in the wake of september 11, counterterrorism became the fbi's top priority. and yet at the same time, we were confronted with a rash of corporate wrongdoing, from enron to worldcom, to qwest. we have to prioritize, and we did. today we continue to balance the risk of terrorist attack, as evidenced by the plan to talk attacks against a growing risk to our economy and our communities from financial fraud and violent crime as well. unfortunately, we do not have the personnel to investigate every criminal threat. we must focus our limited resources where we have the most impact. in los angeles or miami or example we might shift resources to combat gang activities. in chicago to organized crime, for corruption. and here in new york we have shifted resources to address white-collar crime. we have moved from a quantitative to a qualitative approach, and we are using intelligence to pinpoint the greatest threats to each of our communities and working hard to prevent those threat from becoming reality. turning to the fbi's role in combating white-collar crime, there ar

corruption is the fbi's top priority since september 11th. it is our top priority, because our public corruption breaks apart good government. while the vast number of public officials are honest in their work and are committed to serving their fellow citizens, there are other -- others that have abused the public trust. we currently have more than 2500 public corruption investigations. in the last two years alone, we have convicted nearly 1700 federal, state, and local officials for abuse of the public trust. for a nation that is built on the rule of law, we can and we should do better. whether the matter is local, national, or international, whether it concerns billions of dollars or million -- merely hundreds, there is no reason for corruption. the damage to the taxpayer is devastating. public corruption needs to start, and we can start to make every effort to recognize corruption when it is made at home, overseas, refused to participate in corruption of any kind. finally, call us. we are always willing to receive your calls. one last quest

they told us at the time we tell trselves in, the fbi misconduct ecs from the period of the 70s. romeresting timing. on december 4th, 1980, ht,onstration charges from 1969. when you get arrested you get free charges, disturbing the peace, what is the other one? live action. they ended up, i did 4 years atobation, and extremely long time for probation. >> host: any time in prison? >> guest: i went to prison for refusing to cooperate with a federal grand jury. >> host: 7 months. that is as long as 11 years? >> host: 11 years? >> guest: we had just gotten our third child. identifier would never get out. i wasn't involved in bringing action and was critical of it, but i felt -- my testimony, many people refuse to cooperate with the fbi as a matter of principle. so i felt that i couldn't cooperate and they already knew. they had tons of my handwriting, all they had was my handwriting. >> host: bethany from oak ourbor, you are on. >> caller: since your proponents of public education, should teachers have tenure and once teachers obtain tenure, they seem to slack off or do their own thi

we are also honored to hear from robert muller, director of the fbi. he is the sixth director nominated by george w. bush, sworn in as director september 4, 2001. that is just one week before 9/11. after receiving his degree at princeton university and his master's degree in international relations from new york university, the director joined the marine corps, serving as an officer for three years, leading a rifle platoon in vietnam for one year. for his service, he received a bronze star, two commendation medals, a purple heart, and a vietnamese cross of gallantry. following his career in the marines, he went on to earn his law degree from new va law school -- the university of virginia law school. he will speak to us today about an important topic in the economy generally and in the city, in particular. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. good afternoon. it is a pleasure. there was a proposed entertainment venue that would combine the fun of a theme park with the excitement of macro economics. one could float like a butterfly with the euro arsenic is

in 2004 the fbi warned the public and the administration mortgage fraud was headed toward an epidemic level in our country. the fed did nothing. now the fed under your watch has hired black rock, a firm owned 49% by bank of america headed by a man who invented this up prime instrument when it first in boston and later at black rock who treated billions of dollars of these securities to freddie mac and fannie mae over the last decade. i quote a sentence and we will place in the record from bloomberg news things when it first boston was largely the result of the creative work with mortgage-backed securities slicing and pulling mortgages and selling them as bonds and he took the concept to freddie mac where he sold the company's board on a billion dollar package. that was just the beginning. german bernanke what material can you provide the committee into the record that will explain how the fed will avoid conflicts of interest in self dealing by that firm and besio in the execution of contracts you have signed with black rock? >> we will provide you with the contracts explaining how it

many people refused to cooperate with the fbi through the 60s and the 70s. as a matter of principle, until i felt that i couldn't cooperate and i thought they already knew. they had tons of my hand writing. all they wanted was my handwriting and the government had rooms full of my handwriting. >> michigan you're on. >> since your proopinions then of public education, should teachers have tenure, and then once teachers obtain tenure, they seem to slack off or do their own thing. and then, my last question is, should unions protect teachers who break the law, once the law has proved guilt in cases such as molesting? >> host: tenure. >> guest: i don't know what cases you're referring to but let me say in general, because the question was a general one, stephanie, i think teachers absolutely should earn ten-under and that means they should be protected and teachers should have strong unions, very strong unions and why? because they are working people who deserve to be protected from the whims of our system. i mean, people who hate teachers unen yo act as ifboard

after a two-year investigation, the fbi in cooperation with the part of justice arrested 19 people in utah trafficking in indian artifacts from federal lands. i'm extremely concerned by the manner in which sees once were executed. they came in in full combat gear like they were going after the worst drug dealers in the world. in the process, i don't believe anybody should be taking indian artifacts, but in the process, one of the leading figures in the whole county down there was a leading doctor had delivered almost everybody who lives in the county as a doctor, he committed suicide. he was by all intents and purposes and that standing member of the community and a decent man. critical to the community. from health and welfare standpoint. the way they came in there -- i have no problem going after people and violate the law, but they came in like they were the worst criminals on earth and in the process, this man -- a very strong individual and good person, decided to commit suicide. this bothers me. media reports state that over 100 federal agents were used in this operation. explai

the fbi and the department have made some reforms in this area.the ig is following up to see how effectively they've been implemented. we're following up as well. we're expecting a report reasonably soon by the ig on exigent letters, a particularly abusive method being used for awhile and discontinued, and we expect to continue to monitor this. there's actually been legislation proposed by congressman nadlor to reform the use of nsls. we continue to be very active, i think n that area. eighth, the issue of state secrets. again, something that we began in the prior congress. serious issues about the abuse by the justice department of the so-called state secrets doctrine not just to restrict information, but literally to throw out of court completely allegations of serious abuse by intelligence, by other agencies with respect to issues like the warrantless wiretapping rendition and many others. i think this is the area where most of our members would agree we've seen the greatest disappointment from the new administration, because the new administra

my father spent much of his career as a special agent in the fbi. my dad's father worked in the u.s. department of agriculture here in washington, d.c. my mother's father was sheriff of sioux falls, south dakota, and my brother, george allison, with me today, retired with the rank of captain after 28 years in the u.s. navy. having started my own career in the navy, i'm honored and inspired by the opportunity to return to public service. thank you very much. >> thank you very, very much. in our conversation i didn't know that your dad had been in the fbi. my father was an fbi. >> really, really? >> in fact, his first post was in sioux falls, south dakota. long before i was born, by the way. i might have been raised there. over the years. thank you. we are joined by mark warner, senator warner of virginia. mark, do you have any opening comments you'd like to make? >> senator tester told me since i was late i had to reserve my comments. >> well, john runs the show around here, so we appreciate it. let me start with some questions. i'm going to leave the

former attorney general ashcroft and the director of the fbi were both named defense. they sought threshold dismissal on grounds of qualified immunity. disagreeing with the district court and the court of appeals, the supreme court held ikthal's pleadings insufficient to stay the claim for relief against ashcroft and the fbi director. the majority opinion on justice sutor's dissent variously interpreted the court's 2000 decision in bell atlantic corporation v.tromley. under tromley, a plaintiff must allege facts that if taken as true state a plausible -- plausible basis for relief. the district judge [indiscernible] with us. jerry didn't create the applausibility standard, but he did begin the whole business. [laughter] >> so perhaps he can tell us which side got it right in ikthal. [laughter] >> in my personal view, the court messed up the federal rules. justice breyer dissented separately in ikthal to underscore a key point the circuit had made. when a government defendant asserts qualified immunity, the trial court responsible for managing the case constructs a disco

he turns out to be a paid informer for the fbi. according to some reports and interviews from other newspapermen, he says that he was paid $8,000 a month to survey all -- to surveil white supremacist organizations. we get into the periphery of behavior and comments that would be an attractive for other races and other people's heritage. he was the one recommending all of this. we find he is actually a paid informant of the fbi. i go back and i looked at my list i have different lists of members. there are other fbi people here. they decided to be a sustaining member. [laughter] i see all these people connected with it we get up and have a member -- president obama was asked to send something to the national set -- cemetery because of the connection to these people. president obama decided to balance it by sending it to a black unit in washington i noted that, and these people are all involved with the arlington cemetery funding. that action taken 400,000 out of an account and laundered it back and forth of accounts that we were work

we are, of course, honored as a club today to hear from robert mueller, the director of the fbi. he is the sixth director of the agency and nominated by president george w. bush, he was sworn in as director on september 4th, 2001. just a week before 9/11. after receiving his undergraduate degree at princeton university and his master's degree in international relations from the york university, the director joined the marine corps, he served as a marine officer for three years and led a rifle platoon of a third of marine division in vietnam for one year. for his service you received the bronze star, two navy commendation medals, the purple heart, and of the vietnamese cross of gallantry. following his career in the marines, the director went on to earn his law degree from the university of virginia law school, he served as a litigator, the u.s. attorney, and acting deputy attorney general for the department of justice. he will speak to us today about a very important topic in the economy generally and to this city in particular, financial crime. director mueller, you have the floo

or deal with the bombing in saudi arabia that they blocked the fbi from going and finding out what happened. they couldn't take charge of the two embassies bombed in africa. -- or yemen where the ambassador blocked the fbi from looking for people. therefore during the entire period of the clinton administration the ability of al-qaeda to plan 9/11 was never stopped, and the people who were doing it were never stopped, and as a result we were left in enormous danger. again and again the legalisms and self-deceptions of treating enemies as criminals led to more and more disastrous results. today many of the same civil libertarians defend the accused terrorists, follow criminal proceedings in a war, ideal ogs are now in the obama justice department. it's amazing how many of them come from law firms which were eagerly giving pro bono representation to alleged terrorists in guantanemo. the challenge for the obama administration is simple: americans know better. this isn't the first issue in which the president's clearly and devicively on the wrong side and the american people have begun to get i

the two. more than 50 years later we now know from an fbi investigation or at least it's been confirmed that, , more than two people were involved in the murder of emmett till. his speeches also criticize the fbi which is something a 1955, which you did not do very often. the fbi was at the height of its power. he so enraged j. edgar hoover that he wrote an open letter to howard which he released to the press which he called howard's charges baseless. this letter was the topic of editorials and nearly every black newspaper in the country which praised dr. howard and was a topic in virtually all the leading white newspapers in the south which condemned him. he was public enemy number one. 1956 dr. howard moved to chicago where he made his mark as a prominent surgeon on the south side. he had a ready medical practice from a lot of people he had known in mississippi and knew of him. played an important role in the emerging independent movement against the the daily machine. he was one of the organizers and donors to the chicago league of negro voters in the late 1950s. it wasn't always successful

and it's something the fbi director testified in the house of representatives about. is there anything that you would like to offer us today on that question about how we could prevent that from occurring or if you'd like to respond in the same way, i'm happy to receive that. >> i mean, i understand the concern but i think there are measures taken to minimize that possibility. terrorists -- people who are considered terrorists are generally held out of the general population so there's not the ability to interact with other prisoners in the way that some might and have an ability to radicalize them. and what we tried to put in place are programs to deal with -- to occupy the time of the people who are in these facilities so that they have alternatives. they have the ability to think of a life outside the prison and if they have options, if they think they have a life that they can lead on the right side of the law, they are far less susceptible to these radicalization efforts. >> guantanamo was constructed into such a way to accommodate this particular requirement. it

one of things mentioned at the fbi security is their top priority. you going to cyber and something else and again and you can't really understand this field unless you stay and play in it and the developments are too fast to go away and that isn't just true in the law enforcement field, it's true across-the-board. they've developed a career path within the fbi where if someone comes in the stay with it their whole career and get more advanced training. that's happening in the network security field and other places but we need to accelerate that and i think phil is right we need to make the school for kids so that it's something they want to do. >> i would say on this point i think there are a lot of aspects insider security were there will be controversy in congress i think on work force of allied and training. it's something there can be congressional encouragement for scholarships and training programs and it's all so easily something that we can work with private sector on that's already bought its own training. goebel has its own and training i'

it was a meeting of top officials of all the departments, fbi, dea, the d.a., etc.. i learned something surprising and that like to say what is and ask you to take a good look. that is that virtually all the narcotics traffic in this country, but routes that drugs travel and the people to control those drugs, the hits that are ordered are essentially controlled by certain gangs in federal prisons and some state prisons today. they even gave me the names of the prisons. i spoke to bob miller and i spoke to him about this. it is not acceptable that narcotics trafficking directions be given out of federal or state prisons. i would like to ask you to make a thorough investigation and i would be happy to give you the information i have i will not discuss here. what i am asking you for is a commitment to take a strong, in- depth look at this. >> i will certainly do that. there are measures in place, the monitoring of telephone calls, the monitoring of people who visit with people detained, certainly in federal system. but i will look at the of permission you have expressed

in the former attorney general and director of the fbi were both named defendants. they saw a threshold dismissal on grounds of qualified immunity. disagreeing with the district court and court of appeals, the supreme court held the big leagues were insufficient -- held the plebes -- deeply beans -- pleadings were insufficient. a plant this must -- a plaintiff must allege a fax -- alleged fa facts. jerry did not create the plausibility standard, but he did began the whole business. [laughter] perhaps he can tell us which side got it right. in my personal view, the court messed up the federal rules. justice briar dissented separately to underscore a seat -- a key point the court had made. one government defendant asserts qualified immunity, the trial court that is responsible for managing the case can structure discovery in ways that diminish the risk of

. >> the has the fbi looking into where the money went from how rodney gillery used his money, did they the sickle cell charity money last year so there's a lot of sort of issues at hand here, and also if you remember the ncaa combined the two investigations, football and basketball, to really kind of speed up the process. the reggie bush investigation going on, and now this is my opinion here. that usc had to do something to show the ncaa they were acting in good faith and they were going to do something so that they weren't going to get hammered. i'm not saying i know with 100% certainty they were going to serve up basketball, but be hard to see them doing much to football. pete carroll has never been linked directly to the ceilings that's the big difference here with the allegations directed at tim floyd. >> andy, as far as the timing is going down, the ncaa -- do you get the sense that there's a possibility that because o steven fstrays, stephen strasburg, dustin ackley, ackley, donovan take it, donovan take it, jorge sanchez, wh are involved, the ncaa waited to see what was going t

from the united states citizens brought by an without warrants, caused by the abuses discovered by the fbi in national security letters. how do we justify continuing these expansive authorities? even with these expand authorities, they're being abused. what is the justice department doing looking into these reports of abuse. >> they are insuring that national security is conducted in a way consistent with authorities designed to protect privacy and civil liberties. there is a framework that really struck a follow. the department of justice and intelligence agency follows strict regulation, whether we do surveillance. there are strict articles and guidelines. >> the problem i have is that more and more we find about -- find out about this not from the intelligence agencies, not from our government, by picking up the newspaper. it is reaching the point where "the new york times" gets us the information quicker and more detailed, plus we get the crossword puzzle. if this continues, i do not know how we will reauthorize any of these or they will be views that way. >> the requirements that we'r

the fbi has put together a new intelligence capability along the southwest border. we are trying to stop the floor -- flow of materials and drugs into our country. this is a priority for us. >> thank you. >> welcome and thank you for your service. at her confirmation hearing we talked about civil rights crimes. you made a commitment to me that you would do whatever you could in your power to make sure that was funded. my first question is, have you been successful? the group that motivated the response for that bill would like to have a meeting with the justice department and has been turned away. can you answer would you have done to get the funding for the bill? would you agree to meet with the principles of the organization so we can get these crimes resolved? >> i will have to look and see where we stand with regard to the budget for next year. i cannot remember how much money was dedicated to the product you talk about. i will check it and get back to you. i would be glad to meet with the people you are talking about. >> i will communicate that to them. it is i

whether you are the speaker of the house or the majority leader in the senate, we worke just lie the fbi. spelfederal andemployees, the insurance is paid for by the federal government. , journal@c-span.org. good morning, republican line. caller: the united states goes back to where everybody is responsible for their own health care. before medicaid, before medicare -- are there any members of congress that will support such a plan? here is my point. when the government gets into things, there is just cost that goes out the window in terms of overspending, and that is the problem we have right now. let me make a comment that my own personal situation -- i did not want to get up this morning and get on a treadmill, but as a coach, i have seen, for hundreds and hundreds of kids, that the parents to take charge of their families and promote health, as my mother did with me with jack lalalane in the 1950's, it is an individual responsibility. if you have colleagues who can float this plan, there are americans like me out there who take personal responsibility. i have good health care coverage

with regard to anthrax, the fbi identified what they believe is an independent actor out of fort dietrich, and i do not think you should draw any conclusions of the event it was in an independent actor

imagined, you know, the assassination of fred hampton and mark clark, black panther party leaders by the fbi and the chicago police department we now know but then covered up by the city and reenacted as if they had provoked the attack and assassination, constant arrests of white radicals, of us, really for a lot of nuisance kind of events, and, you know, massive demonstrations against the war which by then was who knew that it was going to go on for five more years? but where about a thousand people a day were being killed in southeast asia. so the level of polarization in the country, the level of militancy and resistance was enormous, and in that framework we once we had kind of dropped out and changed our names and were just trying not to be caught and to regroup, it was kind of a relief to be outside of that caldron. >> host: bernadine, where did you grow up? >> guest: chicago. my hometown. yep. eugene field grade school on the north side, and then my parents moved to milwaukee, i graduated from high school in milwaukee, and this is my 50th reunion year for high school. that's one of th

that is an fbi conclusion. the national health care anti-fraud association estimates that 3% of all health standings is lost to fraud. whether it's 8% or 10%, it's a significant amount. some suggest fraud and abuse is only a problem in the public sector. senators sar bain -- senator sanders, i think, answered that clearly. how well these programs are managed is very important. i authentic your analogy to use the suggestion where fraud and abuse is occurring is misplaced. department of labor is a key enforcement agent. as of may 2009, a month ago, they initiated 768 and 207 criminal investigations obtaining monetary penalties of more than $205 million. they currently have 73 civil and 60 criminal investigations that are ongoing. criminal activities often organized crime operations result in employers and individuals losing millions. organized crime is not employees of medicare or medicaid, it's the people taking advantage of the system and scamming it at the disadvantage of people who count on these programs. the cr

israel and crates marked oranges but decibels or fruits and they were putting arms in the crates and the fbi busted and hoover said let it go through. and looked the other way. we're not going to stop them. we know it is illegal but let them go through. >> i believe eleanor roosevelt was very sympathetic to the jews and even tried to influence franklin roosevelt. did she have any role in this era of with truman? >> she was a u.n. delegate and one of two or three delegates who were against what was going on in the u.n. is was described with the state department. i would say she did play a very important role and also was close to truman. he really did listen to her and was influenced by her. her position is if you want a new u.n. to succeed how can you turn against partition when that was what the world voted for? that was our position. >> on the other hand publicly she was supposed to be chairman, during this period that the state department is engineering a big conspiracy to destroy partition, freda put together a huge dinner, rally with prominent speakers to protest the efforts of the stat

had reached a level we could have only imagine and the assassination of fred hampton, mark clark, the fbi and chicago police department we now know but covered up by the city and re-enacted as if they have provoked the attack and assassination in. constant a rest of white radicals really for a lot of new since the events. massive demonstrations against the war which by then who knew it would go on five more years? but about 1,000 people per day were being killed in the southeast asia. though bubble polarization, the militancy and resistance was the normans and in that framework, once we dropped out and changed our name and just tried not to be caught and regroup it was a relief to be outside of that bernadine dohrn where did you grow up bernadine dohrn? >> guest: chicago, my home town. the northside. then my parents moved to milwaukee i graduated from high school in milwaukee and it is my 50th reunion year for high school that is the ones you have got to go to. i had a wonderful childhood, not money come i am the first person in my family to go to college. my parents had a high school edu

found to be very honest with you very surprising when i became attorney general and saw the results of some of these fbi efforts. and so we are going to be looking not only at the financial aspect of this but the -- in some ways the ultimate fraud whether or not patients are getting the care or the government is getting the care for which it is paid and whether or not people's lives are being put at risk. to the extent that we prioritize this -- although the financial component obviously will be important. what we really will emphasize is making sure that no one's life is put at risk and that the kinds of treatment that people are expecting to get, they already, in fact, are receiving. >> and one last issue and i can talk to you about it later, but it's just the upcoming reauthorization for the violence of women act. we had a very good hearing that chairman leahy conducted and we had to focus on some of the new trends on things that are happening there and one of them is just because of economic problems, states not being will or unable to pay and help with things like rape kits and other things. and a

intelligence committee and also my hands as they a proofreader for commerce justice and the funding for the fbi. we are in a tremendous risk coming into this country of counterfeit drugs and we know from a variety of sources including the mafia run over of exploiting yes. this is real and serious. i'm not showing any of the drug companies so i really have to insist on a certification from the secretary on a safety. i can only do as a matter of really good conscience. i wonder consumers to get the best deal. out of love for them to be able to imports inexpensive prices, but everything i know from both classified and unclassified briefing this i really would have enormous amount of anxiety over voting for this month as constructed. >> mr. chairman senator roberts can back out like to echo an associate with remarks by the distinguished senator from maryland. i was chairman when she was most helpful on the committee when this first came up. i don't think we are repeating anything classified here when we say we have a hot spot or we did have hotspot hearings and basically would focus on the threats

the fbi estimated in the 1990s that 10%, 10% of all health spending was lost due to fraud and abuse. the national health care anti-fraud association estimates that 3% of all health care spending is lost due to fraud and abuse. i don't really care whether it's 10% or 3%. we know there's plenty of it. whatever the number is. we've got to make every effort to find it, to root it out, and to keep it from providing good health care for the american people. some suggest fraud and abuse is only a problem with the public sector programs. we hear that sometimes in discussions here in washington. the reality is otherwise. we believe that fraud and abuse is a major problem in the private market as well. the national association of insurance commissioners -- this isn't just one party or one point of view. all of the insurance commissioners in the country have said this. their group has said this, i should say. "the number and scope of fraudulent and abusive health care plans has spiked as health insurance premiums continue to rise at double digit pace. they have a destructive ripple effect impac

enough with this experience with his dad and feels like it is damaging his marriage and he writes the fbi out of the blue after the bureau made a case against these guys in their nineties and offers to the tape his father in prison so they began the taping process and i go through how the case is built in the early part of the book and at the same time they have physical evidence from one of the murders they cost frank sr. talking about with his son and through advanced dna testing they go back and are able to get a profile for nei calabresi, the main flipper in the case and they go back to him and because of his relationship with his brother he decides he's not going down for the whole show basically and becomes the witness of a lifetime for the feds in chicago. >> when you serve a lifetime you mean something quite specific don't you? i'm dead serious, that this was the first -- >> absolute become the first to testify against the organization but the trial was interesting because rarely do you get to hear from a member of the mob. it's always the code of silence but in addition to him te

one of the agencies that he mentioned, the fbi, cyber is one of their top priorities. you'd do a little bit of cyber, you do something else, and you do it again. you cannot really understand this field of the sea stay in it. the developments are too fast to go away. it is true across the board. they have developed a career path where somebody comes in and they stay with it throughout their whole career. that is happening in the security field of government. we need to make the school for kids so that it is something that they -- it cool for kids so that it is something that they want to do. >> on workforce development and training, there could be professional encouragement of sisters scholarships. this has its own training. google has its own training. that is a place where we could come together and put more resources so that we are prepared for the future and we would not run into any of the controversies. >> gould does have training on this for our engineers. -- google does have trading on this for our engineers. we have this conversation and the waiting room. i foun

the fbi director testified to the house of representatives that there are big problems associated with bringing those prisoners to the united states. people talk about super max facilities that are -- there are 13 or 15 of them in the country. there are 13,000 beds available and 20,000 prisoners. they are already pretty crowded. if i were the president, i would not have announced an arbitrary date by which it will be done and then try to figure out how to do it. i would have figured it out first and then made the announcement. >> should be closed? >> in my opinion, no. the reason is twofold -- we spent $200 million to build a state-of-the-art facility which everybody who has visited, international organizations, across, they say it is well run and clean. they get better medical and dental care than any of them have ever gotten before in their lives. their religious needs are attended to. it is safe for those folks in our military guarding them. the first question is wide you have to close at? you then have to figure out what you do with the people there. you will have to release some.

five muslim men and edmonds versus the department judgement whistle-blower suit and the behalf of the fbi translator pfeiffer reporting serious misconduct. mr. west was a law clerk to the honorable stephen reinhardt of the court of appeals for the ninth circuit. is a graduate of harvard college in new york university's school of law and i must say i have the funds for the new york university of lawson's my son is currently a student. i am pleased to welcome all of you. it is no mullite-- each of your reinstatements abed made part of the record in its entirety and i would ask you summarize your testimony in five minutes or less. there is a timing for your table. when one minute remains the light will switch from green to yellow and then to read when the five minutes are up. before we began to discuss-- if you please stand and raise your right hand to take the oath. do you swear or affirm under penalty of perjury the testimony you are about to give is true and correct to the best of your knowledge, information and belief? the record reflect the witnesses into in the affirmative. you may be

in 1990 the fbi estimated 10 percent of all health spending is lost to fraud and abuse. in the national health care anti-fraud association estimates 3% this lost to fraud and abuse. 10 present presumably in their but significant amount and some suggest senator sanders has answered that clearly looking at how well the programs are managed is very important but i think your analogy is is a suggestion that is where it is occurring i think is to misplace. they employ key enforcement agent and as of may of 2009 it issued 7608 criminal investigations of any monetary penalties. they currently have 73 investigations ongoing in criminal activities organized-crime operations involved individuals losing millions. organized crime is not employed as medicare or medicaid, the people taking advantage of the systems giving it as a disadvantage of the people who count on these so to the extent i am aware there may be exceptions and is important to know are investigating employees of the department of health and human services or the medicare program itself. i suspect most of these are foc

. >> but the fbi in this town will tell you street gang problem is more public enemy number one the and the outfit of these days. >> we would love to open this up for questions. please go to the microphone and be on television. again i want you to both hold up these books. these are not just great, you know, crime books, these are wonderful narrative tales by the both of them. yes, sir. >> testing, testing, is this -- >> these c-span people don't screw of around, of course it's working. [laughter] >> this is for mr. coen, and as an aside before the neighborhood was testified actually lived next to joe lombardo. >> is this what you're talking about? >> he was the nicest guy. he babysat my children. >> what page are you on? [laughter] >> this may be the early nineties, right? give dollar bills to all the neighborhood kids and everything like that. >> he never left, everybody knew who he was. >> a lot of the guice move to the suburbs, he said the restaurants, coached baseball. >> it's just kind of funny and i don't know if he personally pulled the trigger but i always kind of had a theory

at the age of five this little girl watched her father get handcuffed by the fbi taken to a maximum security prison and spent the next ten years of her life in and out of a low word chevrolet impala driving eight hours to talk to this man in an orange jumpsuit. as she sat in the back of my classroom like so many little girls in our country maria thought her story had been written. she didn't have hope, didn't have promise and certainly didn't know the word possibility so i decided to find stories written by and for and about kids who actually lived and was and didn't pick up their fist oregon but picked up a pen and told their story. they told the story about what they knew, the hardships that adversity, little girls like and frank, girls in a tiny attic that would look out her window and watch her friends led off like sheep to slaughter. every day for two years ann frank immortalized her story. when i gave the story to maria first she was upset. she looked at the cover and said i don't look like her or talk like her or even preach the same god she prays to. in marinas mind how was this litt