i appreciated working with senator leahy on this issue. it was one year ago today, as senator leahy mentioned, that we received a call just a few days prior asking if we would participate in a quick mission down to cuba. we had to keep quiet about it for a few days, which was a bit difficult. one year ago today we got on the president's plane, as senator leahy mentioned, and went down and picked up alan gross. it was wonderful to have alan's wife judy on the plane with us. what a joyous occasion that was to see that reunion there in cuba. and then to climb on the plane, and i'll never forget as we climbed away from cuba and about 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot came on and said we've now entered u.s. airspace. alan gross stood up, threw his arms in the air, and then breathed deeply and said "i finally know i'm free." and then we watched on the news on the plane as the announcement came that we would be changing our policy, that we would be seeking full diplomatic relations, and that many of the policies of the past would go away. it'

senator patrick leahy.et better.e world >> thank you for your time. >> landmark cases series next week with the decisionourt's 1996 with miranda v. arizona. the case gave rise to the warning. 44 mighte court ruled need to by more. and on c-span, c-span 3 c-span radio. ♪ >> c-span presents landmark cases, the book, a guide to our whichrk cases series 12 historic spring decisions. versus arizona and roe v. wade. written by veteran supreme court journalist tony mauro. an imprint of sage publications. availables -- house homeland security security committee chair michael mccaul on the state of homeland security. spoke at the national defense university in washington d.c. on monday. remarks are an hour. >> good afternoon and welcome. the wonderful to be back at national war college. it's such a prized institution. you a privilege to join today no introduce the chairman of the homeland security committee chairman michael mccaul. is currentlyll term.g his sixth in january, he'll enter his theth year as chairman of

graham: thank you, senator leahy? leahy: thank you, mr. chairman.winded at all, it's a subject that should be heard over and over and over again. one thing, ambassador birx, dr. dybul, the question asked on dollars, please give us -- be very honest and very direct in what some of the sequestration things would count. tim in my office who worked on this, janis, alex, far more knowledgeable in the nitty-gritty than i am. the numbers i'm seeing are devastating, devastating. and they're not anywhere near the numbers that senator graham and icon in a bipartisan way, have supported in the past. don't sugarcoat it. make it very clear. and sir elton, you talked about how much less expensive it is for prevention than care after the fact. i'm aware of that. i know pastor warren and i have talked about this before. you are mentioning about holding the quilt, when you were speaking last night. i think my dear friend i grew up with from vermont, when he was diagnosed, and he was a public figure in vermont, rest his soul, he -- when he was first diagnosed, i reme

now it is senator leahy's turn. please, take all the time you need. i know you will anyway. >> the federal bureau of investigation as we know is entrusted with enormous responsibility, not only enforcing our laws but protecting the nation. no matter what the threat. no matter what the motivation of those threatening us, the fbi is told, keep us safe. on any given day, the fbi agents around the country investigating cases involving not only terrorism but violent crime, gangs, cybercrime, identity theft, fraud, human tracking, hate crime, child exploitation. and they know there's no simple answer. for example, when the greatest terrorist attacks in this country by timothy mcveigh happened, none of us said after that, well, we have to exclude people who served in the military or people of timothy mcveigh's religion. instead, we found out what he had done and how we might stop others from doing the same thing. the events of the past six months have underscored the varied nature of the threats the fbi faces. this past june, nine african-american church goe

and we have a very vigorous leahy process. that addresses the question of human rights. and in addition to that, we have very stringent end use monitoring requirements on the pakistanis, especially with regard to high technology security assistance. and i can say that we are very strict on those, and the results have been satisfactory. >> what does that mean, the results have been satisfactory? >> that we believe that the end use monitoring systems have been effective. >> thank you. and i yield back. >> the chairman thanks the gentleman from california. the gentleman recognizes the gentleman from florida. >> thank you, mr. chairman, mr. ambassador, appreciate it. i was fortunate to go over to afghanistan with chairman ros-lehtinen. we had an informative trip. we've given $30 billion since 2001 to pakistan. when you look through the list here, there's at least five terrorist networks that we know that are operating in the fata area, along with isis is in that area. and we've heard over and over again, that is a no man's land, there is no rule. and in order to get peace in

and we have a very vigorous leahy process. that addresses the question of human rights. and in addition to that, we have very stringent end use monitoring requirements on the pakistanis, especially with regard to high technology security assistance. and i can say that we are very strict on those, and the results have been satisfactory. >> what does that mean, the results have been satisfactory? >> that we believe that the end use monitoring systems have been effective. >> thank you. and i yield back. >> the chairman thanks the gentleman from california. the gentleman recognizes the gentleman from florida. >> thank you, mr. chairman, mr. ambassador, appreciate it. i was fortunate to go over to afghanistan with chairman ros-lehtinen. we had an informative trip. we've given $30 billion since 2001 to pakistan. when you look through the list here, there's at least five terrorist networks that we know that are operating in the fata area, along with isis is in that area. and we've heard over and over again, that is a no man's land, there is no rule. and in order to get peace in

issue herobuchar will opening statement, and then i will introduce our witnesses after senator leahy. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. we have worked on this hearing together, as we have on all hearings, and i appreciate the partnership we had taking on these important antitrust matters. i want to thank each of the witnesses who have come to testify. i do not come to the hearing with a conclusion, but i do have a goal. that is to protect and foster competition. from one perspective, there has been consistent consolidation in the beer industry. over the last decade, anheuser-busch, miller, and coors has been involved in major acquisitions. today, anheuser-busch inbev, what was anheuser-busch, and sab

chairman leahy, ranking member klobuchar, chairman grassley, ranking member leahy and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to appear before this subcommittee. my names is carlos brito and i'm ceo of ab inbev. it's a global and parent company of anheuser-busch. we have the privilege of continuing anheuser-busch's proud history as a brewer in america since 1862. we have more than 60,000 u.s. employees across 49 states and we committed in june to invest an additional $1.5 billion by 2018 in our u.s. operations. i'm proud to say that 98% of our products sold in the u.s. are made in the u.s. i'm here today to discuss ab inbev's proposed acquisition of sab miller and our agreement to divest sab miller's interest in miller coors upon completion of our agreement. i would like to share with you the rationale for this transaction, the impact or more precisely the lack of impact this transaction will have on our competitive position in the u.s. the purpose of this transaction is to enhance our ability to serve new markets, particularly in africa, asia, and central and sout

susan: senator patrick leahy is the senior democrat in the senior judiciary committee. we spoke to him and other members in preparation for this series. we will show you a clip from senator leahy on the impact of mapp today. >> the idea we had a blanket sweep -- that is not going to make us safer. rules. to go back to the the example i use is this. if you had papers in your desk at home, you fully expect the police want to come in and look at those papers and will have to get a warrant to come in and look at them. if you are holding those same files in the cloud and you have it somewhere on the internet, shouldn't they have to follow the same rules? it's your privacy we are talking about. if you collect everything, in many ways, you have nothing. learn to do better analysis of it. at 9/11, we had a very few people looking at this material who could speak the languages of those in the wiretaps. we learn from that. it doesn't make us less safe to follow the rules of law. susan: senator leahy, in a broad scope, thinking about how important warrants are to our civil society

host: patrick leahy is the scent -- senate democrat.e want to show you a clip from senator leahy on the impact of mapp on searches today. sweep.ad a blanket in the long run that is going to hurt us, not make us safer. the example i use is this. if you have papers in your desk thatme, you fully expect if the police want to come into your home and look at those papers, they are going to have to get a warrant. if you are holding those same files in the clouds, you got it somewhere on the internet, shouldn't they have the follow the same rules? it is your privacy we are talking about. youou collect everything, have nothing. learn to do better analysis. at the time of 9/11, we had very few people looking at this material who could speak the linkages over those in the wiretaps. so we learned from that. but it doesn't make us less safe to follow the rule of law. host: senator leahy was thinking about how important warrants are to our civil society. comments on that? renee: i think they are extremely important. the more we set up liberty and id

you member leahy and members of the subcommittee. thank you for your opportunity to appear before this subcommittee. beth -- of abn anheuser-busch inbev. it is the parent company of anheuser-busch. i have the privilege of continuing the proud history of brewing in america since 1862. we have more than 60,000 u.s. employees across 49 states, and we are committed to investing an additional one and a half billion dollars by 2018 in our u.s. operations. i am proud to say 98% of our products sold in the u.s. are made in the u.s. the here today to discuss proposed acquisition of sab miller, and our agreements with coors to divest the interest in miller coors, conditioned upon completion of culmination with sab miller. i would like to share with you the rationale for this or lackion, the impact, of impact this transaction will have on our competitive position in the u.s. the purpose of this is to enhance our ability to serve new markets, particularly in africa, asia, and central and south america. it is about bringing more choices to more c

susan: senator leahy thinking about how important warrants are to our civil society. thoughts on that? >> i think they are extremely important and the more we sped up liberty and safety as , the moreal on ideas distracted we get from the real issue. -- there is no reason for us to bieve we cannot have law enforcement with limited power that are still able to keep us safe. carol was talking about it earlier about the statistical studies and what they have shown with regard to the cost of the exclusionary rule. they are not as significant as be. are may out to -- made out to be. susan: the court continues to take up these cases about the rights of the accused and about warrants. here are a few of them. stafford united school district versus reading in 2009 involving a strip search of a middle schooler. maryland versus king, collection of dna. city of los angeles versus patel, the search of hotel registries. there have been limitations placed on the mapp decision over time. next, we listen to three supreme court justices. two current, one former, and their thoughts on th

you member leahy and members of the subcommittee. thank you for your opportunity to appear before this subcommittee. beth -- of abn anheuser-busch inbev. it is the parent company of anheuser-busch. i have the privilege of continuing the proud history of brewing in america since 1862. we have more than 60,000 u.s. employees across 49 states, and we are committed to investing an additional one and a half billion dollars by 2018 in our u.s. operations. i am proud to say 98% of our products sold in the u.s. are made in the u.s. the here today to discuss proposed acquisition of sab miller, and our agreements with coors to divest the interest in miller coors, conditioned upon completion of culmination with sab miller. i would like to share with you the rationale for this or lackion, the impact, of impact this transaction will have on our competitive position in the u.s. the purpose of this is to enhance our ability to serve new markets, particularly in africa, asia, and central and south america. it is about bringing more choices to more c

senator patrick leahy thank you for giving us time to talk about the landmark sprout case -- supremeourt cases. how do you talk about the role of the supreme court in society today? >> well, the supreme court, depending how they decide, really touched just about everything. we have three branches of government. obviously the president and the congress but the court. their decisions can impact so much. they decide a presidential election before the ballots were counted, bush v. gore, changed dramatically the way we finance political elections. they had a great deal of effect just recently, they basically got in the voting rights act. some states took that as a chance to disenfranchise a lot of people. so far better or worse, they can do things that affect the average person. far more than what we might do in individual acts of congress. >> there is a continuing debate and perhaps it's one that gotten out about whether or not the supreme court overreaches. at a level that wasn't intended by the founders. what is your position on that? >> some of the members of the supreme court stick e

at just tell me one thing, when pat leahy is making a bad face, how can you tell? [laughter] [applause] fred thompson: i'm sure that will be taken in the spirit in which it is given. you so much. you have meant so much to this state and this country. i want to thank all the s here thised guest evening. i run into folks from indiana everywhere i go that's important to my life. david mcintosh has been a great friend and a graded visor. him and his wife being here means a whole lot to me. i want to tell you that. i want to mention my old friend and colleague dan coats. , after he left the senate, one of the most wasrding things i got to do after president bush called me up and asked me to help then prepare foroberts the supreme court of the united states. dan coats helped judge alito. i can guess he feels the way i do, that it's one of the most and port we've done in our to put two judges on the supreme court who decide cases and not causes. they will be good, solid, conservative justices, i am convinced, for the duration. we just need another one or two. [applause] y

. >> she called me on the phone said she was calling from leahy and the operation went well. i guess she was calling from miami where she went down with >> her attorney said she thought the money was a gift. she is facing larceny charges. >>> two men are in custody accused of stealing thousands of dollars of gift cards and toys from operation santa claus from concord, new hampshire. it happened over the thanksgiving holiday. they charged james apecrachec k hector rodriguez. they believe there are more people involved. it was stolen from a state garage used to house gifts for underprivileged children. >>> the february release of the november jobs report. economist also show that it showed 2,000 jobs were added and unemployment rate remains steady. the new numbers are out at 7 with 30. >>> facebook said they will begin testing live video. a small percentage of users with iphones would get a chance to try this. live let's you watch what you are seeing in realtime 37 are seeing in realtime. to subscribe to proceed caster to subscribe to proceed casters. >>> two colors of the year

rand paul with his filibuster, the senator from vermont, patrick leahy, was being interviewed. he addressed section 215. he said, i am paraphrasing, lives are being ruined, education is destroyed. careers are destroyed. because people are being put on these watch lists and have no idea. they cannot defend themselves. they have no recourse whatsoever. a lot of these people that are on the watchlist have nothing to do with terrorism. i found a pretty interesting. also, people really cannot take action. you cannot sue anybody because the minute you try, the first thing they start screaming is national security. you can't say anything. the country is in danger. really? i just don't buy that for a second. that's my first part. my second is if you can address a bit on civil asset forfeiture. i would really like your take on that. thank you and i will take your response on the other side. guest: that's a big question. terrorist watch lists do exist. government admits they have a database called main core. they use the word extremist again which bothers me. all the people i've seen out

i will have senator leahy tell me who the next democrat will be. senator feinstein after senator graham. >> thank you richard chairman. two ago what the chairman said about -- i want to ever go with what the chairman said. he are lucky. if i buy a gun on the internet, is it delivered to my home? i assume it is shipped to you. i don't know for sure. >> let's find out the answer to that. do you agree with the following statement, there are more withrist organizations men, equipment, and safe havens, along with desire to attack the american homeland anytime since 9/11? mr. comey: i agree. >> so, do you agree that the budget cuts that congress has imposed in the past has reduced your ability to defend this nation? mr. comey: i agree. >> do you believe that the budget cuts that will go back into affect in two years will dramatically harm your ability and your agents' ability? mr. comey: i agree. >> thank you. [laughter] all right, do you agree that rhetoric coming from political candidates running for president wanting to shut america down based on some

ranking member patrick leahy of vermont offered the sense of the senate amendment to put the opinion of the body on record. >> this is a sense of the senate that the united states must not bar individuals from entering into the united states based on their religion. as such action would be contrary to the fundamental principles on which this nation was founded. >> well, nine democrats and seven republicans, including chairman chuck grassley and lindsey graham voted for the amendment. four republicans voted no, including presidential candidate ted cruz, whose office called the vote nothing more than a political stunt. last night democratic front-runner hillary clinton stopped by the set of late night with seth meyers, and in between some lighter moments she unleashed a pointed attack on her republican counterpart, donald trump. >> you know, i have to say, seth, i no longer think he's funny. >> yes. i will say i started -- >> and what he's saying now is not only shameful and wrong, it's dangerous. this latest demand that we not let muslims into our country really plays right into the h

senator leahy: at that time, it was very controversial. we had to read this yucky accused, as someone had said here. there was no question. think of it this way. what if you were arrested for something? and they got the wrong guy. wouldn't you want to know what your rights are? -- that sunk in pretty heavily. he hadhe also said little cards with the miranda rights on them and pass them out to police officers around the state as he was educating. lots of comments here. he writes that every lawyer knows that police found a myriad of tactics for even miranda. -- for even aiding -- for evading miranda. paul: before maranda, if you go back to the start of the 1960's, you are looking at about a 60% crime clearance rate in this country. in 1966, 1967, and 1968, a dramatic reduction in crime clearance rates. they fell around 45% and have remained there in the 50 years since. that means 60,000 violent crimes and more than 100,000 property ,rimes each year go unsolved even if you control for other factors. it is not just reading the words off the ca

senator leahy: at that time, it was very controversial. what do you mean we have to read formerilty, accused -- a attorney used that expression once before, the guily accused. "what do you mean we have to tell them their rights?" i said, of course you do. think of it this way. what if you were arrested for something? and they got the wrong guy. wouldn't you want to know what your rights are? that sunk in pretty heavily. susan: he also said he had little cards with the miranda rights on them and pass them out to police officers around the state as he was educating. lots of comments here. he writes that every lawyer knows that police found a myriad of tactics for even miranda. refining the decision was and is ongoing. paul: i've done a lot of research on the effects of miranda. before miranda, if you go back to the start of the 1960's, you are looking at about a 60% crime clearance rate in this country. immediately what you see in 1966, 1967, and 1968, a dramatic reduction in crime clearance rates. they fell around 45% and have remained ther

against trump than upholding the national interest that they passed an amendment sponsored by pat leahyhich would bar consideration at all of religion in immigration and entrance decisions. it's suicide. >> it is suicide. you point out in the book, this government, it is suicidal, but it is also homicide, because it is taking down republicans who in good faith really want to win the 2016 election. you had a speaker like paul ryan who is attacking one of the candidates and stepping out what should be a neutral role, but it was too late. you have mitch mcconnell playing political games and the rnc. the meeting the washington post has supported that we reported on now that's trying to kill the trump candidacy. they're talking about subverting the will of millions of republicans who in good faith have selected a candidate. these people are about to destroy the republican party's chances of winning the election in 2016, and i think if they're successful in this, they very well could -- they could cripple this country for years, decades to come. zoog i can't disagree with you, lou. a lot of w

is worth noting that additional provisions that, obviously all of our assistance is subject to the leahy amendment. and we have a process that addresses human rights. in addition, we have very a stringent monitoring ,equirements on the pakistanis especially with regard to high technology security assistance. i can say that we are very strict on those. the results have been satisfactory. does that mean that the results have been satisfactory? thank you. i yield back. recognizing the gentleman from florida. itmr. ambassador, appreciate . i was fortunate to go to afghanistan. we had an informative trip. we have given them $30 billion since 2001, to pakistan. looking through the list there are at least five terrorist networks operating in the fata area along with isis. we have heard over and over it is a no man's land. in order to get peace in that area, there cannot be the threat of terrorism. pakistan's goal to get rid of terrorism? how serious are they? i am not seeing it. mr. olson: we have agreed for many years that the threat from the tribal areas was significant. >> how serious is pak

just ask senator leahy. people ask, do i miss washington?nswer is, not really weird -- not really. i loved our time here but i'm happy to be home. i miss some things i miss saluting those who wear the uniform and i miss my friends. and dick cheney is one of those friends. i always look forward to our weekly lunches. i could always count on him to take on any tough assignment and i could always trust that the advice he offered was given with our country's best interest at heart. he became acting president for two hours and five minutes in july, 2007. while i was undergoing an undisclosed medical exam. he wrote the only document ever signed by an acting president, a letter to his grandchildren. in classic dick cheney fashion, he offered them could vice, to always strive to do what is right. for eight years, dick cheney stood by my side and always did what was right for our nation. i cannot of asked for a better vice president. who left hisman country and really loves his family. callednd i are proud to take and his family friends and i am glad

against trump than upholding the national interest that they passed an amendment sponsored by pat leahy would bar consideration at all of religion in immigration and entrance decisions. it's suicide. >> it is suicide. you point out in the book, this government, it is suicidal, but it is also homicide, because it is taking down republicans who in good faith really want to win the 2016 election. you had a speaker like paul ryan who is attacking one of the candidates and stepping out what should be a neutral role, but it was too late. you have mitch mcconnell playing political games and the rnc. the meeting the washington post has supported that we reported on now that's trying to kill the trump candidacy. they're talking about subverting the will of millions of republicans who in good faith have selected a candidate. these people are about to destroy the republican party's chances of winning the election in 2016, and i think if they're successful in this, they very well could -- they could cripple this country for years, decades to come. zoog i can't disagree with you, lou. a lot of what

against trump than upholding the national interest that they passed an amendment sponsored by pat leahy bar consideration at all of religion in immigration and entrance decisions, it is suicidal. lou: it is suicidal. and you point out often what this government is doing that is suicidal but it is also homicidal because it is taking down republicans who in good faith really want to win the 2016 election. when you have a speaker like paul ryan, who is attacking one of the candidates and stepping out of what should be a neutral role. he tried to walk it back but it was too late. have you mitch mcconnell playing political games. the rnc. the meeting that the "washington post" reported that we have reported on now of the elites trying to kill the trump candidacy. they're talking about subverting the will of millions of republicans who in good faith select aid candidate. these people are about to destroy the republican party's chances of winning the election in 2016, and i think if they're successful in that, they very well -- they could cripple this country for years, decades to come. >> i c

with regard to the military assistance subjected to a very intensive leahy amendment vetting process. and there is a pressing -- question that we continue to raise these issues that you flag the question of the haqqanis company to do more on the haqqanis and on the lashkar-e-taiba with the pakistani government at every location. >> and less they think that you're willing, under similar circumstances, to recommend a zero to the united states congress, he would not achieve our objectives. and the biggest weather thing is the physicians that help us get osama bin laden. for us to ignore that they were harboring him in one of their safest and most military towns, and then say we should ignore the fact that they have that doctor in prison, it begs the question of whether the aid we give them is warranted. i yield back. >> thank you. i'm going to return to points that i made in my opening statement. i was absent for a while. we had three does a debate on house floor that our committee put out including the legislation offered by myself and eliot engel on targeting hezbollah. several other c

. >> she called me from the phone and called me from leahy and the operation went well. she was calling from miami where she went down with her boyfriend. >> sara: her attorney said gift. she is facing larceny charges. until the whole thing is resolved some of the money will remain in her bank account. >>> two men accused of it happened over the thanksgiving holiday. officers have charged these two men, but they believe more people are involved. the gift cards and toys were stolen from a state garage used to house organization gifts for underprivileged children. >>> this morning fire investigators says there sdwroous much damage to figure out what caused a deadly fire at a paxton animal shelter. the starting point was traced to the ceiling. dozens of dogs and cats were killed when sweat pea friends of rutland animals went up in flames. four dogs and a cat survived and are being treated at veterinary clinics. the shelter is planning to rebuild and donations are pouring in. >>> the new ace of the boston red sox is in town. david price is scheduled it take a physical exam.

[laughter] >> just ask senator leahy. [laughter] >> people ask if i miss washington and the answer is not really. i loved our time up here, but i am happy to be home. i do miss some things, though. i miss saluting those who wear the uniform and i miss my friends and dick cheney is one of those friends. i always look forward to our weekly lunches and i could always count on him to take on any tough assignment and i could always trust that the advice he offered was given with our country's best interest at heart. dick became acting president for two hours and five minutes in july of 2007. while i was undergoing an undisclosed medical exam. he wrote the only document ever signed by an acting presidents, a letter to his grandchildren. in classic dick cheney fashion he honored them a crisp piece of good advice, to always strive to do what is right. for eight years dick stood by my side and always did what was right for our nation. could not have asked for a better vice president and dick cheney. he is a good man who loves his

. >> reporter: thus senators grassley and patrick leahy have introduced a bill to amend the program,ansparency and oversight to prevent fraud, raise the minimum investment to $800 thousand from the current $500 thousand for targeted employment areas, and define those areas by census tract-- no more bed-stuy boomerangs. but back in brooklyn, journalist norm oder remains unconvinced. >> i think there should be a giant pause and re-think the whole thing. >> reporter: meanwhile, the clock is ticking toward the december 11 reauthorization deadline. this is economics correspondent paul solman, reporting for the pbs newshour. >> ifill: congress is on the verge of finally approving a rewrite of the education law known as no child left behind. the senate is expected to pass it easily tomorrow. the house did so last week, and the president is expected to sign it. it will give states more control over public schools, but still requires annual student testing. tests have long been the subject of heated debate, especially those tied to the new and more ambitious common core standards. this fall,

. >> when we talked to senator leahy, he described the amendment to the constitution that came out of dread scott as the second founding of the constitution. do you see it in that scope? >> it it did the right thing by giving african-americans the right to vote. which they didn't get in reality until hundred 100 years later. it was in the constitution the right to vote and to be citizens of the country so that's vort very already important. i think it's important from the standpoint that it for to every citizen a lot of protection against the government that bill of rights give to people of the country. >> ed >> it was difficult to find 12 out of all the cases. >> that's basic that the revolutionary war fought for and why the constitution was written. not to have the government give rights to the people. the rights belong to the people. certainly those are given up to mutual rail benefit to other people. i don't think the 14th amendment does more than of the original position of the constitutional writesters -- writers. >> in recent years, as this issue has been so prominent in our so

exchange with senator leahy senate hearing in this topic regard to phone calls not seeking authority, criminal authority, that criminal authorities have that civil agencies do not, seeking in get access to e-mails without a warrant, essentially seeking something more than the criminal authorities have, isn't that contradictory? >> i don't think we are seeking more authority than the criminal authorities have. >> what are you seeking? >> i'm sorry? >> then what are you seeking? i will give you a chance to clarify that >> sure, what we are seeking is the ability to obtain e-mails after we tried to obtain them from an individual subscriber by going to a court and obtaining the court order with notice to the subscriber and allowing you the subscriber to raise whatever objections they have before the court. >> i think, like i said, interesting that some of the testimony that's been given here and i think, you know, very concerning from some issues of anecdotal evidence and real evidence, especially the s.e.c. side when you're giving the -- you know, your own report saying you're doing more

i want -- during an exchange with senator leahy in a senate hearing on this topic you said with regard to phone calls you are not seeking the criminal authorities have that civil agencies do not but in seeking to get access to e-mails without warrant you are essentially something more than the criminal authorities have. isn't that contradictory? >> i don't think we're seeking more authority than the criminal authorities already have. >> then what are you seeking? >> i'm sorry? >> then what are you seeking? >> what we're seeking is the ability to obtain e-mails after we tried to obtain them from an individual subscriber by going to a court and obtaining a court order with notice to the subscriber and allowing them to raise objections before the court. >> it's interesting some of the testimony that's been given here and i think it's very concerning from some issues of anecdotal evidence and real evidence and discussions and especially on the s.e.c. side when you're giving the -- you know, your own report saying you're doing more than you've ever done here yet without this by choice or de

war ii, they didn't have any lawless step if it was just some very brilliant guys named marshall and leahy and king and others that one the most civil war probably of modern times. maybe we can identify wit wouldk at that aspect of it but it certainly was a factor, the major factor in winning world war ii. senator reid. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, gentlemen for your very, very thoughtful testimony. two issues emerging among many. one is putting the chairmen in the chain of command, and number two, create a general staff. there are pros and cons as admiral stavridis pointed out. since you gentlemen are so the most intellectually honest people i know, it helps us that we -- what is the common? you know, what do you worry about, if we had a chairman in the chain of command, this is, if we did it we would have to create sort of a buffer against those downsides. so both you and admiral stavridis, please come and dr. lamb. >> the traditional thinking of having the chairmen in the chain of command as potentials for abuse, for excessive exercise of one's authority. and undermining, as c

ceresney, during an exchange with senator leahy in a senate hearing on this topic, you said with regard to phone calls you're not seeking authority that criminals have that civil agencies do not. you're essentially seeking more authority than the criminals have. isn't that contradictory? >> i don't think we're seeking more authority than the criminals have. >> what are you seeking? >> i'm sorry? >> then what are you seeking? i'll give you a chance to clarify that. >> what we're seeking is the ability to obtain e-mails after we try to obtain them from an individual subscriber by going to the court and allowing the subscriber to raise whatever objections they have before the court. >> like i said, it's interesting that some of the testimony that's been giving here, i think it's very concerning from some issues of anecdotal evidence and real evidence and discussions, especially on the sec side, when you're giving, you know, your own report saying you're doing more than you've ever done this, yet without this, by choice or decision, however you want to do it. mr. calabrese, one last questio

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