director clapper had laid out his goal for his office. to force a better fusion in the intelligence community between intelligence collection and analysis and to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts. ms. o' sul vlivan shares this goal. the importance of this submission has been underscored by the instability and protests in the middle east. the president, the secretary of state and the congress are making policy decisions on egypt that's not a question aimed at ms. sullivan. as an associate deputy director of the kcia her role is akin to the chief operating officer. she has served in this roll since december of director of science and technology for four years. in that roll she managed the kra's technical innovation and support to case officer operations. while almost everything in this area is highly classified and unfortunately can't be discussed here, the committee has taken a real interest in several of these programs and found them to be on the cutting edge of she was former ly. now part of it. as the nominee to be princi

thank you very much. >> thank you, director clapper. one of the 800 pound gorillas in the room is this point about the lead up of intelligence on egypt. one of the things that struck me into nietzsche, ben ali still believed he would be president. by afternoon he was in a helicopter. that is real time. i want to give those of you an opportunity to directly give your assessment on the intelligence leading up to it. real-time intelligence. cnn and fox are currently reporting that hosni mubarak may step aside today. i want to give you the opportunity for the first time to talk to the american people about your assessment and real-time intelligence where we need to go. >> let me start and i will offer my colleagues that wants to comment on this, as i indicated in my opening remarks the intelligence community has long identified the conditions that exist in the middle east which in terms of economic concerns, political repression and frustrations that accrue to many people in the middle east and this is a characteristic of many of these coun

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clapper, again in this regard. and this deals with your authority to take action against americans who've taken up arms against the united states. a year ago your predecessor, director blair, said, and i quote, "we take direct actions against terrorists in the intelligence community. if we think that direct action will involve killing an american, we get specific permission to do that." now, that is obviously a statement with great consequence, and it certainly raises a lot of important issues. in my experience, you don't see a government official making a statement like that without an extensive amount of legal analysis. i've asked for that legal analysis; nothing has been handed over yet, which again drives home the point that when we're talking about operations and methods, absolutely, we have to protect the men and women in the field. but we ought to have these legal interpretations, and i'd like to know your answer to my question in this regard, with respect to getting that interpretation in our hands. >> well

clapper in this regard. in this building your authority of action is taken up arms in a native states. a year ago your predecessor said we take direct action against terrorists and the intelligence community if we think the direct action will involve killing an american. we give specific permission to do that. that is obviously a statement with great consequence and certainly raises a lot of important issues. mike's areas you don't see as a government official, making a statement like that without an expensive of legal analysis. i asked what that legal analysis. nothing has been handed over yet, which again drives home the point that when we're talking about operations not it, absolutely we have to protect men and women in the field. but we are two of legal interpretations and i like to know your answer to my question in this regard with respect to getting on interpretation in our hands. >> well, i speak for all of those and we are committed to ensuring that the congress understands the legal basis for intel

director clapper said the muslim brotherhood is largely secular. he was ridiculed because it's the muslim brotherhood. but what he was also signaling is that look, we have confidence that whatever government emerges from this, we're working on it. but we have confidence that they are going to emerge in the right mold, in the mold that we're trying to push. >> that goes to the confidence they have in their relationship. -- relationships. chris: these guys that do this for a living, i know we have good relations with like jordanian intelligence us with brittle but good, egypt's intelligence, saudi intelligence, have we been blind-sided to the street because we've been too pro government in those cases? >> our c.e.a. has had a real dilemma especially since september 11, 2001. we need our intelligence partnerships in the middle east with these authoritarian regimes to target al qaeda. our belft sources of information often have been the generals in egypt and heads of intelligence in jordan. but the price of that liaison, as the c.e.a. calls it is we ge

general clapper? >> well, this is related to a previous response about better out reach, better education. if we become aware of pending transactions and i'm not singling out while way, do any of these where there is a national security implications, i have been working this would be office of the national counterintelligence in the tni staff on this very issue. how can we do a broader outreach to ensure pending transactions dependent which could have do better at her out crees. they are pending right at the 11th hour. >> is the process working? we need to do something different. this is something that we need to be working on with you regarding this issue because to get the on deck. >> i'm not really in a position to comment on how rural effectiveness is, i do think once it reaches us if he is transactions that the intelligence community's views are made known. >> you are a member, a nonvoting member, is that right? 37 agencies. clearly i'm wondering is something we need to look at. thank you. >> tha

director clapper you had several bullets in your written statement about cyber security. and you said that the impact is difficult to overstate. but as you know there is really a difference of opinion about whether we're talking primarily of annoyances, you know, with computers that run slower, whether we're talking about crime, theft of property and certainly a lot of money that's stolen or whether we are talking about a matter of national security. and so i wld appreciated if you and the directors could talk to us about the degree to which cyber threats do pose a threat to our nation's security because that is relevant to how much money and what kinds of authorities we have to look at to deal with the problem. but first, we need to understand whether we're talking primarily about crime or whether we're talking about national security. >> well, the effect can be the same whether it's the source of an attack or intrusion comes from a criminal be it domestic or unorganized international ring -- national ring. from a nation security standpoint the threat by certain nation s

and so i'd like to ask general clapper, director panetta and i'll give mr. goldberg -- since he's from the state, the department of state an opportunity to address that. do you think that's a possibility that would -- or could create some problem with some of our countries that -- some of these countries that own this debt? >> well, it is a great problem for us. that's clear. and i think the debt does pose a potential threat to our national security. and i think, you know, the allusion -- the relationship we have with -- the financial relationship we have with china is illustrative of that. and so i think we recognize in the intelligence community that we're going to have to play our part in a programmic and resource sense to help reduce that debt, but i agree with chairman mullen and secretary clinton that it does pose a huge problem for us. and we have to deal with it in my view. >> congressman, i guess i would speak to that more of a former director of the office of management and budget and a former chairman of the house budget committee that -- that thr

director clapper you had several bullets in your written statement about cyber security. and you said that the impact is difficult to overstate. but as you know there is really a difference of opinion about whether we're talking primarily of annoyances, you know, with computers that run slower, whether we're talking about crime, theft of property and certainly a lot of money that's stolen or whether we are talking about a matter of national security. and so i would appreciated if you and the directors could talk to us about the degree to which cyber threats do pose a threat to our nation's security because that is relevant to how much money and what kinds of authorities we have to look at to deal with the problem. but first, we need to understand whether we're talking primarily about crime or whether we're talking about national security. >> well, the effect can be the same whether it's the source of an attack or intrusion comes from a criminal be it domestic or unorganized international ring -- national ring. from a nation security standpoint the threat by certain nation

head of national intelligence, general clapper had, kind of caught washington's attention when he saidcapitol hill he thought they were a secular organization. >> he later... his spokesperson later took back that statement. >> schieffer: that's what the captain means to say. >> i am concerned about it. we have reasons to be concerned about the muslim brotherhood, but at the same time, for us to dictate what the role they should play in a way may be harmful to us because, as you just heard that young man say, this revolution is theirs. they want us to assist; they don't want us to dictate. >> schieffer: why don't we take a break. we'll come back and talk about some more of this in a minute. ♪ [ male announcer ] from jet engines that have fewer emissions, to new ways to charge electric cars, to renewable sources of clean energy, ecomagination from ge is advanced technology that's good for both the economy and the environment. ♪ it's technology that makes the world work. [ squawking ] ♪ >> schieffer: back again with senator mccain. senator, let's talk about this just across the region. wh

director clapper you had several bullets in your written statement abt cyber security. and you said that the impact is fficult to overstate. but as you know there is really a difference of opinion about whether we're talking primarily of annoyances, you know, with computers th run slower, whether we're talking about crime, theft of property and certainly a lot of money thas stolen or whether we are talking about a matter of national security. and so i would appreciated if you and the directors could talk to us about the degree to which cyber threats do pose a threat to our nation's security because that is relevant to how much money and what kinds of authorities we have to look at to deal with the problem. but first, we need to understand whether we're talking primarily about crime or whether we're talking about national security. >> well, the effeccan be the same whether it's thsource of an attack or intrusion comes from a criminal be it domestic or unorganized international ring -- national ring. from a nation security standpoint the threat by certain nation states is

i just didn't want to wrap up, director clapper, without getting into iran at least to some extent. your testimony said that the intelligence community continues to judge that iran's nuclear decision making is guided by a cost-benefit approach rather than a determination to pursue nuclear weapons at all costs. now, last year the administration succeeded in convincing the international community to impose new and tougher sanctions on the iranian regime. in your view, what impact have these sanctions had on the iranian regime today? >> well, they clearly have had impact on the rapan economy and the -- iranian economy and -- which i think is increasingly affecting the average citizen. i'm not sure the average citizen in iran sees it that way, but that is the affect. obviously the point here is to induce a change in behavior on the part of the iranians. >> how seriously do you think the regime is taking the sanctions? >> i think and i'll ask others if they want to contribute to this, but i think it is clearly a factor on their mind. as the screws have gotten tighter i think they clearly

. >> senator feinstein also asked the intelligence director, james clapper, for better intelligence on the muslim brotherhood. the group was banned under hosni mubarak and is now trying to form a political party in egypt. >>> and tonight, the numbers show that hundreds died during the recent protests in egypt. sources say at least 300 people were killed in the events. it is the first accounting of deaths from the government. however one official says this is only the preliminary count of civilian death and doesn't include police. >>> and a judge is expected to decide later this month whether the estate of a convicted killer should be forced to pay restitution now that he is dead. edward schaffer was stabbed to death, serving 20 years to life for killing nine-year-old melanie osheroff. he was also ordered to pay money in restitution. the public defender wants that money number thrown out. >>> and looking at plans for construction of a new death row complex at san quentin. the county is suing to stop the project, saying that governor schwarzenegger improperly used a veto, the critics say

napolita and i sit on what is called the counterterrorism resource counsel, which is chaired by george clapper, it includes bob mueller,he director of the fbi, the director of cia. and we have met every two weeks to delve in as senior leaders for hours on end about how we can integrate our missions better. that is night and day from where we were in 2004 and 2005, and frankly, it's night and day from where we were in 2009. so i think there are always some tensions when ornizations are trying to do the right thing and think they're trying to do the right thing and someone else disagrees. not all that tension is bad. on the terrorism issue, i think -- i have never seen it better integrated than it is today. and just one other point about integration, you mentioned the health and humanservices, we are integrated with them and dhs. they are in charge of refugee resettlement. and they play a critical role in helping us work with new immigrant communities to reduce the likelihood of radicalization. again, that sort of partnership between the counterterrorism community and an organization that is res

i was listening to secretary clapper, the intelligence director, and he was trying to make hezbollah, hamas, and the muslim brotherhood sound like they were part of the salvation army or something. he did not mention the threat -- how much of a threat is presented by it was going on over there. all he could talk about was the muslim brotherhood disturbing food and taking care of people. a kind of reminded me of what was going on in 1979 with jimmy carter and iran and how the staff then shot in the back and allow the radicals to move in. the rest is history. i just hope that mubarak stays in power until september, stabilizes the situation some, so cooler heads will prevail and the egyptians will elect their government, their leaders, without all this outside agitation. host: thank you for your call. the house of representatives is on at 9:00 a.m. eastern this morning. we will have just a two-hour program this morning. the house has the looks like it -- house has decided to delay voting on the patriot act. we are going to spend our last 15 or 20 minutes this morning talking about the re

clapper suggested that the complexity of the threats and the ubiquity makes the challenge for intelligenceeater. what should americans feel about the level of safety or threats overall? guest: we always have to be concerned. 9/11 showed we were not ready for that attack. when you look at terrorism from a global point of view, we have to focus on how al-qaeda recruits individuals. that's why it's so important that we start working with the hearts and minds of different countries. for instance, in pakistan, afghanistan, trying to stop the training and education of extreme right-wing radical groups that are anti united states and anti israel. we have an example in afghanistan. we are trying now to educate young your children and counter what is going on in a lot of the other areas where these individuals are being trained -- even further, being trained to be suicide bombers. from our point of view, we have to look at the worldwide threat from each country. we have to look at the training and analyze it to protect our country from terrorism. host:. cia director leon panetta once again on the t

brotherhood will be in power. >> we had a call from the director of national intelligence, james clapper, and also leon panetta and testified yesterday on capitol hill. one hearing dealt with national security threats and the other with egypt in particular. there are broke our website, -- that are both on our website, c- span.org. we showed you earlier the comments of the vice president, omar suleiman. shortly after that a military spokesman came out to speak to the nation on egyptian tv. >> in the name of allah, the most graceful and most merciful , from the supreme council of the armed forces, egyptian fellow citizens, at this historic defining moment in history of egypt, and after handing down the resolution by president hosni mubarak to give up the post of the president of the republics and instructing the supreme council of the armed forces to run the affairs of the country, while we are all aware of the gravity of this matter, in the face of the demands of our great nation, nationwide to implement radical change, the supreme council of the armed forces is examining this matter, tak

in in a recent letter to congress, director of national intelligence admiral clapper and attorney general holder said that, quote, it is essential that these intelligence tools be re-authorized before they expire. and they have been used in numerous highly sensitive intelligence collection operations, end quote. last week homeland security secretary janet napolitano warned that, quote, the terrorist threat is at its most heightened state since the 9/11 terrorist attack, end quote. just this week the f.b.i. announced that the probability that the u.s. will be attacked with a weapons of mass destruction at some point is 100%. the head of the f.b.i.'s weapons of mass destruction direct rat said that the type of attack that keeps him awake at night is an attack by the so-called lone wolf. with the likelihood of a weapons of mass destruction attack at 100%, we cannot afford to leave our intelligence officials without the pools they need to keep america safe. the war on terror is not over. but the terrorist threat is constantly evolving. we must fully arm our intelligence community with the res

testifying at the committee will be james clapper, leon panetta, director of the cia, and other security leaders in our country. that will be at 10:00 a.m. on c- span2. by the way, mike rogers, chairman of the house intelligence committee, and congressman dutch ruppersberger, a democrat of maryland, the ranking member on the house intelligence committee, will both be guests on "washington journal" tomorrow. you can see that. at 10:00 a.m. on c-span2. -- that hearing at 10:00 a.m. on c-span2. last night, we covered -- c-span and "booktv" covered secretary rums felt at his book tour event -- secretary rumsfeld at his book tour event. this was held up the constitution center in philadelphia. he was interviewed by a historian. it is about an hour and 15 minutes. if you want to see secretary rumsfeld talk about "known and unknown," go to booktv.org. you can click a button to watch that. it will air this weekend on "booktv." silver spring, md., ricardo on our independent line. what, if anything, would you cut from the federal budget? caller: we are in trouble if we do. we are in trouble if we

clapper suggested that the complexity of the threats and the ubiquity makes the challenge for intelligence greater. what should americans feel about the level of safety or threats overall? guest: we always have to be concerned. 9/11 showed we were not ready for that attack. when you look at terrorism from a global point of view, we have to focus on how al-qaeda recruits individuals. that's why it's so important that we start working with the hearts and minds of different countries. for instance, in pakistan, afghanistan, trying to stop the training and education of extreme right-wing radical groups that are anti united states and anti israel. we have an example in afghanistan. we are trying now to educate young your children and counter what is going on in a lot of the other areas where these individuals are being trained -- even further, being trained to be suicide bombers. from our point of view, we have to look at the worldwide threat from each country. we have to look at the training and analyze it to protect our country from terrorism. host:. cia director leon panetta once again on th

[laughter] some have called for general clapper to resign. administration, we could get somebody worse to replace him. [laughter] [applause] the fact is in the real world and foreign policy and life more generally sometimes your core values and principles conflict with one another. everything doesn't always work out perfectly, and there's a conflict of values that work in the broader middle east today. let's look at the conflicts and see how our administration has handled them. one conflict, a real one looking down the road, is between a real established democracy in israel, the only real democracy in the middle east. [cheers and applause] and a hypothetical democracy in e just a minute. now, i'm pleased that the egyptian military said they would uphold their obligations which includes the camp david accord, but we have no guarantee down the road that will hold. worrying about israel, a real democracy, is a real, moral, and legitimate obligation by the united states. plp we must -- [applause] we must also recognize democracy is more than just

napolitano and i sit on what is called the counterterrorism resource counsel, which is chaired by george clapper, it includes bob mueller, the director of the fbi, the director of cia. and we have met every two weeks to delve in as senior leaders for hours on end about how we can integrate our missions better. that is night and day from where we were in 2004 and 2005, and frankly, it's night and day from where we were in 2009. so i think there are always some tensions when organizations are trying to do the right thing and think they're trying to do the right thing and someone else disagrees. not all that tension is bad. on the terrorism issue, i think -- i have never seen it better integrated than it is today. and just one other point about integration, you mentioned the health and human services, we are integrated with them and dhs. they are in charge of refugee resettlement. and they play a critical role in helping us work with new immigrant communities to reduce the likelihood of radicalization. again, that sort of partnership between the counterterrorism community and an organization that i

napolitano and i sit on what is called the counterterrorism resource counsel, which is chaired by george clapper, it includes bob mueller, the director of the fbi, the director of cia. and we have met every two weeks to delve in as senior leaders for hours on end about how we can integrate our missions better. that is night and day from where we were in 2004 and 2005, and frankly, it's night and day from where we were in 2009. so i think there are always some tensions when organizations are trying to do the right thing and think they're trying to do the right thing and someone else disagrees. not all that tension is bad. on the terrorism issue, i think -- i have never seen it better integrated than it is today. and just one other point about integration, you mentioned the health and human services, we are integrated with them and dhs. they are in charge of refugee resettlement. and they play a critical role in helping us work with new immigrant communities to reduce the likelihood of radicalization. again, that sort of partnership between the counterterrorism community and an organization that i

today james clapper will testify in congress that al qaeda remains the number one threat to the united states. >>> now to wall street and erin burnett. erin, good morning. >> good morning. the big talk today is that the biggest market in the world, the new york stock exchange, may not be american anymore. the german dutch company is deutsche board is in advance talks to acquire the new york stock exchange. that's a big story getting a lot of talk here. also ben bernanke said yesterday he thinks inflation is not a problem and saying this sobering thing, ann. he thinks it could take up to ten years at current growth rates to get employment down to 5% or 6%. or unemployment. which is obviously a sobering number. nerd alert, ann. i thought you would like this. the report about what caused the financial crisis, the financial crisis inquiry commission, there's a book. it's debuting at number ten on the "new york times" best-seller list. maybe as popular as justin bieber? maybe not. >> maybe not, but definitely as important. thank you so much, erin burnett. >> all right. >>> and finally now,

in in a recent letter to congress, director of national intelligence admiral clapper and attorney general holder said that, quote, it is essenti that these intelligence tools be re-authorizebefore they expire. and they have been used in numerous highly sensitive intelligence collection operations, end quote. last week homeland security secretary janet napolitano warned that, quote, the terrorist threat is at its most heightened state since the 9/11 terrorist attack, end quote. just this week the f.b.i. announced that the probability that the u.s. will be attacked with a weapons of mass destruction at some point is 100%. the head of the f.b.i.'s weapons of mass destruction direct rat saidhat the type of attack that keeps m awake at night is anttack by the so-calledone wolf. with the likelihood of a weapons of mass destruction attack at 100%, we cannot afford to leave our intelligence officials without the pools they need to keep america safe. the war on terror i not over. but the terrorist threat is constantly evolving. we must fully arm our intelligence community with the resources they n

in a letter to congress last month, director of national intelligence admiral clapper and attorney general holder urged us to re-authorize the expiring provisions, noting they are critical tools that, quote, had been used in numerous highly sensitive intelligence collection operations, end quote. this bill re-authorizes the expiring provisions through december 8 of 2011, the last day that the house of representatives is scheduled to be in session. this extension serves two important functions. . sec, it provides congress with the opportunity to engage in a thorough review of these provisions as we pursue and consider a longer re-authorization. i urge my colleagues to support our ability to continue to protect americans against terrorist plots and attacks. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. conyers: i reluctantly rise in nonsupport of this provision to extend expiring provisions of the patriot act because of secti

. >> the report today that the president expressed "disappointment" to dni clapper on intelligence and analysis on egypt. >> i think i answered broadly about the president's view on intelligence that he has gotten. i also think it is largely safe to assume that i am not going to get into conversations that may or may not have happened in the president's daily briefing. just in general, are we supporting these protesters in cairo? how do you characterize -- >> as i did the first day of this, we support the aspirations of those in cairo, alexandria in countries throughout the world to see governments respect their basic rights. the right to assemble, the right to speak freely, the right to associate. in this instance, we have seen the right to freely communicate over the internet through social networking tools cut off. and our government, as it has in this instance and as it will in countries throughout the world, supports those aspirations. >> these very moving images in the square -- have you seen his reaction been how does he react when he sees a person in a wheelchair over there --

testimony to the house intelligence committee last week, the director of national intelligence, james clapper, wrote that "it is impossible to rank in terms of long-term importance the numerous potential threats to united states national security. the united states no longer faces, as in the cold war, one dominant threat. rather, it is the multiplicity and interconnectedness of potential threats and the actors behind them that constitute our biggest challenge." so it is clear, mr. president, that the threat against the united states from terrorism, cyber attacks, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and others is at a very high level. intelligence is our best tool in keeping america secure, and i see this intelligence day after day after day. the intelligence committee hears testimony week after week after week, and i believe all members of the intelligence committee are solidly behind the reid-mcconnell bill. so that's the framework in which these three expiring provisions come before us. without them, our law enforcement and intelligence agencies would lack important tools to p