we have recalibrated her explosive equipped and across the united states and encourage, not in a regulatory fashion, but strongly encouraged partners to do the same. we've also had our canines out there going through the process of reprinting their detection capability for the new type of

explosives to ensure that a canine might pick up on this tape was sent. so we see this ongoing challenge of dealing with the evolving threat come again particularly out of yemen, but we know other situated around the world that have a destruction of the u.s. airliner take it to the u.s. either passenger or cargo as their top priority and will lead the gold standard for them to prove they can cause us harm. but we have to look back to the yemen carboplatin the fall of 2010 on the following propaganda that aqap spreadout, with the front cover of that edition for $4000, but holocaust and to divide the two cartridge printer bombs being shipped from denying yemen to chicago and get the

billions of dollars of disruptions to the global supply a change in movement of cargo particularly in the mail resulted from a partially because of our regulatory action and inserting a ban on cargo coming out of yemen at that time. the unintended consequences that resulted from that, particularly as the movement of mail and parcels around the world. looking back, we realize we've had a series of events going back to 9/11, but prior to that 1995 with the bojinka plot and the airliners friends out the stacia, but the continuation with richard reid in december about what the shoe bomb and obviously the plot in august of 06 and continuation with tran nine on christmas day at night and the cargo plot from october

of 10 and the most recent one, end of april, early may of 2012. those are the ones that have succeeded to the point of actually being a plot against the u.s. we are also aware of two female suicide bombers in the fall of 2004, flights out of moscow within 90 minutes of each other, hunting down those two airliners. we believe because of an insider issue that these two women, the black widows he refers to, probably chenchen related, killed 90 on board that flight. that is something we see continuing. the challenge for tsa and alpa and anyone and the safety security passengers and cargo as it relates to the u.s. is what is going on here on the intelligences there is no known as the relays in the commercial

airports that respond ability with the provided security. that said, our concern and a concert i had at the fbi oversight asserts was not so much those we know about on the watchlist in the no-fly list who obviously should not be flying or even a selected list of some association with terrorism and who we believe they deserve additional skirt at the checkpoint after trying to fly. those are not the ones who cause me the greatest concern. it's those who don't know about who'd been radicalized on the internet as we seen a number of individuals in the u.s. have been and those who have acquired the wherewithal, knowledge, skills with a chemistry background is there between an anarchist cook put on mind, whatever it is that allows them to build an improvised that they can consume on their person as a suicide bomber in their carry-on

bag or in their check back or shipping something on cargo. that is what concerns me and how we can work in partnership with you and honestly as part of u.s. national security affairs with the other intelligence collect yours, help and inform our daily actions. every day we start with the intelligence briefings say here's what you're thinking in terms of how they might go and that is the challenge that we face. i mention the 2010 plot. we see particularly out qaeda in the arabian peninsula to bring it down any aircraft in the u.s. or of course within the u.s. we believe the layers of security mention that we have here is a u.s., clearly serve as

a deterrent. we know that from classified intercepted reporting. we believe the security we have here are a deterrent. how to rework their international partners coming to the u.s. are particularly to ensure that their standards are such that we cannot highest level confidence that there is not a terrorist able to exploit vulnerability that may exist overseas? has a number of efforts ongoing in that regard. one of the key takeaways from again and cargo plot in october 2010 was the initiative, an innovation of industry, particularly a cargo industry to step up and do a risk mitigation assessment can take steps beyond regulatory actions to ensure the best possible security for the

world wide cargo supply chain. so it goes way beyond what we had in terms of emergency amendments or security direct is, regulatory action to recognize as those who do that at their best interest to provide the most effective security in the most efficient way. the question is how quick you that in a partnership worldwide? there's a number of initiatives ongoing as we address that. one of the key aspects in terms of mitigation when we talk about all this is risk mitigation, risk management, which we do every day in our daily lives, personalized or are not trying to eliminate risk, which we can try to do, as we did after the plot with the issuance of the emergency amendment shutting down all cargo coming out of yemen. there are a lot of costs associated with that. how can we best work together to

mitigate or manage risk in an informed fashion. two things they do now as it to cargo, which are building on initiatives taken particularly in the u.s. to address this potential vulnerabilities are the air cargo advance screening we have a custom border screening, which simply comes out to the notion of, who can we identify as a known shipper and known shipments and how can we get advance information about those cargo shipments at the earliest possible opportunity so it can take risk mitigation status, including perhaps additional screening of individual parcels or palate at the back point of departure or even sooner. there's an industry initiative looking up what they describe as virtual last point of departure, virtual lpd that involve

industry is all much sate even the tsa does not regulatory already over these other airport, that's why lpd, how can they work in concert with our standards to say there is commensurate security provided up as virtual lpd spirit that is something we're interested in exploring the industry to make an assessment of how we can partner in leverage your responsibilities and opportunities to address some of those challenges. so that is the current thread context they work with. the stakes are high. how do we continue collaborative effort? we talk about race-based security as captain moak mention. with all due respect to the world bank of scotland, the rbs initiatives include a crew member program, which is something i saw when i came in as administrator two years ago as a key opportunity for

expanding an existing program and airports to the point of differentiating between the aircraft because we don't trust them and if we don't know and trust pilots to get us safely from point a to point b. 27, 20,000 times a day in the u.s., and i'm not sure what we would all be doing. so with that simple recognition, informed by my experience with over 26 years with the fbi, where i travel armed every time, i've traveled on business and would simply go to the ticket counter, show my credentials, fill out a form. they sign it, take it a shame to take it to the exit lane, show my credentials in the form with a law-enforcement officer in many airports, novel within sinai. and then i can get on the plane armed. when i came to tsa, we are

distinguishing and differentiating between passengers and pilots, flight crew in some respects because they know and trust people for whatever reason. so that is what rbs is all about, risk based security. so i am very pleased and working with great partnership with captain moak in terms of the expansion of the crewmember program. we are currently in 18 airports and will be in 31 airports by the end of the year, perhaps in her thin end of the year. that is a significant saving for tsa to say why should we be spending any time other than identity-based screening, the entire flight crew, why should we be spending time physically screening them when we trust them with our allies to get from point a to point b. so as we expand not, we look forward to that continued partnership and applaud alpa and a4a in terms of that initiative working with us to allow us to

focus time and efforts on those that we know least about, those that i would knows the name, date of birth and gender under secure flight. the second part of rbs would like to highlight is the tsa pre-checked program, something again simply recognizing the more we know about people, the more they volunteer information about themselves, either through the complier program with major carriers for the customs border protection global entry program, the better judgment to make ahead of time before anyone gets to the actual check point. as we do prescreening of those people volunteer information about themselves and then we in most instances allow them to go through an expedited physical screening with a dedicated lane. in indianapolis yesterday, and beautiful airport, great facility. second-largest cargo carrier for fedex in the country, announced

an expansion of the pre-check to the indianapolis airport at the 21st airport that we have brought online in conjunction in partnership with the airlines, airport authorities and all those who have a vested interest in not. the plan is and we are still on schedule to expand tsa pre-check to 35 airports by the end of the year. if you've not seen it demonstrated a hendrick yourself, and most airports there's a dedicated lane and we allow passengers to keep shoes on, belts on, keep liquid aerosols and gels in their 311 bag and carry on along with laptops. in most instances they would go to a walk-through metal detector. it greatly improves efficiency at the check point for us because we get more people through an expedited fashion because they've done the prescreening and then the opportunity is for us to spend more time with those on the

terrorist watch lists i select these are those who may identify and need additional skirt me. for the pre-check program is something we are embracing wholeheartedly. we have initiative and innovation to say let's get away from the one size fits all construct, you seem to be approachable and focus on a higher risk because they know the least about this other travelers. since we started tsa pre-check last fall, we found over 2 million passengers go through and there's strong bipartisan support on the hill for the pre-check program and rbs overall. the only complaint i have heard us why not more airport sooner unobvious they were trying to be deliberate to do with security matters and make sure we get it right in the process and protocol are in place. there have been some questions about whether this is an

international programs and not a safer canadian representatives here and others, right now it is just a u.s. domestic program, but we are in discussions with others. in fact, i had a meeting last week with counterparts from the european union, canada and australia to discuss a number of different issues in anticipation of the international aviation meeting next month in montréal. there's a number of issues coming out from that meeting. one of the things we tal about his expansion of rbs principles and policies internationally and that there be reciprocity. for u.s. pilots can you go through pre-checking fly through from the e.u., canada and the second we would accept if they have two similar programs except them here based on the prescreening for whatever program they said. there's a lot of interest in

continuing dialogue about that. the bill is more than 2013 to see what the possibilities may be. other aspects of our ps -- rbs, we afford them a different type of screening. everybody still goes through some type of screening, whether it's prescreening that i mentioned earlier, our physical screening involved. 12 and under cover 75 and older recognizing there may be some terrace. there are people on the watch list over 75, but we can always attend additional screening at this intelligence, mostly fundraisers decades ago and i believe pose little if any threat to civil aviation. members of the military initiated the program, those

that dca and see pack in terms of initial airports where we provide expedited, basically the pre-check program for members of the military, even common access cards. we're trying to move away from the cac card to do a laissez-faire approach similar to what we do appreciate embedding information for the known trusted travelers. on our flights, to view the world war ii memorial, obviously we believe them to be known trusted and they provide a different type of security for them. there's other trusted groups, those whom we know a lot about either because of employment, work background and examples that include u.s. intelligence command, does the top-secret purity clearance command as a trusted nation secrets and

recognizing that there is no guarantee any of this, but we cannot find an exception in any group and say yes, but that's a bad person. so we will always keep a random and unpredictable as part of this screening. it is not a right. a privilege to go through the tsa pre-check process, which we revoke at any time. in fact, we've had several people go through what they forgot they were carrying a firearm and those people are no longer part of the pre-check program because of some pain we have to have some focus on in terms of how we move forward and identified those because no one trusts. so that's a move on in terms of with rbs as we look to expand not. we are currently in discussions with private in straight and with their own folks to say, how can we expand the tsa pre-check population? the idea even though we've had 2 million people go through and

we anticipate an additional million people per hop each month for the rest of the year, maybe i'd do that population who are going through, we are interested in trying to identify those people who perhaps aren't as the elite frequent flyers or don't have a passport so they wouldn't qualify for global entry program, but you may be willing to pay a fee, not necessarily to us, but a private provider to have some type of background assessment time and provide that information to us, the airlines provide that information to us through some mechanism that would allow us to identify them as known or trusted travelers. that is something we work on. again, we'll see what happens to the rest of this year, but i'm mentioned not as a way of trying to expand the trusted population as we continue on. so moving on to the third point

i mentioned, strengthening the tsa workforce. this is some thing we are working on in several backs. one is we have created a tsa academy coming from the fbi, and those from military academy recognize the benefit of having an academy for new hires and trains development through to core have a sense of ownership in the broader context. so we don't have night from congress to build a tsa academy, so reducing space at the law enforcement training center in georgia, where space is available and there is a small sign that says tsa academy. but where we start training in with their supervisors, who on the front lines there with the transportation security officers, they are critical in any time going through significant change that they'd

be empowered and ensure they have all the tools they need to help drive the change we are going through a tsa. and so, we started with the first several classes of supervisors and we will complete training for all supervisors in the next year and a half in the key is to have a command of the leadership of skills. some of pat leadership training, but some have not. but all those things important for a supervisor to give feedback to the workforce and focus on not change, both in terms of race based security, paradigm shift for it and also as we embark on an agreement that we have which negotiation concluded last week as we move forward in a new partnership with the union to say, here's how we need to go about business with these two major drivers of change to help professionalize

workforce. again, the key is how can we provide the most effective security in the most efficient way? the professionalization is one of this key enablers. one of the other things we do is provide training for every single security officer in tactical communications, a simple technique for how to de-escalate a confrontational situation. a number of these officers have not had this type of training. simply if you engage in a passenger who is upset for whatever reason, how do you de-escalate that, so get the job done in terms of the security mission, but in a professional way that helps defuse whatever tension is there and try to work for that in a professional way. we've trained over 35,000 officers in training and will continue that here over the next several months. so let me move on. a number of initiatives we have in terms of the workforce.

my three expectations for every tsa employee are hardware, professionalism and integrity and when we fall short of that, which we do sometimes, there was an incident in the news about security officers stealing from checked points or passengers were just doing a nonprofessional can we take steps to address that appeared last year we created an office of professional responsibility that handles adjudication of misconduct cases like that in a uniform, consistent manner. so somebody at lax this something for jfk similar, the adjudication of this investigation would be substantially similar. we have a table of penalties for three categories. one is mitigating circumstances. one is no mitigating or aggravating circumstances. so predictability to the workforce. if you do this and you are judge

guilty, you have done that, you are pretty good sense of years with the adjudication will be. so it instills more confidence in the workforce in terms of moving forward. something i was doing and townhomes two years ago when i first came in i found a lot of concern, heard a lot of concern about the arbor assuredness and consistency in terms of adjudication. the last point is on the way forward. where do i see things going in terms of partnership, risk-based security in just a couple points on that. first we want to expand the principles and populations in a reasonable, sensible way that address says in a way and

welcome subtrees input to that. we want to continue expanding that population. we are looking at different possibilities in the checkpoint of the future but a click. it's strongly promoting the checkpoint of the future, which we have a lot of interesting. it's intriguing from the standpoint of how it actually be accomplished. right now the technology for integrated solution to walk through one check point if you will that affect all types of threats is not there, but we are interested in that type of the industry about that in terms of their initiative and innovation that can get beyond just the spiral development of normal technology development to get three breakthrough technology in terms of detection of multiple types of threats. so that a soap are interested the meantime, while the

technologies work on a solution, we believe rbs, risk a security initiative is incorporating many principles of the checkpoint of the future at differentiating between people before they get to the checkpoint and having different levels of security screening afforded based on what we know. it's a very similar principles are. we endorse that. the last point is a partnership with alpa has been and will continue i believe to be a key enabler of what we are doing a tsa to provide the most effective security in the most efficient way. i wanted thank you and captain moak as we work together to ensure the best possible movement of people and good but the best security possible. but that coming thank you for your time and attention this morning. thank you. [applause]

>> all right. we have time for just a couple questions this morning. and if you go to the minute, we'll will start right here. serve. [inaudible] >> thank you. it is a paradigm shift. we are defining who tsa is in how we go through on a mission. there is both internal challenges to the workforce because several most trained and everyone could be a terrorist and so we have to treat each person accordingly. so there has been basically an educational process with the workforce, particularly with the

leadership in federal security directors who obviously need to embrace those and know how to drive the change, so that's way too a number of town hall meetings and do a blog who do all types of things to try to communicate what's the reason behind rbs, risk-based security initiatives. and then there's external stakeholders and alpa has been a great stakeholder, both the flight attendants to appreciate that. obviously the interest on the is key. the industry, coming back from indianapolis today saw the united magazine and in the pocket or receipt and there is an article i just finally come and ceo, his column that has a strong endorsement of what we are trying to do. so it is that type of engagement and partnership.

because it's all about partnership. without the airline, airport authorities and pilots association, we wouldn't be out of do this. so the thought that partnership. >> ray. we have time for tomorrow. we'll go back over here and then come back that way, sir. >> yes, sir. he said as a result of your fbi experience you were not necessarily can earn up to 7,003,000 people in our investigation for terrorist related activities. and that's one person in the intelligence community know about these individuals before they reach the airport. my question is, is that the tsa's responsibility or another organization's responsibility to identify the terrorists or terrorist sympathizers who have been radicalized or who may be sleepers but have not been identified by the intelligence community? could you, the government success in identifying individuals? >> sure. first is concerned citizens who may know about some paint,

whether you see some income if they sent me an umbrella or the local police who may do a traffic stop or respond to a domestic situation when they come across an imation or something that is of concern. at the primary responsibility for the federal government with the fbi come over 100 taskforces around the country are comprised of state and local police and all the heights of others, including tsa federal air marshals and most instant case. and so that is a shared responsibility for them to identify those on the first hand in the first instance. if we have to rely just in a void on not having anything identified and checked point, and makes our job much, much more difficult because as we know terrorists only have to succeed once they get them a ride every time. it's not a perfect system.

everybody recognized that. it is risk management, risk litigation. so we rely another regencies i'm including overseas collection in the two best examples of the most recent underwear plot from three years ago when the cargo pod where it was intelligence that led to the identification of the two cargo package is an obvious that the great undercover agent. intelligence on the finance allows us to do the best possible job here. >> hi, phil marshall into the 9/11 attack. you keep mentioning the bojinka plot and the underwear bomb and all of these. i'm curious, in that report, that 2002 congressional joint inquiry report to senator bob graham added, he recently filed a suit against the saudi arabia

government and they had 80 pages worth of evidence on the saudi team that was in the united states who were out in the arizona desert training for the 9/11 mission. i am just curious why you did not mention not. that. >> there's a lot of things i could have mentioned that went beyond the limited remarks. 15 of the 19 were saudi. the saudi government accepts particularly a dirt pit 2003 bombing in riyadh. the captain mentioned success to address the al qaeda operating in the fund raising to place in the kingdom took a number of steps. there's a number of other things, but the focus is on how we move forward of those prior plots and how can we work in partnership to best present that

pie share. >> and that is all for the questions. administrator pistole, thank you for talking with us today and taking time to answer questions. >> thank you. [applause] ..

>> coming up on c-span2, white house adviser jon brennan talks about u.s. cut the terrorism efforts in yemen. andrew mccarthy at 1:10 a.m., and the head of the tsa discusses airline security at the meeting of the air line pilots association. >> this weekend on book tv after words. >> two guys in the dorm room. they cracked the code. it all just falls into place. you don't see the rest all playing on the side of the road to not having achieved success. >> and unintended consequences,

former capitol partner edward canard looks at the market economy, the causes of the recession, and explains how lower tax rates lead to investment and economic growth saturday night at 10:00 eastern, part of book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> president obama's counter-terrorism adviser jon brennan defended the use of drone attacks in the yemen saying deport affiliated militants are a threat to the u.s. he bore marks on the council of foreign relations, jon brennan did not rule out u.s. involvement in syria and called on conflict -- congress to pass a cyber security bill. he served in the george w. bush administration. >> welcome, everybody. welcome to today's meeting. i'm margaret warner. i think most of you are veterans of this and know the ground rules. please turn off all of your cell

phones and pagers, which i am doing right the second myself. i have been asked that you not even put it on vibrate because that can mess with the sound system. this meeting is on the record, and it is my pleasure today to introduce today's guest, jon brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security in counter-terrorism and deputy national security adviser. the chief adviser to the president of counter-terrorism strategy as well as policy and implementation. he also coordinates all of the homeland security related activities throughout the executive branch. preparing for and responding to things of cyber threats of terrorist attacks. opening today with a few remarks about u.s. policies in the yemen nt and that will have a conversation for 15 minutes or so and open it up to questions for you, the audience.

mr. jon brennan. [applause] >> thank you very much, margaret , and thank you, for being here today. it certainly is a pleasure to see so many familiar faces, both from inside and outside of government who i hope are here because of their deeply rooted interest in yemen and the u.s.- yemeni relations. on this subject of yemen, it is often through the prism of the terrorist suburb. and for good reason. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula or aqap is that most active affiliate. leaders who murdered your many citizens, kidnap and kill abrams, harbert american and terrorist attacks on the united states and attempted repeated attacks against u.s. likewise discussion of the many an american counter-terrorism

efforts tend to focus on exclusively on the use of one counter-terrorism tool in particular, targeted sites. at the white house it is always taking a broader view, both of the challenges and u.s. policy. them number of experts wrote an open letter to president obama arguing that there is a section of the united states whose singular focus to the exclusion of the broader political and economic and social ills of yemen. among the recommendations that u.s. officials publicly convey the united states is making a sustained commitment to the political transition of yemen, economic development, and stability, and it is in that spirit that i join you here today doubled in my official capacity and as someone who has come to know and admire the yemen and its people over the last decades. i want to begin with a snapshot of where yemen yesterday. this administration has made progress toward implementing to key elements of the gulf

cooperation council agreement that ended the role of ali abdullah saleh and provided a road map. as part of the military reorganization powerful commanders, including some of the supporters have been dismissed or reassigned. discussions are under way in the military and they unified civilian command. two days ago president hadi issued a decree that reassign its brigades as well as rival ali abdullah saleh. in addition to month to organize president hadi appointed a committee for these groups, women's organizations, the sudden movement, and 50 a business to the north. other security front southern forces. today the prize.

as one resident said in these areas, it is like seeing darkness lifted from our lives. elsewhere checkpoints are being removed, businesses are reopening, public services have resumed in major cities and public services are getting paid the energy infrastructure is slowly but surely being with short, including the narrative pipeline. violence remains a reality. chronic poverty is now estimated

at 54%. 10 million people, nearly half of the yemen population go to bed hungry every night. one in san children do not live to the age of five. president obama understands that the challenges of yemen are grave and intertwined and has assisted our policy to emphasize governance and development as much as security and focus on a clear goal, to facilitate a democratic transition while helping yemen advance political economic, and security reforms so it can support its citizens and counter h. u. ap. -- kaythree. -- aqap. this year alone u.s. assistance is more than $337 million, over half of this money, $178 million is for political transition, humanitarian assistance, and developments. let me repeat that. more than half of the assistance we provide to yemen as for political transition,

humanitarian assistance, and development. in fact, this is the largest amount of civilian assistance the united states has ever provided to yemen. any suggestion that a policy toward yemen is dominated by security in counter-terrorism efforts is simply not true. today i want to walk through the key pillars of our approach. first, the united states has been and will remain a strong and active supporter of the political transition in yemen. that is why president obama : then president -- president saleh to step down shortly after unrest erupted last year having consistently advocated 48 organized transition of power despite claims by some that doing so would jeopardize counter-terrorism operations, we have worked hard to try to sustain the transition and promote an inclusive national dialogue. this past may president obama issued an executive order authorizing sanctions against those who threaten the transition. going forward, we will continue to push for the cali, effective,

and full implementation of the gcc agreement. during this transition we call on all yemenis, especially ali abdullah saleh to show that he will put the national interest at a parochial concerns and abide by the letter and the spirit of that gcc agreement so that they can move toward a more inclusive democracy. as we support the transition, a comprehensive approach as a second pillar, helping to strengthen governments and institutions upon which the long-term progress depends. despite decades of rule by one man yemen as a foundation on which it is building. the country has its resistant to the tradition of opposition. a vibrant society, independent media, and leaders to place the larger national interest above politics, religion, sex, or drugs. president hadi is one such leader. this year i met with him twice in yemen and spoke to him numerous times and have been

impressed with his commitment to his nation, integrity, and willing to accident that -- willingness to make difficult decisions to move this country forward, even at great risk to himself. the unity of the yemeni people are very fortunate to have president hadi as their leader. we are helping to strengthen institutions so that they become more responsive, effective, and accountable to the people. we are partnering with industry to expand the essential services, approved -- improve efficiency, combat corruption, and enhance transparency. we will support the reform of law-enforcement and institutions to strengthen the rule of law. beyond government we are proud to continue a tradition of helping to strengthen the role of civil society to conduct elementary oversight, raise public awareness on the transition. empower women, provided advocacy training and build the capacity of political parties to engage in peaceful democratic discourse of course lasting political and

economic processes impossible so long as half of yemenis are malnourished and struggling to survive another day. that is why the third pillar of our approach is immediate humanitarian relief. this year the united states is providing nearly $110 million in humanitarian assistance to yemen , most of the un humanitarian response plan which makes the united states the single largest provider of humanitarian assistance to yemen . these bonds are allowing the you in an ngo partners to provide food and food vouchers, improve sanitation, safe drinking water, and basic health services to help the other urgent needs. u.s. aid is providing more than $74 million for food security and nutrition programs, enabling unicef to rapidly scale of assistance for starving children. with u.s. support, unicef and the world health organization completed a large scale immunization campaign which may have successfully halted a polio

outbreak that began last year. it -- get even with these efforts so many yemenis remain in desperate need. we commend the european union for doubling humanitarian aid and urged other donors to policy by contributing more to the u.n. humanitarian response plant, which is less than 50 percent funded. this will provide a critical and life-saving aid to millions of yemenis. as we help address immediate -- immediate humanitarian needs we're partnering in the fourth area, economic reforms and development necessary for long-term progress. in fact, the $68 million in transitional assistance and economic development that we are providing this year includes vital assistance to improve the delivery of basic services, including health, education, and water. we are helping yemen address its staggering health gaps by renovating health clinics, providing medical equipment, training midwives and doctors in maternal and child health, and supporting community health education. we are hoping to introduce

farmers to more productive techniques and provide youth with skill training, job placement, and of her teeth of entrepreneurial programs. we are helping yemen rebuild infrastructure and promote micra finance and the small business, encouraging efforts to stabilize the economy and undertake reforms there will help raise living standards and promote a more diversified economy. following the success to my u.s. aid is supporting the yemeni governments to repair infrastructure and to rehabilitate communities. for its part human must have a plan to address unemployment and poverty as well as develop, diversified, and reform its economy, including by combating corruption so that government revenues and the donor funds are not diverted to private interests at the expense of the yemeni people. international donors want to know that their contributions are not misappropriated and the projects they fund their part of

the comprehensive plan. providing a vision of where the yemen leaders and to take the countries will help its leaders -- friends invest wisely. this brings me to my final pillar, improving security in combating that threat of aqap. put simply, yemen can succeed politically, economically, socially so long as the cancerous growth of aqap remains . ultimately the long-term battle against aqap and yemen must be fought and won by a yemenis. to their great press -- credit president hadi and his government including defense minister ali and interior minister have made combating aqap at top priority and have forced aqap out of their stronghold in southern yemen. so long as aqap seeks to implement its murderous is in that we will be a close partner with yemen in meeting this common threat. and just as our approach to

yemen is multidimensional, our counter-terrorism approach involves many different tools, diplomatic and intelligence, military, homeland security, law enforcement, and justice. with our yemeni in international partners we have put unprecedented pressure on aqap. records seeking to travel to yemen have been disrupted. a operatives supplied from yemen had been detained. potts had been thwarted. key aqap leaders to have targeted the u.s. and in many interests have met their demise including anwar al-awlaki, the chief of western operations. of course, the tension has often focused on one counter-terrorism tool in particular, targeted strikes, sometimes using remotely piloted aircraft, often referred to publicly as drone. in june in the obama administration declassified the fact that in yemen our joint efforts have resulted in direct action against aqap operatives and senior leaders.

this spring i address the subject of targeted strikes at length and why such strikes are legal, ethical, lies, and highly effective. today i simply say that all our efforts are conducted in concert with the yemeni government. when direct action is taken every effort is made to avoid any civilian casualty. contrary to conventional wisdom, we see little evidence that these actions are generating widespread anti-american sentiment or recruits for aqap. in back, we see the opposite. our human the partners are more eager to work with us. unisys's to have been free from the hellish grip of aqap are more eager, not less to work with the yemeni government. in the short targeted strikes against the most senior and dangerous aqap terrorists are not the problem. they're part of the solution. even as we partner against the immediate threat posed by aqap, we are helping yemen build capacity for its own security. we are spearheading the

international effort to help performance restructure the yemen military into a professional, unified force under civilian control. in fact, the $159 million in security assistance providing to yemen this year, almost all of it is for training and equipment to build capacity for. we are in powering the yemenis with the tools they need to prick conduct precise intelligence test driven operations and that trading in need to ensure such operations are conducted lawfully in a manner that respects human life and makes every effort to avoid civilian casualties. finally, i note that our approach to yemen is reinforced by broad support from the international community. throughout the last year the gulf cooperation council, especially saudi arabia, g10 conference of yemen, united nations have come together to push for a peaceful solution of the comfort -- crisis and facilitate a successful transition. the internet such immunity has threatened you in sanctions

against those who would undermine the transition providing humanitarian relief and assistance with a national dialogue on reform. international partners including the u.k., germany, china, russia, the eu have placed. saudi arabia alone offered three and a half -- three and a quarter billion dollars on top of the significant fuel grants it gave yemen to offset the losses caused by attacks against infrastructure. as such close coordination with international partners will be critical in the years ahead. these are the pillars of our comprehensive approach, supporting the transition, strengthening governments and institutions come providing humanitarian relief, encouraging a cover perform and that development and improving security in combating aqap. taken together, our efforts send an unmistakable losses to the many people. the united states is committed to your success. we share the vision that died so many yemenis, where all citizens

rule have a government that is democratically sponsored and just, but we are under no illusions. given the tremendous challenges progress toward such a future will take many, many years. if we have learned anything in the past two years it is that we should not underestimate the will of the year many people. despite in front of them hundreds of thousands of men and women took to the streets and engaged the political and social movements for the first time in their lives and in so doing helped pave the way for change that a few years ago would have seemed unimaginable. at that yemen did not evolve into an all-out civil war is a testament to the courage, determination, and resilience of the yemeni people and shows that the future need not be determined by violence. the people have a very long and hard road ahead of them, but they have shown that they're willing to make the journey, even with all of the risks that

entails. as they go for they richly deserve to have a partner in the united states of america. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you for that laying out of u.s. policy to yemen. very interesting. you mentioned that helping yemen move toward a transition to a government that is democratic and responsive and more just, i just want to have, the u.s. important partners in this effort and that transition, which is saudi arabia. what degree of the saudi arabia is financially and politically in the other gulf states? to what degree does saudi arabia allow this flourishing of a more vibrant, democratic model in the

yemen with the kinds of institutions you cite, you know, flourishing political parties, opposition, the free press. >> first of all, saudi arabia has done more for yemen than any other country in the world in terms of financial support. its shares a very important border with yemen. one of the key drivers within the gcc to force the agreement that called for this political transition to take place and embedded in that agreement is political reform, transition. and whenever i got to yemen i invariably will go to saudi arabia before as well as after my business there because what the saudis and yemenis want to do is make sure we are working together. it needs to be a team approach. and i have found, only support coming from saudi arabia and the other senior saudi officials for human to continue along this path. as i mentioned in my remarks,

yemen has a history of a vibrant , civil society. political opposition party -- they have political parties there, bathurst and others that have been there for quite some time. so now moving into this new phase for, what the saudis want to do is make sure that yemen is able to take advantage of the foundation it has already in to make sure it evolves in a peaceful way and one that is, i think, consistent with what the region is trying to accomplish. >> their agenda was more than getting rid of president saleh. >> oh, absolutely. and, you know, president saleh agreed to step down before his term was up. he agreed to the gcc agreement allowing that alexis take place and president hadi to assume office. the saudis realized that getting him out of the position was not in itself a remarkable achievement. it was an achievement, but in order for yemen to go along the path of progress if it needed a

much broader effort underway. >> i would you compare president hadi with president saleh in terms of as a partner to the u.s. in combating aqap? the united states used to refer to president saleh as a partner in yemen. >> what we refer to is we have a partner with yemen against aqap for a number of years. with a lot of counter-terrorism partnerships there are ups and downs. we are experiencing that in other parts of the world right now. there are times under the former president where there were some strong disagreements about the need to have a sustained effort against aqap. anybody who knows yemen knows that there is such a mix of politics, tribes, and so many different things that come to bear within yemen. at times i think the yemen government before president -- president hadi would see how certain counter-terrorism operations will affect the political equities.

that cannot be part of the effort. what i have found with president hadi is that he has a singular focus and has expressed a real determination. even if he does not get help from the outside world, al qaeda is killing you many men, women, and children and he is going to battle them as much as he can. so we have found is that there is a continuity of effort and there are not these other considerations. >> so actually more consistent, dependable partner. >> there has been exceptional consistencies cents president hadi has assumed office. >> just increasing reports both media and not just coming from the government, but increasingly extra u.s. and al qaeda link fighters are coming in from all over the world joining this rubble caused.

could that threaten u.s. security interest? do you see a potential threat there actually? >> the history of al qaeda has been that it has tried to take advantage of environs that are either lawless or are going to political change or chaos. we have seen that they grew in iraq. the situation in somalia and yemen because of the republic there. the syrian opposition, as i said , they're very concerned about the al qaeda types. they have said that they're not going to allow al qaeda to take the advantage of the situation. will we have to be very mindful of is that al qaeda as a worldwide total enterprise will be looking for opportunities to exploit in serious certainly presented an opportunity for them. >> so how does the funding model

that is currently in operation, it seems that could contradict your name here. that is, says the u.s. and the rest are not actively, at least publicly, finding the rebels, sort of left to the saudis who tend to find the more extremist groups. could that be self-defeating on the united states park? >> well, we have done a number of things in support of the opposition. of won't go into detail, but this is resistance, a lot of humanitarian assistance. what we want to do is make sure that we understand exactly who are going to be the recipients of any type of aid, whether it be, you know, on any number of things, communication or other types of things that they can better coordinate activities. the policy of the u.s. government is very clear. what is happening in syria is outrageous. the tragedy is something that

needs to be addressed. we are supportive of the effort of the opposition. >> does not matter whose hand or by who's doing he is ousted, and other words, the secular rebels are complaining that they do not have the weapons and the firepower that some of these more extreme rebel forces to. >> i think when you look on this , these programs. a lot of weaponry in syria. there are a number of elements that have defected and brought weapons with them. we are concerned about that extremist elements. and i will say, when you look at the opposition as a whole, the overwhelming majority are not al qaeda milk. they are serious charge really

trying to gain control of their lives and future, and that thing that is why we need to be able to do. a multi-pronged effort, but internationally, diplomatically, but also along the borders and working with the countries in the area. the situation is tragic, but what we don't want to do is, you know, anything that would unintentionally, in fact, lead to greater bloodshed in the country. >> now, the no-fly zone, some nature in the northern part of a country where the rebels are beginning to have -- they don't totally control it the way that the libyan state, northern rebels did in eastern libya, but they're is a territory beginning to take shape. can you for see something in which the west might at least protect them from air assaults by the forces. >> you can imagine that just like what happened in libya, the situation has been evolving over the past couple of months. and the united states government always looks at and situations and looks at what types of

scenarios might unfold. and then according the that look at what type of contingency plans might be available to deal with certain circumstances. so less -- rest assured that various options that are being talked about in the press and sometimes being advocated, these are things that the united states government has been looking at very carefully, trying to understand the implications, trying to understand the advances -- advantages and disadvantages of this, and the president has kept us out quite busy making sure that we want to do everything possible that will advance the possibility of peace in syria and not do anything that will contribute to more violence. ..

last thursday, the senate republican filibuster blocked the bill. what are the consequences of that? >> welcome the consequences of what had enhanced authority to deal with what is increasingly serious cyber challenge to a nation and critical infrastructure. we worked very hard to push forward and advance the cybersecurity provisions included in the lieberman collinsville that in fortunately did not advance last week. so what are the implications? one of the things you need to do in the executive branch is see what we can do to maybe put

additional sort of guidelines for policy in place under executive branch authorities. if congress is not going to act on this, the president is to make sure are doing everything possible. i still find it incomprehensible that the legislation calling for a minimum performance standards on cybersecurity for critical infrastructure that the u.s. government helped develop with private industry does minimum performance standards that have to be followed elements of the church that had responsibility in the critical infrastructure. and obviously there's a lot of people that came out and misrepresented what was in that, but believe me, the critical infrastructure of this country is under threat in the technology, whether it be foreign states were cyberhackers and others are developing advanced technologies and we have to improve defenses on this issue. president obama told us after the bill didn't go forward to keep at it and keep pushing and we will keep pushing on the

congress, but also will do what we can under branch authorities. >> how serious are the threats on a scale from the radical vulnerability to actually be an attack to actually been penetrated in terms of the infrastructure were talking about? >> when you do a net assessment can you take a look at what friday. that means that capabilities are and what the vulnerabilities are of a targeted attack in talks about intent. right now i can tell you with great certainty that the vulnerabilities that they are, capabilities on the threats that are there so the question of intent. whether or not certain that airs are going to operationally the capability to go against vulnerability of the system, every day, not just the critical infrastructure of intrusions, but we see intellectual property rights are just broad. people's personal identification

it is a system that riots in the is privately owned operated space, but that is the environment for all of our daily lives is conducted. the government is not trying to go in and regulate exactly what everyone will do there. no, but clearly the market has not developed in a way that is developed on its own because if it did, we would not have intrusions and billions of dollars of losses that companies are now writing off. but the american people will be at risk not just because a personal identification information out there, but also the water we drink, electricity and that infrastructure is increasingly at risk. >> people see an example and i know you don't want to give someone a lucrative a vulnerability, but let's take the electricity grid.

in the way the industry now operates in 2012 that makes it vulnerable to hacking and i guess you're saying disabling, crippling. >> there's different cyberintrusions is the ticket to understand your environment, so they go nns sort of operationally preparing the environments. yuko winchester not to, so you understand it. you go into axil trait data or you can go in there to understand and then take actions to disrupt, disable and destroy. >> either then or later. >> ray. we see intrusions, exultation from the next step is again disrupt, disable, to start the attacks. electric rates, treatment facilities of mass transportation systems, railways and trains or whatever. if this intruders can in the

systems and then can determine how they can in fact interfere in the command-and-control systems of the system, they could put trains on the same tracks and burn down the trickery is. >> who was most interested in doing this? >> right guys. [laughter] >> to find bad guys who'd want to cripple infrastructure. i mean, is that other countries? >> first of all, you look at foreign countries and some that have tremendous cybercapabilities and some of the most powerful countries in the world. do they want to bring down the destruction that it states now? now, they rely on the u.s. economy for a number of reasons. there are some foreign actors that if they had the opportunity to bring in elements of the u.s. economy and infrastructure we do it in an instant. ca for shelly don't have the

capability. they have the intent, but not the capability. yet international criminal groups and you can do things to advance criminal intent by bringing down certain types of activities are infrastructure. so it could be all types of different reasons and different types or groups of people doing this. >> so when you say you look at the executive ranch to do without congressional action, when you talking about? executive orders? >> there's a good vehicle to actually direct the departments and agencies in the united states to do things make sure the nation is dead. the president's priorities to protect safety and security. as well as the prosperity, and so we worked hard and deliberate legislative package to go april, may of last year 2011. unfortunately the senate bill went down last week. but we can't wait, so we're

doing things dhs in conjunction with nsa, fbi, others working to make sure were able to better safeguard our environment, but also respond and be resilient. one of the approaches is if you take down the critical infrastructure, what should be able to recover very quickly. >> one question before we got a questions from the audience of people should be ready for questions. this has to do with the leak investigation going on. everyone from the romney to some republicans on the hill have accused members of the administration of details for the president's political benefit. they sort of hunt for andrade osama bin laden. they talk about the virus in iran. they talk about selecting drug targets in the president's involvement in the ses and all

of that. they even see the foiled terrorist plot in yemen. and that wasn't clear whether that leak was domestic or overseas. what do you say in response to that? >> when as i should point out investigations underway. we have to be mindful of that and respect love the investigative process. secondly, the president has made it clear that any leak of classified national security information is something that should be rigorously pursued and prosecuted if in fact there was a violation of one's responsibilities in terms of protecting the class of information. there have been some devastating mix. i don't want to validate anything out there, but it's unconscionable that is gone now. the president has made his displeasure abundantly clear to the senior team that for whatever reason, if someone is

trying to be a thorough equity or interest, they want to sort of cultivate a relationship the report or whatever, there are very, very critical national security matters that require there to be protection of that information so it doesn't get out, so they can keep the american people safe. so without doubt anyone who has released unauthorized fascism should be hollowed and if necessary deal with the judicial system. >> they have been damaged by the leaks. >> unfortunate there's been a conflation also of people out there who were making specious and unfounded claims about individuals who have leaked national security secrets. it's easy to get up in front of a tv camera quite frankly and put angers and say they're doing this or that.

but we need to do is make sure we are dealing with these issues in a very serious manner because the national security of the united states is at risk. suppose we want to do is make sure we are able to be though as transparent as possible with the american people. for example you mention there was this incident where there was an ied that al qaeda in yemen was trying to put on an aircraft and it came out. unfortunately, information is leak apparently in subject of investigation that came out. when that operation though came to a conclusion, we do have an obligation to tell the american people about what the threats are coming from al qaeda. so there's a conflation of dave said that sm sn so mixing apples and oranges here, we need to make sure that leaks of classified information, national security secrets to rigorously pursued and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. at the same time it shouldn't

inhibit us from talking to people gathered here. president obama feel strongly the government has responsibility to engage the american people as well as with the community. i have said that our counterterrorism program in terms of what we do and how we try to do consistent with the law, ethics and values as a people. i'll continue to do that. i will be mindful of national security matters. sometimes his attention between names. >> we are going to questions and you all know the rules. let's start here with hattie babbitt. >> my name is hattie babbitt. i was going to take the question back to yemen. he mentioned one of the poorest countries in the world. one of the most insecure areas of the world and in this increasingly injurious because of the armistice of water and also because of climate change. you didn't mention anything

we're doing about insisting that are direct that i wonder if you could comment a little on what is a significant issue in that poor country. >> i think i did mention water a couple times. it is part of our economic development program with cnn to look at ways that water can become more available. as you point out, water tables are depleted in yemen rapidly. you have a population growing exponentially. one of the highest growth rates in the world. somehow it fits 7000 feet or so. as you mentioned, is one of the most water consuming crops in the world, bs is continuing cultivation of crops. we talked to the enemy is inside is looking at the gcc as well. it's developing communities along the coasts in densely

populated areas, a handful of cities. water development and projects will that feminists is to address the longer-term requirements is absolutely essential. as one of the things would like to work with the world ranks of the week in effect have some project that is going to address the infrastructure deficiencies that exist within yemen. even their existing water system is set up a mall in terms of making sure it is not going to be a waste of the water available. it's greater efficiency put into the system, taking advantage of the water there. saudi arabia has similar types of issues, but their population is not dennis concentrated in these urban centers about the availability of the water.

i don't want to say the solution to water, but the way to address the water problem is multifaceted. some is developing communities in different areas of a move away from those urban centers, but also a combination of what types of projects will generate more water, either that exist in the water table, but not as available right now. >> yes, right here. >> mr. brennan, christopher swift, fellow at the university of virginia center for national security law. in late may, early june i was in yemen doing good research on al qaeda's relationship with the indigenous private structures there. i was also a signatory to counsel to president obama. i think your assessment of the regime and i think the respect of the national dialogue.

there are significant improvements in the south, certainly much better now. so i have concerns about implementation on indigenous basis, particularly with respect to the nexus between security on the one hand and development on the other. it's pretty clear from the tribal leaders i interviewed from 14 of yemen's 21 provinces that economic desperation is the primary driver of al qaeda recruiting in the country. it's also clear to me some of these regions are so desperate that it's very hard for the yemeni government, let alone usaid, let alone security apparatus to get out of some of these places. the concern i have sir, is how do sadly no credible local implementors are in terms of development and security? had we do this diligence in who is doing this diligence going forward? thank you. >> we have a lot of challenge ahead in terms of addressing the

multiple needs of the yemeni people in different parts of the country, many of which are remote and distant and removed from the yemeni government, many operate under tribal politics and relationships. you're absolutely right. one of the things and complaints of the former government is abdullah saleh presiding government positions in the south. what president heidi is trying to do any ikhwan are and he knows the people in that area, so there's going to have to be a period of time where you have to develop the confidence and trust in individual some mechanisms are in place so that is money and assistance was to come is going to slow down to the right place. corruption has been rampant for years and years in yemen, and so he is trying to address that. you know, he was selected end of february. we are talking about an amazingly short period of time.

there have been complaints in the south as a result of yemeni forces pushing outcome you don't have policeman coming in. you don't have regeneration of communities and shops haven't been repaired or whatever else. that is difficult to do, even in the united states could look at katrina and how long it took for that. the place i can and because road networks. they are with local communities, the ones that were developed as a result of what h2 eps done, they wreak havoc in that area. we need to make sure flows through the people in the mechanisms is going to give you confidence to derive benefits from it. this is going to take a while so that's one really counting on president heidi to do such as he can. two years from now we're facing enormous hurdles. yemen is one of the most unfortunate backward parts of the world.

it's beautiful. useful ever yemen is the communities the same as what they were 500 come even a thousand years ago except for the pickup truck a thousand years ago. trained by the countrywide system where you can actually connect the government in a sustained way is really tough. >> someone in the middle here, lady in the middle bear. if i may just telling us to keep your question short because we just don't have a lot of time. >> released an estimate of with human rights first. i very much appreciated putting the scout the most attention, the drug program to broader context. it's very helpful. but the reason i think the drug program gets so much attention is the use of lethal lethal force gets attention.

i would like to understand a little more about the framework in which are operating there. this is one of the concerns americans have about that program. what you describe is this internal conflict that we are trying to assist the enemy is within driving out a few bp. i guess the u.s. has a strong interest in making sure that our use of lethal force is granted in the rule of law. are we grounding a him a concept of being a party to an internal armed conflict in yemen? and if not, what's the legal basis for the use of illegal force their? >> it should be -- i did draw distinction between what she said about the reality is. versatile in terms of the basis for the use of lethal force, the authorization for use of military force in afghanistan provided the basis for the u.s. military to take action against

al qaeda, not just in afghanistan aqap clearly is one of the most active franchises worldwide and has been determined to carry out packs against us. so while we have aided the yemeni government to deal with the government for background there were not involved in working with the yemeni government in terms of direct action only collection is part of the insurgency. what they made clear as there are individuals and al qaeda that are determined to kill whether it be in the u.s. homeland or other parts of the world. we support those attacks and very much hope for able to do it short of the use of the direct action either by partners or in concert on another. but we don't have those opportunities from carrying out

those attacks, if our only recourse is to take legal action in concert with partners to provide our partners assistance in that regard what to do things but then double mitigate that threat, we do it. that is because it sent the terrorist threat to u.s. persons, properties, entities. so the insurgency -- a few bp is interesting organization, interesting as an overused term. you look at al qaeda and the thoughts of, combination of arabs and non-pakistanis, but mainly they are arabs there. almost a foreign body using that as a springboard to carry out attacks in afghanistan can united states, the places geared the peninsula is mainly but not solely composed of yemenis, but a lot of feathers down there. a lot of yemenis and al qaeda and read the opinions that are not determined only to carry out attacks against americans, wherever they may be. a lot are trying to gain ground

and unlike in a place like the thought talk or somewhere else they try to unseat the government. so we're trying to help the yemeni port that insurgency and push it back because that certainly is counter to the interest of the arabian peninsula as a whole. where we get involved in the counterterrorism fund is to mitigate those threats, those terrorist threats. the al qaeda peninsula has been very, very diabolical, innovative, creative and determined murderers that have gone to great lengths to try to find ways to put ieds in printers and put them on aircraft come to carry out attacks here and do things against their embassy on a daily basis. we are not going to sit by and let our fellow americans be killed. it's the only way we can prevent the stats from taking place is

to take direct action against them, we will do so. the >> this gentleman right here. >> thank you so much. what is your assessment of the claim provide members of congress that the muslim brotherhood has deeply penetrated for the u.s. government? >> i would refer you to the five members of congress that made that remark. i've no idea what it is they are making reference to it and not even going to try to define what it is that sometimes comes out of congress. i really don't. i really can't address that statement. >> kim dozier, bp. i wanted to give you a chance to give us a report card on al qaeda at large. al qaeda and the arabian peninsula during the last six months. you mentioned disrupt their recruiting operations.

can you give us more specifics on the larger picture? >> i'll start again in enamel top overall. i know there's a lot of attention paid and there is in fact subordinate to me the job by somebody against, that's because the focus. when they say counterterrorism statement. on a daily basis, there are duties under way by the u.s. government come the yemeni government is uncovering, disrupt team, thwarting terrorist activities. you know there are different phases of an operation from fund raising to identify not produce the materials and surveilling and whatever else. so there is a continuing there. regularly we in the yemenis are disrupting things taking place on the continuum. what is conserving at the end of the continuum in the execution window in the ready to put the

i.d. into the aircraft. under regular basis for doing that. and yemen are to name's very positive strategic terms. one is since president heidi assumed the presidency, there's an inconsistency in of what the president is doing. our ability to work with them and the security, law enforcement, that has increased significantly since he has come on. secondly, thankfully the military has been able to reverse the gains and momentum of aqap the south. they have dislodged a number of aqap units. but we talk about aqap, are widely varying estimates. several hundred, several thousand. in truth it's probably both are several hundred hard-core, committed full-time fighters and then there's a lot of part-time tribal fighters double-jointed

because they're in the area. i think psychologically as well as geographically there's been significant gains made over the last several months by the forces been able to demonstrate they push it out. now they build them behind it. that's what they're trying to do. looking out over all, al qaeda and the caller have been degraded significantly in terms of the number of operatives leaders taken off the battlefield could they continue to maintain the pressure on them because that is the wellspring from which the al qaeda enterprise has sprung. because they are degraded and badly damaged a bloody but assuming they don't pack a lethal punch. they are directed the robot of individuals who are tracked by the propaganda.

what i am concerned is the growth is good franchises in iraq and number of text taken place there. across africa you have areas that vast expanse of territory that are governed. the political turmoil in the north and the turmoils of feathers that present the continued that. right now a lot of the al qaeda elements in africa as the regional threat, but there is concern they could use, in fact their growth to look to the north in europe and even beyond. unfortunately al qaeda has not gone away and i know that memory sometimes saved since 9/11, but we pummeled the heart of al

qaeda and the fata, but the appendages still exist and continue to grow and that's a first and foremost we have to work with our partners. the letter how many predators are trying to have up there, we're trying to give time and space to the countries to deal to take the on themselves and be able to carve out a cancerous tumor of al qaeda. >> only a couple minutes left. the lady right here in the aisle. whether we take two questions and keep them short and then combine your answer. [inaudible] -- your responses bad guys. i think a terrorist organization bad guys, criminal enterprise that guys and hackers. what is the collaboration among those bad guys click >> thank you.

pass the mic over and you could ask your question and then you could answer those. >> i like to direct your attention to nature area and see what your assessment as a poke around. is this an existential threat to the state and how are we working with nigeria click >> those are two big questions to answer in two minutes. >> the first in collaboration among various groups, one phenomenon i would point to this there are that of individuals who have been a part of different types of intelligence and security agencies abroad who have developed and refined their capabilities in the cyberround while they were in those professional spots. sometimes these individuals will retire and move on to other pastures. sometimes they set up their own types of legitimate customers and sometimes illegitimate. sometimes they maintain

relationships with their previous employers and the government. so what we see in different places in asia that there are a number of activities emanating from asia but sometimes it's very hard to distinguish whether it comes from a state sponsor or repairs stay working on behalf of the state sponsor organized criminal group for a business trying to advance its commercial interest or whatever. so we are seeing more and more circuit common features in the dna flowing downstream. frequently though, a lot of it comes from the skills one acquires in the government. and so anybody working for the u.s. government on cybersecurity encourage you to have a long career in the government. but i think we have to be mindful that our relationships are either born out of a

pedigree for how they develop these skills, or different types of organizations have common cause. on nigeria, boca around is a very serious concern that we have come a nigerian has. in a chair have domestic government, but boca around has been sorted elements of a domestic phenomenon that now has these terrorist dimensions to it. one of the things that ask us what constitutes terrorism, international terrorism just by aqap against the yemeni government, considered to be the domestic adult against a major in government. there are elements of sauce offshoots that have a foreign target in their site and continue to go after them.

so in that sense it's an existential threat. another thing we have learned and i think the government has learned his peace organizations have the potential to expand at a rapid pace and is critically important to nip it in the bud if you can. but i think it also speaks to the need to not just have the pointy end of the spear that you can take the actions to mitigate good terrorist threat and the problem, but also address underlying factors that have contributed to movements. so aqap had its roots in al qaeda core, but was able to take advantage of real problems and yemen. i think there is a core of their, and ideological driven core that has a domestic agenda, but also fed by a number of underlying conditions because it is termination and perceived

inequities they are able to recruit the teenagers in africa attracted because $10 or $20 is something to attract a person with a terrorist organization. 15, 16 years old doesn't know any better. they have to tackle the country as a whole, the problems that exist because the terrorist groups have taken advantage of it. i will say president obama, even though he has agreed to an authorized the actions we need to take to keep the american people say if he drives home to sbc urges temporary measures. we need to make sure we are able to address those conditions, those factors that are contributing to these terrorist organizations from being able to exploit conditions that exist in

certain countries. so there is a much broader set of issues that need to be tackled in these countries need to develop institutions the people of cobb at insane. it's a judicial reform, legal reform, rooting out corruption, these are all part of a broader counterterrorism, broader security have for that the president has consistently pursued. >> john brennan, counterterrorism, thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations]

>> i had no idea about the experiences that many people who are essentially made it assessors in berlin. despite all the time i spend in germany, i haven't spent a lot of time thinking about what it would have been like to be a correspondent in the 20s and 30s and how would you have operated, which you've noticed

or not noticed, much less, how would you have acted? >> former federal prosecutor, andrew mccarthy accused huma abedin of working for al qaeda. his interest in abedin was motivated by michele bought them and others calling for investigations of alleged agencies. house speaker john boehner, arizona senator john mccain and others have rejected the allegations. >> good morning ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a briefing by a man who i frankly can't find enough superlatives to describe. i'm going to give it a shot. i'm frank gaffney at the center

for security policy and we are really thrilled to be able to welcome you enter particularly the media a much larger audience, a man who has acquitted hens out in any number of capacities for such distinction as ice day by modest vocabulary fails me. and the mccarthy is a distinguished public servant, having served as among other things the chief assistant u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york in which capacity he successfully prosecuted an extraordinarily dangerous conspiracy aimed at trying to destroy the world trade center the first time back in 1993 and half in its crosshairs a number of other sites, and many in the new york area that resulted in the conviction of the blind sheik, sub tab and his co-conspirators,

which is a matter of butterball conspirators at the moment, which the muslim brotherhood president of egypt is insisting on his release. i suspect andy may want to speak to that. subsequent to his departure from governments, and he has continued with greater for to contribute to the public policy debate and decision process, not least in the area that kind of forms the nexus between on the one hand national security and on the other the law. few people do it other than he. he has become a verified advisor to the united states congress. he is a brilliant essayist among other outlets national review online where he is a regular

feature called it also p.j. media. he is also the author of numerous best-selling books, many of them doing very directly with the subject at hand, namely willful blindness, the grand jihad, how obama traces islam's sharia agenda and a book i am particularly proud he contributed mightily to, sharia that's right to what is known as team b. to come in 19 experts in various facts or his national security and foreign policy, many with considerable command of sharia and the islamists are to put together what i think remains one of the most important primaries on the challenge we face another

organization specific way from the civilization jihad. not least, and he is, as you will see shortly remarkable human being. a man who is articulate, thoughtful, rigorous in his face. he has an outstanding teacher at, most are your colleague and i'm proud to say, great friend. we are here today to discuss thanks in no small measure to the andes collect it works. those of many others, including the center for american policy, i'm happy to say which features most recently an online curriculum produced called the muslim brotherhood in america, the enemy within available for free the muslim brotherhood in

america.com. we have also of course have most recently five courageous legislatures, congresswoman michele bachmann, trent franks, louis komar at anti-muni join forces to as the sorts of questions we hope to begin to address with the world today. namely, what is going on with the policies being increasingly adopt it by the administration that are never seems ever more into alignment with the desires, ambitions, both of the muslim brotherhood and to what extent, if at all our individuals who either are in the government employer are being used to as advisors by the government or as liaisons to the muslim american

community contributed to the adoption of such policies. as they say, few people have contributed more to the debate that we need on that and i'm very pleased to say as a result of anti-censorship, but that it was now being joined. across america we are finding people awakening to a very real problem. not from all muslims. let me be clear about that. but from those in sharia imposed on the rest of us on the extent that this issue at the i hope it does from here forward become more of a focus of national debate and perhaps the decisive fact during becoming an election this conversation may prove to be of historic importance. with that, but me ask you to join me in welcoming, andy

mccarthy. [applause] >> thank you so much, frank for those kind words. as somebody who has had to get a security clearance and a number of times during a link the law enforcement career, i've been msa household by this whole situation. let me ask you a scenario. a candidate for a high position in the executive branch agency, a position that intel is a great deal of influence over public policy, and position without the classified information kinesin for background investigation. this is routine, even people in the executive branch are subject to background investigations.

not because we question their patriotism. not because we question the honesty or suggest they are bad people. simply something that is a matter of common sense as well as a good deal of the statutory law and regulation. naturally, as government positions get higher and more important and more sensitive, and the background investigations get more detailed, probing not only a background, finance and associations, but does other candidates close family members. one not of particular importance as connections to foreign countries, organizations, persons and movements. there's an entire section devoted to these concerns informed 86, the form that anyone looking for national security clearance and the government has to sell out and be investigated on. so let's assume that our hypothetical candidate truthfully completes the form.

what do you suppose the fbi agent is thinking as he flips through the form, ask some follow-up questions to get the following story from the candidate? i worked for days and years at an institute founded by a wealthy, influential saudi who is intimately involved in the financing of terrorism. are you just speculating about at the candidate asked? >> speculating? no, i'm not speculating. the guy started ostensible charity that the united states government has designated as a terrorist organization. it's designated as a terrorist because the lavishly funded al qaeda, you know, jihad is that work for or with. as a matter of fact, one of the men beside the guy brought in to help him run the specially designated terrorist organizations was so close to osama bin laden he helped them start the al qaeda network.

bhf figures, you've got to be kidding me. i guess you didn't know who the saudi guy was funding al qaeda, right? are candidate answers, well, as a matter of fact we overlapped for seven years at the institute i worked at. remember i told you he's the one who started it and i eventually worked there for 12 years. well it turns out he stayed involved for decades. it is his baby. he gave the effort to shed its mission and vision. he was still there advising it, hoping to take shape during my first seven years when i was working there. then they took them off the map at about the same time he was named in a civil suit by the dems of the 9/11 attack. the agent of horses stand. all he can to ask is why did she leave the institute? are candidate responds, i got offered a full-time position helping the secretary of state

make american foreign policy. i must say i wish there was a far-fetched story. to back up for a second, let me first thank you all for being here and thank frank again for those kind words. i came to washington at a suggestion of the suggestion of foreign policy because as frank mentioned i've been writing about this issue in the muslim brotherhood for a number of years am for the past couple of years i've been right about the particular thing that brings us here today, which is the fact that five members of congress had the temerity to notice that there seems to be an infiltration of muslim brotherhood influence in our government. i think i was also asked here because i used to work for the justice department as frank also mentioned. i was there for 25 years. at first is that the u.s.

marshals service as a deputy marshal the witness protection program and then i was a prosecutor for almost 20 years as frank also mentioned during that time i handled her supervisor and number of national security investigations commotion really interrogation always involving attacks by the hottest. i was also involved in a number of investigations that involve national or international organized crime groups, which were often violent in nature. so based on that experience, i guess that was the main reason to come down and talk about this today. i have to confess that i think the controversy here is baffling. i don't understand why were on washington, from both parties have not rallied in support of congresswoman bach man, and overt, franks, westmoreland and rooney. at a time when government policy

is to brotherhood, meaning policy has shifted a devout enemy said the united states, would have to shop people if there's any controversy with the weather's a matter of common sense. the five house members are asking the inspectors general and pertinent government can do that to congress at those agencies. let me be clear. i mentioned this on this influences and i want to be clear about what i'm saying and what i'm not saying. i purposely use the term islamist. i did not say muslims. i do how many muslims work in the u.s. government, but i feel pretty safe saying there's probably thousands. as a federal prosecutor in terrorism cases, i had the privilege of serving with many.

they were patriotic american muslims, a number were not americans, but people who had to embrace america and the west. without those people they could not have infiltrated the jihads networks in new york in the 1990s. without their help, we couldn't have gotten the evidence we collected. we couldn't have worked it into a compelling narrative for a jury. it is worth underscoring that pro-american muslims serve honorably in our government, and our military and intelligence services in major institutions. we're lucky to have them because they have embraced a culture of individual liberty that is the beating heart of western civilization. they've accepted the premise of our society that everyone has the right to freedom of conscience and equal equality before the law. they've accepted our foundational principle that people are at liberty to make life for themselves, irrespective of the rules of any

belief system or ideology. they can construe its life as a matter of private conscience, not something mandatory as a framework or society. those muslims are not islamist. when we talk about influence of islamists, we refer to muslims beholden to islamic supremacist them. islamic supremacists and it's an ideology, not a religion. it is a totalitarian social system that govern every aspect of life down to the granular level. economic, financial, social, political, military, dietary, matters of crime and punishment come even to matters of hygiene. that is the sharia system. as interpreted by many of islam's most influential thinkers what i referred to as classical sharia, that is the aversion of sharia subscribe to

their organizations like the muslim brotherhood and academics like the faculty of ancient al-azhar university in cairo. classical sharia rejects basic principles of american constitutional republicanism. in fact, it rejects first and foremost our financial premise that people are free to determine their own destiny and laws regardless of the sharia holds. excuse me. if the goal of all islam is to impose sharia and that is why everything just view there is no such thing as a moderate islamists. if you want to replace the american constitutional system the sharia and western civilization but the islam of the middle east, you are not a moderate however grateful we maybe you're not looking to blow the bridge in order to impose your desires.

whether they are violent or nonviolent, whether they work incrementally towards the goal or at work speed, the mission of islamist is always and everywhere to impose sharia. and islamist ideology, sharia is a necessary precondition for islam i seem a society of islamists believe they are under a divine injunctions do just that. when i talk about islamist and islamist influences, that's what i'm talking about. it's essential to understand supremacist them is not a fringe ideology. but to respect to the trendy bipartisan diagnosis but it's become so popular here in washington, islamic supremacist them in behavior that inspires are not a psychiatric problem. we like to portray the are not a psychiatric problem. we like to portray the are not a psychiatric problem. we like to portray the are not a psychiatric problem. we like to portray the the violent extremism does not come

best extreme its sleeve. is ideology. violent extremism as well as nonviolent extremism are not causes. they are not irrational. there's a logic to them, and ideologic. this ideology is based on a classical interpretation of islam that has a rich history. we somberly ignorant around the people we are trying to persuade when we pretend that is not the case. islamic supremacist them has been developed over centuries by many of islam's most respected thinkers, thinkers better understood as sure as clerks because their specialty is sharia, a societal system again, not just a set of religious principles. the dynamic ideology of the middle east at this moment in history. there have been times when it has been dormant and has been, and were surprised by law or

cultural, but at this historic moment, islamic surprising that some is in its ascendancy. that is a big problem for us. islamic supremacist beat us great harm. we are understandably preoccupied by the fact that violent jihad is partaking in it are life, but we should not let the immediacy and horror of that threat at stir the fact that the islamist movement is taking aim at our way of life. the movement intellectual leaders the muslim brotherhood. the brotherhood is not is largely secular umbrella organization. it is not moderate. as the vanguard of a ground-up revolutionary ideological mass movement. it is sophisticated, patient and determined. they spent almost 90 years building its reserves and biding

time. increasingly over the last century -- over the last half-century ashes said, offers of the muslim brotherhood have been popular on the underwritten by oil held from saudi arabia. the friday salé fundamentalist interpretation of islam called wahhabi sun, a close cousin. for our purposes, the two streams merge into supremacist ideology that threatens us today. the threat is very real, very process in much broader than terrorism and that is because the underlying threat is not terrorism, but the rationale, the gradual imposition of classical sharia by both violence and nonviolence. we hear a lot of chatter today, separating the two, trying to separate violent and nonviolent

jihads, but they're never mutually exclusive. the nonviolent jihads is called the aggressive proselytism, leveraged by the threat of violence. the atmosphere of intimidation is that makes the nonviolent jihads so effective. it is what allows islamist organizations to exercise such outside influence on our policy, considering muslims in america to register 1% of our population. not long ago, as frank mentioned, i wrote a book called the grand jihads. the title is not something i came up with. in the strong arm of internal documents seized by the fbi from the top are there a cooperative venture to. every state in 1991 and is called the explanatory memorandum. in it, leading brothers

stationed in the united states explained to global leadership of the brothers saw their mission. civilization jihads he called it it and then they elaborated. let me read what the memo said. the ikhwan, arabic for the muslim brotherhood misunderstand their work in america is a kind of grand jihads in eliminating and destroying western civilization from within. and sabotaging miserable house by hans enhance the believers so it is eliminated in god's religion is needed tories over all other religions. see, when islamists speak among themselves, especially when they don't expect we'll ever see or hear what they're talking about, they're very clear what they're trying to do. they are also very clear about who they are trying to do it with. the explanatory memo listed 29 different organizations, many of them the most influential islamist organizations in the

united states. they identify organizations as accomplished as in this grand jihads. now, the brotherhood is in the midst of a triumph in egypt and the broader middle east and not leave on trailways brothers to become more bold in their pronouncements. ..

>> the intend to destroy our country. the most important to sharia authority proclaims islam will conquered america and europe. by the way remember his

name. we will come back shortly. islam is not only tell us they intend to destroy us but how they do it. also buy sabotages. their word they say they will destroy from within and insinuate themselves within institutions including the government. compromise inside from outside. when serious threatening people tell you what they will do to you and how they do it, that is not something to be ignored. but to take it seriously the

main way to take it seriously this police our agencies that is what the five members of congress have tried to do. what is shocking and demoralizing and outraging the american people is they seem to be standing alone. the five members have not made accusations but relying on guilt by association. the bedrock principle high us to do with criminal prosecution. we will not tolerate somebody's liberty taken away because of who your friends or associates are. that has nothing to do for

public office. said is a privilege. not right praxair s to classified information is a privilege. not a right. he may not have done anything wrong or not a question of your patriotism or trust but a few more burden to buy an obvious conflict of interest that you'd be tempted to act rather than the interest of the united states whether the american people can have confidence rather than at of bias our favor or intimidation. is a reasonable chance you could be compromised. not have been. when i was a prosecutor the justice department never would let me handle

investigation because it is inappropriate. there from needs to avoid propriety. my bosses would not let me set out a case because i did something wrong or the public would think of the motive. that is a commonplace. nothing more in then the the politicians let the lobbyist sit-in and former employees lobby old agencies. it is expected government officials recuse themselves from bridges abating in decisions involving friends or relatives.

they're not the indictment of the trustworthiness or patriotism of those involved. people with security clearance natalee expect their own background but other remembers and close associates as well. when fbi agents asks is not going through the motions. is something develops with a family member that could be enough to disqualify the candidate. that can be enough to dry rational conclusion from somebody who is an conflicted. if the fbi asked about my a mother's background and how

could you question it would be a good reason to tell me to find another line of work. that is the soc with security clearance for broke away appreciate you for bearing with me. the deputy chief of staff to the secretary of state clinton. and is worth stressing their five different letters asking the inspectors general to report back to congress. he was far from the only government official but for our purposes that is fine because her situation shows how badly out of kilter things have become.

wrote we talk about islamophobia -- islamophobia. and my favorite, mccarthy'sism. [laughter] but islamophobia was specifically made up by the islam. it is intimidated to be called a bigot. it works. with 13 americans best and bravest were killed at four hood. also the government would dismiss it as workplace violence rather than deal with the ideology. duty is calling even if an

overdrive. [laughter] with mccarthyism all the demagoguery is on the other side. contrary to the claims of unspecified concerns they found disturbing factual matters that are specific and substantial. those not only to luminaries but congressional democrats in the equity amber will attack and smear the messenger. looking at competing claims looking at the background it is understating the case.

the letter stated ms. aberdeen has 33 members her father and mother and brother connected to muslim brotherhood operatives. they concentrated on the family members. but she is -- huma abedin is connected to other major muslim brotherhood figure who finance the al qaeda. the institute to was from the master thief overlapping for late asian least seven years. the secretary general in saudi arabia, perhaps the

most significant brotherhood organization in the world. he founded a trust formally designated as of foreign terrorist organization due to support of al qaeda. so before you even start probing fed ties of their family members, she could easily could have been disqualified but a little more background. at the institute for muslim minority affairs huma abedin was the editor. it promotes a fundamental version of sure reacted championed by a muslim brotherhood.

she was the assistant editor of the journal that was the main product of the institute. huma abedin was editor 1996 through 2008 from the time she began working in the clinton white house before she took the current position with secretary clinton as deputy chief of staff with secretary of state. the institute founded by naseef in the late '70s. very influential saudi who is the founder us bus university of southern arabia. he recruited the journal's managing editor. that is her life and father.

but brother also an academic would eventually taking it over when her father died in 1993. she is still the editor. per brother is an associate editor of the journal. not long after naseef became the general and the muslim world league was launched by the muslim brotherhood with the backing of the royal family. was referred to as a charity to support the brotherhood islamist ideologies wrote

the world including the united states. there are few positions in the circles better more critical and secretary general. one founders was the right-hand man of the founder of the muslim brotherhood. the muslim world league is foundation of the grand jihad. >> will also have a long history of involvement with violent jihad as well. under the auspices of the road league 1988 naseef created the trust. selecting not just a member of al qaeda but the close

associate of osama bin laden. and was one who was with him and afghanistan. according to obama it was one of the three top funding sources. after 9/11 the naseef trust was reclassified as a terrorist organization. the international relief organization but throughout that time running fill the gap in the trust keeping his hand in the institute. and for the editorial board through 2003. we may hazard a guess what

his name suddenly disappeared. naseef involvement to fund al qaeda was so notorious he was named as a defendant in a civil case brought by victims of 9/11 atrocities. than the federal court dropped not because he was not involved but saying that the american court blocked personal jurisdiction. to summarize, the brotherhood ideology and jihad across the united states. even if all we had was this personal tie it would be extraordinarily disturbing. but the five house members pointed out there is more. her parents were recruited

to head up the institute. they had an extremely close relationship probe besides her husband being killed who served as a world leader. she directed an organization called the international islamic committee of woman and child is listed as the muslim world's eighth organization. top advisor along with self-described members of the brotherhood are the authors of the committee's charter. if he has issues with the

suicide bombing or the mood kick -- military support personnel? his committee describes itself but it is the international counsel for relief. i understand the material handed out shows a time line and a couple of charts the committee had described is part of the council. that committee are components of another group

budget under american law been designated as a terrorist organization. and was banned in israel for support of hamas. thing is much to be said the deal 14.she is a champion of classical sharia law. but the laws that ban female mutilation and child marriage and a mere zero rate. all of those are found in sharia law but to who they do not appreciate the prohibition.

and a book was published in islam of rights and responsibilities. it seemed to be written by a sister and is a guide to women's issues and being executed 1966 his reins influence. >> women it is some and surely it is the woman's only escape. it provides justification such as stoning and lashing as punishment for adultery.

female mutilation continental's. per featherbedding interaction between the sexes and requiring women to be veiled and restricted free speech and forbidding but to have been a person into their home unless husband has granted permission. and avoiding the death penalty because it describes the death penalty for anyone. interestingly, one year-ago before he took the floor of the senate to attack his house colleagues senator john mccain gave an interview in which he pronounced himself that what

the main objection was he said it was which he observed this anti-aids democratic. one last point* on huma abedin family members. mentioning earlier those who were affiliated with the affair, edition a fellow at the islamic dma institute of the oxford center for islamic studies for the board members concluded. let me make closing observations.

in the yen to mostly about political accountability, i want to be cleared owned -- the national-security and foreign policy is dangerous. it needs to be a campaign issue regardless if the candidates declined to make it one. it should be stressed by the president and the top members of the administration for growth no one i know is contending president obama are secretary clinton hired huma abedin to develop sympathy. i would be surprised if she does not favor the decision as a friend rather than an enemy but is not to

responsible for that decision. those people highlighted are in very influential positions causing concern because they have to see how all policy is shaped or applied. but nobody is ultimately responsible? >> cabinet officials can go wherever they want. cabinet nominations and confirmations come. if you don't love people with organizations to have influence on government officials then the point* is to avoid but still it is

congress was just consider some policy choices. the state department has steadily been supportive but embraced but with the constitutional rights and those within israel. just a few minutes it -- manifestations the state department has an emissary of a trained operatives in democracy procedures helping them to get elected. they announced the administration would be

satisfied with the muslim brotherhood of orientated government. it is working with a block of governments but the state department excluded israel israel, the world's leading target from the counter terrorism own forum. bringing the united states together with islamic government and the co-chair from turkey. by the way the government turkey finances hamas which is the palestinian branch. >> but but transparently

this is the is -- the islamist government the administration has chosen with the exception of israel. hamas is not a terrorist organization propose state department budget to transfer $1.5 billion after their brotherhood victory in the parliamentary but they waved restrictions to transfer billions of dollars to territories notwithstanding plaza is ruled by hamas which is a dedicated terrorist organization with the palestinian branch. i should mention if american

citizen tried to provide support they would be considered a serious felony. but those elected to parliament also on member of the islamic group of. it is the jihadist organization headed by the blinder sheik the was my defendant in the early 90's serving a life sentence for the terrorist plot to the natalee bomb the world trade center and planned the more ambitious campaign of new york city landmarks. the islamic group is the designated terrorist organization that it is illegal to supply material support. with egypt secretary clinton

pressured them to hand over power to the new parliament and president morsi was a top official meeting with secretary clinton who declined the honor of the white house in december. and the extensive record of hostility to the united states despite president morsi in his first deductive statement announces top priority was to put pressure on united states to force us to fried "the blind sheik" and transfer back to egypt. one last thing. government agencies are responsible to police themselves to make sure conflict of