. >> rose: dennis blair, the world of intelligence, when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: dennis blair is here. he is a retired four-star admiral way 34-year career in the united states navy. he served as the third director of national intelligence from january 2009 until last may. the position, which oversees the nation's 16 intelligence agencies, was created after the attacks of september 11 to build interagency cooperation. but many say it has added layers of baurs, and more intelligence reform is needed. admiral blair has thought a great deal about all of this. i am pleased to have him on this program for the first time. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. it's good to be here. >> rose: i want to start with the obvious. help us understand, after 9/11, how the d.n.i. was created and the office of the director of national intelligence, and what was its purpose and why was it better in intent? >> coming out of the 9/11-- 9/11 tragedy, the 9/11 commission found that th

from thirteen countries there a mr double the wild tiger population by twenty twenty two others dennis blair reports next russia was leading by example. the used to be one of the most dangerous species on earth that is until humans nearly destroyed their population currently there are just over three thousand tigers slept in the wild saving them is a tough task to support a park in southern russia is home to eleven tigers and contrary to popular belief they breed very well here since this place is not really is it started out as an animal shelter. tigers first appeared here just a few years ago they were taken away by a court order from st photographers who often mistreat at the animals or would you know after we nursed them they gave birth to the first litter the two male cubs and one year later cassandra and cleopatra were born you can see them here they feel very well now. here in the given park the animals are provided with medical treatment fresh food and lots of living space the place is also home to a tiger celebrity marcia was given to put in as a birthday present in two thousand and

then-director of national intelligence, dennis blair, in the senate select committee on intelligence hearing, testified, "al-shabaab and most africa- based al qaeda members will remain focused on regional initiatives in the near term. nevertheless, the leaders may elect to be direct to the homeland some of westerners, including north americans now training in fighting in somalia ." on august 5, more than a dozen somali americans, permanent residents, were arrested. attorney general eric holder announced that 14 people are being charged with providing financial support to al-shabaab. i trust that africom will continue to deliver its unique band of interagency security cooperation and building capacity. however, it is imperative that africom acquired the necessary capabilities to identify and deter and counter all relevant threats to our nation's security. i look forward to our witnesses testimony. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much. senator manchin, welcome. there is a series of standard questions that we ask all of our nominees that i will now ask, and you will each just

al-shabaab has focused primarily on its neighbors, the then director of national intelligence dennis blairat a senate select committee on an intelligence hearing testified, and i quote, we judge most al-shabaab and east africa-based al-qaeda members will remain focused on regional areas in the near term, but al-shabaab may elect to redirect to the homeland some of the westerners including north americans now training and fighting in somali. -- somalia. on august 5th more than azin somali americans, permanent residents, were arrested. attorney general eric holder announced that 14 people are being charged with providing financial support to al-shabaab. i trust that africom will continue to deliver its unique brand of interagency theater security cooperation and building partner in this capacity. however, it's imperative that africom also evolve and acquire the necessary capabilities to identify, deter and counter all relevant threats to our nation's security. i look forward to our witnesses' testimony. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much. excuse me, senator, mccain. senator manc

tony baer who retired from a house in 2001, famously said, and not with dennis's, tony blair said anypurpose of the oldest to give encouragement to the young. so there we are. to oppose the motion i call mr. adam osmond. [applause] >> thank you very much for this opportunity for everybody here to get a new facebook profile picture. [laughter] allen sugar, rhard bronson, delius smith, three people who built themselves up from nothing, three people who worked hard for wha they wanted, three people who got where they wanted to be. but what do all of these people have in common? they all left school at 16. i am not for one minutes ago suggesting that everyone should go out and get a job when they are 16 because we all know that the jobs are simply not out there. the point is, everyone should have a conscious choice to continue with education or get a job at 16. nobody should be forced into education against their will. that is a presumption frankly originating from the dark ages. it will cost 60 million pounds to keep everybody in education until they are 18 and in a time of cuts, that is

tony baer who retired from a house in 2001, famously said, and not with dennis's, tony blair said anypurpose of the oldest to give encouragement to the young. so there we are. to oppose the motion i call mr. adam osmond. [applause] >> thank you very much for this opportunity for everybody here to get a new facebook profile picture. [laughter] allen sugar, richard bronson, delius smith, three people who built themselves up from nothing, three people who worked hard for what they wanted, three people who got where they wanted to be. but what do all of these people have in common? they all left school at 16. i am not for one minutes ago suggesting that everyone should go out and get a job when they are 16 because we all know that the jobs are simply not out there. the point is, everyone should have a conscious choice to continue with education or get a job at 16. nobody should be forced into education against their will. that is a presumption frankly originating from the dark ages. it will cost 60 million pounds to keep everybody in education until they are 18 and in a time of cuts, that

tony baer who retired from a house in 2001, famously said, and not with dennis's, tony blair said anypurpose of the oldest to give encouragement to the young. so there we are. to oppose the motion i call mr. adam osmond. [applause] >> thank you very much for this opportunity for everybody here to get a new facebook profile picture. [laughter] allen sugar, richard bronson, delius smith, three people who built themselves u from nothing, three people who worked hard for what they wanted, three people who got where they wanted to be. but what do all of these people have in common? they all left school at 16. i am not for one minutes ago suggesting that everyone should go out and get a job when they are 16 because we all know that the jobs are simply not out there. the point is, everyone should have a conscious choice to continue with education or get a job at 16. nobody should be forced into education against their will. that is a presumption frankly originating from the dark ages. it will cost 60 million pounds to keep everybody in education until they are 18 and in a time of cuts, that

tony baer who retired from a house in 2001, famously said, and not with dennis's, tony blair said anypurpose of the oldest to give encouragement to the young. so there we are. to oppose the motion i call mr. adam osmond. [applause] >> thank you very much for this opportunity for everybody here to get a new facebook profile picture. [laughter] allen sugar, richard bronson, delius smith, three people who built themselves up from nothing, three people who worked hard for what they wanted, three people who got where they wanted to be. but what do all of these people have in common? they all left school at 16. i am not for one minutes ago suggesting that everyone should go out and get a job when they are 16 because we all know that the jobs are simply not out there. the point is, everyone should have a conscious choice to continue with education or get a job at 16. nobody should be forced into education against their will. that is a presumption frankly originating from the dark ages. it will cost 60 million pounds to keep everybody in education until they are 18 and in a time of cuts, that