. >> why is the department of homeland security using roughly a thousand rounds of ammunition more pererson than the u.s. army? >> you have a homeland security department that's stock piling ammunition and kind of not telling us why. we don't trust them. >> the department of homeland security is purchasing 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition. >> the department of homeland security did buy 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition. >> stephen: 1.6 billion rounds? what are they trying to do? film a quintin tarantino movie? nation, follow me down the rabbit hole. if it even is a rabbit and not a ground hog in a costume. the federal government's suspicious ammo hoarding was first noticed by vigilant online conspiracy forums before it was picked up by conservative radio hosts and then eventually made its way out to the farthest fringe elements of our society, congress. jim? >> 360,000. that's how many rounds of hollow-point ammunition the department of homeland security plans to buy. it's already bought more than two billion. congress demanding answers as to why they need all those bullets. can someone

dollars into big and then back again to department of homeland security says the peer to peer currency runs roughshod over new laws that require online transfer systems to identify its users that is made a porno explains the move as a warning shots for the fledgling currency. the u.s. government has made no secret of the fact that it is keeping a close eye on the point but now it appears that the close eye includes a crackdown on the decentralized digital currency the department of homeland security has seized the company known as to wallop which allows customers to transfer their u.s. dollars into points on tuesday washington shut down while his ability to process point payments now the u.s. warns of alleges that iowa based company was operating as an on the license money transmitting business because to wallow wasn't registered with the with the department of treasury is financial crimes enforcement network now some economists believe the timing of this case is no planes that see the popularity and press surrounding the point is skyrocketing and the use of electronic currency is grow

when you joined the department of homeland security a few years ago, were you surprised at the condition of the computer and information sharing apparatus? it just seems staggeringly behind where one would think it would be? >> some of it is the legacy of all of these agencies being put together and the department of homeland security. so the truth is, there is no single master list that someone at the coast guard or cia might be able to figure out. so what you end up having is a lot of bridges between information. some of that seems pretty obvious that you would want that, because too much information makes it noisy. if information is delayed and you're not getting the right information to the customs officials who needs to know this person is coming in and their student visa is not valid, that's important. but once again, student visa violations are not a high priority as compared to murderers and others who you don't want in the country. and as we know, just from at least so far, that when he came in, his involvement with the bombing was really in the coverup. so it's not even clear,

certainly over what the department of homeland security has done. his includes the people that got away we hope to catch those, maybe one out of three, that is a problem because 360 people were detained at the border last year. if you figure they have one of three or one out of four, that gives an idea of the scope of the problem. so i think the only way we will be able to make the homeland security department do a wee one, which is to secure the borders, again, i commend you for what you have done in the bill. i just want to make clear that there is no border security trigger currently in the bill. and what senator grassley's proposal would impose an effective trigger that i think would incentivize everyone to do what we all know needs to be done. which is to provide operational control of the border. >> very good, senator schumer and. >> i appreciate the comments of my colleagues from iowa and texas. our goal is to make the border secure, and we do. as i said, i just want to repeat this because i think it's worth repeating. the effective rate it is

these topics warrantless the specialist searches of electronics on the border now the department of homeland security says that this practice is within the letter of the law but one congressman is trying to change all that r.t. producer rachel curteous went to the hill yesterday to meet congressman eliot engel of new york to talk about the ongoing concerns over privacy issues like this one. so rachel hi there to summarize hi there describe congressman ingles office for me here he seems to be legislating a lot of the issues of cell phones and computers did you see any computers lying around yeah it's a good question he certainly is doing a lot of the bills that he's introduced this session the cell phone theft prevention act and the social networking online protection act both of them certainly involve cell phones technology but the office itself his office was pretty old school in that there were a lot of pictures chairs things like that but i didn't see any computers which is kind of funny ok so he also told you that he may be reintroducing you know this securing our borders and data act what is the

those senators clam the department of homeland security apprehended 24 of those individuals. after realizing the offense but that eight are still missing somewhere. doug has more from washington. what was behind this decision to release these detainees in the first place? >> well, shep, last february, immigrations and custom enforcement, in anticipation of sequestration cuts, released over 2,000 of these dough takenees from custody. they did so without warning, without alerting congressional committeesment finally, after a three-month delay and facing the threat of congressional subpoena the department of homeland security released details about the people who were releasedment one of them had -- in phoenix had a second degree robbery conviction and countless convictions for prostitution and solicitation for lewd con ticket. another convict of extreme cases of dui, harassment, causing criminal damage to property. another had prior convictions for carrying a gun. felony possession of drugs, second degree burglary, vandalism and trespassing. so some of these guys were to say th

that's priority number one. >> having been at the department of homeland security during 2005 to 2009 some of these plots were foiled and other operations took place, what is your suspicion? i don't obviously we don't want to go into irresponsible speculation but when it comes to the likelihood that two individuals were able to do this entirely on their own, it seems like even if the bombs were relatively crude it's more sophisticated a bomb than i could make and seems like a rather sophisticated operation. >> also appears to be planned out. it appears from reporting there were other devices and guns. it wasn't something that was spur of the moment. it required a certain amount of planning. the question in my mind is what happened over there in russia. you would normally expect and we saw during the time i was in office many of these plots involved a component of somebody going overseas, training in a camp or training with somebody and then bringing that back home. that's why if i were looking at this as an investigator i'd put a lot of focus on what happened in the caucuses during th

>> reporter: i just spoke to a department of homeland security source with firsthand knowledge of this investigation and i am told the two students who were arrested a couple of weeks ago who were held in custody a couple weeks ago on visa charges have now been arrested for making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. we know now there's a third suspect arrested in this case. all i'm told at this point is that that third suspect is a u.s. citizen and sources tell us that is not katherine russell, the widow of tamerlan tsarnaev. they are not able to elaborate on who that suspect is other than saying it is a u.s. citizen. we know these two students from ka zach stan were arrested a couple of weeks ago. initially authorities thought dzhokhar tsarnaev was hiding out in their apartment in watertown. authorities did not find dzhokhar there, but arrested the students after finding they didn't have current student visas. and now we know we have found out that today those two students have been arrested for false statements, conspiracy to obstruct justice. we do expect them in th

the department of homeland security is supposed to track and inspect facilities that have more than 2,000s of the chemicals. west fertilize her filed paperwork with the state of texas that said it was capable of storing more than a half million pounds. but homeland security tells us it didn't know the facility existed. that's because federal law leaves it up to businesses to tell homeland security if they have large amounts of ammonium nitrate. west fertilizer did not do that. >> we need a change in the law. >> reporter: california congressman henry waxman is asking the obama administration to find ways to better track dangerous chemicals that businesses such as west fertilizer. >> i think that the whole system has failed when we have not regulated a facility with this level of dangerous chemicals that can cause an explosion and a fire. >> reporter: how many facilities pose the same threat, we don't know. some like west are unknown to the department of homeland security. others haven't been inspected. congress's accounting office known as the gao says it will take 8 to 10 year force homel

away ammunition no the governor no prior if you if the government if the department of had leader of the department of homeland security continues to buy the rate they did prior to the bush administration everything is fine right and part of the bush administration i'm sorry excuse me prior to the obama administration to assert that it calls for a g.a.o. to do analysis of rates of both we've expanded our department of homeland security than it was under post two thousand it certainly was yeah i mean i'm not a fan of that but it is all we know is now the bottom line is here it is now a larger well it was created after two thousand and one but the thing is i'm not necessarily opposed to senators keeping tabs on what's going on in the executive administration and if this is if this is a good idea the senate's going to vote it up it's it had ideas and told us to say how do you see this and we should this is really expensive right now right here have a deficit it's very sound i think checks and balances are really good are here when i was going to their loans i would be. you are it was all over the. themselves exorbitant pr

department of homeland security going after them surveilling them monitoring them and that's what these documents are showing and of course as you just mentioned this goes back decades of suppress same social justice movements but it's just amazing that in the wake of nine eleven they use terrorism as the justification to create all these fusion centers i mean do you think that this is what other fusion centers are doing across the country to just kind of data mining and cataloguing information on activism but we have evidence that fusion centers all across the united states were monitoring cataloguing collecting information on the occupy movement in september from september of two thousand and eleven well into two thousand and twelve and the boston documents are very noteworthy because it shows the boston regional intelligence center was collecting data reporting on peaceful occupy boston demonstrators where they were demonstrating what they were demonstrating about completely lawful peaceful activities and this is going on in the same period where there is this question as to what wer

billion dollars but this payment method isn't without its critics just last week the department of homeland security actually closed mt gox that is a system people use to exchange bit coins into legal tender like dollars or vice versa the shutdown of mt gox has also created a divide within the bitcoin community itself should the currency actually try to become more legitimate in the eyes of the government by jumping through regulatory hoops or should it steer toward the original mission of anonymity well our financial team prime interest was actually in san jose at the mchenry convention center for the bitcoin two thousand and thirteen conference and prime interest producer bob inglis joins me now with more yes hi there bob thank you so much for joining me so let's start off by talking about this this is mt mt. gox controversy what have your interest like to clarify they're still up and running but what the what the department of homeland security investigator did was they shut down one of their bank accounts and seized it and what mo does is it's an interface in the bitcoin world between the paymen

department of homeland security going after them surveilling them monitoring them and that's what these documents are showing and of course as you just mentioned this goes back decades of suppress same social justice movements but it's just amazing that in the wake of nine eleven they use terrorism as the justification to create all these fusion centers i mean do you think that this is what other fusion centers are doing across the country to just kind of data mining and cataloguing information on activism but we have evidence that fusion centers all across the united states were monitoring cataloguing collecting information on the occupy movement in september from september of two thousand and eleven well into two thousand and twelve and the boston documents are very noteworthy because it shows the boston regional intelligence center was collecting data and reporting on peaceful occupy boston demonstrators where they were demonstrating what they were demonstrating about completely lawful peaceful activities and this is going on in the same period where there is this question as to what

i need to personally thank fema department of homeland security detective office of health and human services and those who supported us throughout the week long event. the reverse 91 # 1 systems, smart phone apps issue and for the first time we pushed an emergency notification through the new wireless alert service. they supported the first responders and heeded requests and directions from governor patrick and mayor and public safety leaders including the unprecedented requests on april 19 that residents of boston, watertown, and four other cities to remain indoors. the community, as you heard responded to the tragic events with comparison strength and the survivors of the bomb tionz, families of the victims, first responders, and the impacted community. all of our impacted communities have shown us what it means to be resilient. we engage not because we have a basis to believe that the system did not work but because no matter how well it workedded, an event of this tragedy requires we gather and ablize all of the facts and determine what worked, what might not have worked, and if

to do analysis of rates of both we've expanded our department of homeland security here than it was under post two thousand it certainly was i mean i'm not a fan of that but it is important is now there are always here it is has a larger quality. created after two thousand and one but the thing is i'm not necessarily opposed to senators keeping tabs on what's going on in the executive administration and if this is if this is a good idea the senate's going to vote it up it's it had ideas in the senate a station usually expensive right now we're right here as deficit it's very sad i think checks and balances are really good i was here when i was out of their loans i would be laughing so hard it was all over. themselves exorbitant prices on ammo which as a recreational shooter i'm sure you can can appreciate tell you why i don't appreciate the two the two box limit right but any last month bernie sanders and told his fellow senators that they should focus less on budget cuts and more on rebuilding the middle class. here's a clip of those. who cannot talk about how you proceed with deficit re

cost more money to provide border security, but right now the gao has said that only about 45% of our border is operationally secure. that caused the department of homeland security to do away with that as a metric to judge their success. they have yet to come up with a substitute which is the so-calle border security index. so i would defy anyone to be able to show, based on results as opposed to hopes, aspirations and dreams, that the border is secure. that's what i believe the american people expect and deserve. in fact, if this bill were to pass without adequate measures for eliminating the source of so much of the illegal immigration, i think this bill is designed to fail. i know no one here wants this bill to be designed to fail. yes, sir? >> senator grassley, question to -- >> to this point exactly. the gentleman brings up great points. >> we'll go back to the point of the amendment itself, but go ahead. >> i think maybe there is a misunderstanding what constitutes an actual trigger, submittal of the plan or substantial completion. with this legislation, what we are saying before, rpi status can start for anyone there has to be a plan submitted. k

in the course of information coming to you, did the homeland's security department provide you with information about the visa or any of the individuals that were arrested earlier? there was concern about them dealing with the senior brother and the others? >> we had a homeland security analyst. >> you feel confident you could have acted on that information or have a structure in your operation that would have looked a that?>> yes, we had structure. >> is there any mass labeling of the muslim community in boston? >> that is always a concern of ours. we are concerned about it. >> what about the number of muslims that, in essence, pay their taxes, and call this country of country that they love? how do we work with this community? >> the most important thing we can do is build a bridge instead of a wall. we want to engage in community and what that feels comfortable and confident sharing information as we have seen time and time again. a number of thwarted plots have come because we had engaged community. >> i think that you made a very good point. this tragedy, for those of us that started on th

combines these topics warrantless suspiciously searches of electronics at the border and the department of homeland security says that this practice is within the letter of the law but one congressman is trying to change that r.t. producers rachel curteous went to the hill yesterday to meet with congressman eliot engel of new york to talk about the ongoing concern of privacy issues like this one and i spoke to her earlier first asking her if she saw any laptops or cell phones laying around the congressman's office due to the legislation that he's trying to pass. that's a funny question i'm glad you brought that up so you're right that congressman engel has been working as a couple of bills he's already introduced this session the cell phone theft prevention act when the truth essentially blacklist all stolen cell phones so they could no longer receive service in the hopes of just incentivizing those thefts as well as a social networking online protection act also known as snow which would make it illegal for employers or schools to ask for students or potential employees social networking passwords so yes h

crackdown on the decentralized digital currency the department of homeland security sees the company known as to wallop which allows customers to transfer their u.s. dollars into the points on tuesday washington shut down while his ability to process point payments now the u.s. ledges that my office company was operating as an on a license money transmitting business because to wallow wasn't registered with with the department of treasury is financial crimes enforcement network now some economists believe the timing of this case is no points and see the popularity and press surrounding that point is skyrocketing and the use of electronic currency is growing more appealing to investors and customers around the world this of course threatens the long trip that governments and things have had on currency regulation and interest rate manipulation. ours last restaurant behind me known as ever began accepting the point last month so far the midtown business has for orderly process more than twenty thousand dollars worth of transactions in the morning now while wall street remains less an e

congressman ron paul and the idea was that on the borders do you tests at that point and the department of homeland security was searching people's electronics when they were on the border you they're coming in or out. out of the united states they were saying we need to be able to see what's on your cell phone we need to be able to see what's on your laptop so even if you say had a password protecting yourself you would have to then type in that password so they could take a look and so congressman engel and then congressman paul one had to pass this bill d.h.s.s. in response said listen we're going to get our civil liberties our civil rights arm of our organization we're going to look into this will have an answer for you within one hundred twenty days three years later this is what they said they said quote i c.e. which stands for immigration and customs enforcement and the c b p which stands for custom and border patrol exercise longstanding constitutional and statutory statutory authority permitting suspicion list and warrantless searches of merchandise at the border and its functional equivalent so i

and a new move today by the department of homeland security stemming from the boston bombings. it has to do with the student visa system. pete williams is here with details. i heard you indicate earlier, we've seen the homeland security department look at the visa system after 9/11 and now they are again. >> right. this is a very small part of it. this is students who have already been granted student visas to come to the united states. they've already been deemed acceptable to come to the u.s. and study here. as long as they remain students enroe and actively studying, their visas remain valid. if they miss classes for a while, they have a 30-day period to reenroll during which the visa remains active. if they go beyond those 30 days, it can be inactive. there is an exception to this rule. if a student goes overseas, goes home and then comes back again, that 30-day period doesn't count. that's what happened here with one of dzhokhar tsarnaev's friend from kazakhstan. when he returned, he was not enrolled so his visa was technically not valid when he returned but then he reenro

of committees having oversight on homeland security. this was congress protecting the own turf. what is the significance of that? it takes time from the department of homeland security they ought to be spending back at the office protecting our homeland security. it also makes the work of congress less effective in combating the threats to our security. so i hope that one of the things that may come out -- this is probably a quick thing, i hope -- come out of the tragedy in boston is that the congress, again, take a look at itself not just the administrative branch of our government and figure out how we can better organize to deal with homeland defense. >> thank you, senator. a question for commissioner davis, you said a mcmechanism is replaced to fbi to notify you when there is a threat. do you think we should consider lowering the threshold. when they were told by the rush russians to look to the older brother. twont make sense to speak to the police department see whether or not they know anything or ask the police to keep an eye on them? >> that certainly is an area that serves close scrutiny, congressman. i believe that our relationship ha

what that means impracticality, though, is that the department of homeland security has a backlog of ople. -- there are employment-based green cards, numbers of categories. but the department of homeland security will clear the background -- we're that backlog very quickly. the problem is that there is a hard cap on the permanent visas and green cards that we have. once we hit that cap, the people waiting in line have to wait until the next year. that is a big consideration for members of congress, and they really want to make sure that they are fair to people trying to get here legally. just answering the second point, which involves how we think about immigration generally, that is underlying a lot of the debate we are seeing right now with conservatives who are concerned about the cost of bringing in immigrants to this country. the conservative heritage foundation has put out a study that is being disputed by a number of people, but they say the amount of social benefits that would be taken from immigrants amounts to the trillions of dollars. but then you look at other economists w

we were supposed to have a three-person final adjudication by the department of homeland security. s been delayed in my opinion and in the opinion of other agents in this situation. they are trying to starve us out. they're trying to put us in a sort of limbo in hopes that we'll quit and go away. >> reporter: when the scandal first broke, the agency was under fire so the secret service launched an internal investigation, but congress demanded an independent probe and the department of homeland security's inspector general prompted he'd deliver one. >> i owe it to the secretary and to congress for me to do an independent review and be transparent with the wreck men takes coming to you on what else can be done. >> reporter: because the request was from the congress. they could have interviewed the prostitutes, hotel employees and police. all the general could do is interview the accused agents like stokes. >> did you have any trouble answering their questions? >> absolutely not. >> did you tell the truth? >> absolutely. >> did they do a thorough job? >> absolutely. >> reporter: that i

>> raj, the president said he supports the fbi and the department of homeland security. ave come under scrutiny for their handling of early intelligence on the two suspects. russia first alerted the fbi about tamerlan tsarnaev. the president has ordered a top level investigation but defended u.s. law enforcement. >> based on what i've seen so far, the fbi performed its duties, department of homeland security did what it was supposed to be doing. but this is hard stuff. >> the president also added attacks carried out by self-radicalized individuals may be the most difficult to prevent. the tsarnaev brothers are suspected of making the bomb using instructions from an al qaeda website. and guantanamo bay where suspects have been on a hunger streak, mr. obama says his stance hasn't changed, he wants it closed down. the facility is expensive, inefficient, and not necessary. president obama says to hold a group of suspects for so long without a trial is contrary to what america stands for. >> on syria, the president continues to warn of more u.s. action but only when he has mor

this would require the secretary of the department of homeland security to notify and consult with victims that when they seek to reenter the united states with legal status -- my second degree amendment makes perfect nations and clarifies the department of homeland security should work with the prosecuting agency to notify victims and provides protection to victims, ensuring that they do not suffer adverse immigration enforcement actions as a result come forward. it is similar and we provide the victims of human trafficking as they cooperate with law enforcement authorities. some groups have characterized this amendment is a poison pill. it is baffling to me. but i'm comforted by the knowledge that the center for victims of crime support this amendment and i would ask this letter of support be made part of the record. >> the senator is modifying this amendment. is that correct? >> we have offered a second degree amendment. >> i'm told that it is acceptable for some members. >> just so we know where we are. without objection, the senators amendment is modified by his second degree minute b

the department of homeland security confirms customs officials set free thousands of detainees earlier this year because of looming budget cuts. and in a letter to two senators, d.h.s., department of homeland security now acknowledges many of them had criminal histories. some had multiple felonies. doug mckel bay with the rest of this from d.c. which customs first released these detainees? the white house said that the group didn't include anybody dangerous. >> yeah, it sure did, shep. it is another case and increasingly long list of misstatements that jay carney has made in recent months. as we now know 622 of those detainees had criminal records. 32 had multiple felony convictions. yet, jay carney said this on february 2 it 7th right after the detainees were released. >> made clear yesterday, the agency released these low risk, noncriminal detainees under a less expensive form of monitoring to ensure detention levels stayed in ice's overall budget. >> two examples of criminal histories. one had been convicted in an extreme case of dui. harassment and causing criminal damage to proper

why didn't the department of homeland security make an effort to remove the students before they were arrested for the cover-up? how many of the other acquaintances are there? are there more people involved? there are a lot of unanswered questions and cosponsors that agree and we need to incorporate changes. the senior senator from arizona and author of the bills had that as part of overall immigration reform, we should look at the process of who is allowed in this country under what circumstances and what is the situation in background, particularly from countries have a history, such as others where there has been significant influence of extremism. during one hearing that we had two weeks ago, the senator said that if there are things that come up as a result of what happened, let's add them to the bill. i would be interesting in knowing what my colleagues have known. i would like to know why border patrol and customs did not have access to this. i have inquired with the fbi about intelligence failures. i do not have responses to those questions are we must understand and address t

i would note current statute requires the department of homeland security to measure operational control, and yet secretary napolitano became before this committee and told us that not withstanding the law noat congress had passed, dhs longer measure of operational control. intends to comply with it. this requires that they in fact secure the border it the final piece is getting real teeth to all of these elements, because we have seen this problem over and over again, whether it is with respect operational control or the u.s. is a system of the administration is ignoring requirements and statute. it puts teeth to these requirements. in particular, if dhs fails to supply with the trigger requirements within three years, the salary,dhs political appointees would be cut, and additionally, 20% of dhs' budget with respect to these border patrol provisions would be put in eight block grant to the states to carry out these functions. it puts a real incentive for dhs to follow the terms of the amendment. if this amendment were adopted, it would go a long, long way to solving the problem of ille

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the justis system will be different, connected to any federal database like the fbi or department of homeland security. >> i am the justis project manager. justis is designed to replace the aging cable mainframe system. each department is in the process or has completed the implementation of the wrong department specific case management system. though specific case management systems connect to justis is a way to exchange data between departments. since justis is at that how point, it gives us the ability to all information and roll it up to public data as well as criminal justice data. what was your other question? >> i am wondering if justis is any different. >> i know their systems in the city and county of seven san francisco to collect to colect, for background checks, as far as justis replacing the cable system, justis will assist individual departments in creating the roll up reports. we have not received whether to the technical steering committee or the justis council, and requirements to connect federally. >> i asked because of my background. i was curious because one thing that was helpful

>> i want to know -- he was on the radar screen of the cia, the fbi, the department of homeland securityd the fact is he got off the radar screen, and he went over seas to one of the most dangerous parts parts of te world we know is tied to al qaeda. you talked about the relationship between him and a potential terrorist. so we want to ask the hard questions, to get to the bottom of this. i as the chairman have the responsibility to the american people and the victims and their families to get to the truth in this matter, and that's what we intend to do on this committee. >> neil: congressman, one thing that stands out to me, but the delay in getting information across. the delay in finding out that a visa has been revoked before it enmakes its way to airport authorities taking in passengers, returning here. the delay in documentation that is accepted from one agency to another. the delay in warnings from the fbi on tamerlan, more to the point, and whether they ever reached local authorities. that is a consistent theme here. what's going on? >> again, i want to find out what happened, wh

assistant inspector general for audits of the office of the inspector general within the department of homeland security. he joined the office of inspector general in 2007 and was previously assistant inspector general for audits at the u.s. department of interior from 2005-2007. from 84-99 she worked with the u.s. army audit agency. i think all of our witnesses for being here, and i now turn to assistant secretary for his opening statement. please proceed. the entire statement will be made part of the record and we look forward to respond in asking questions. thank you. >> thank you, chairman, ranking member coburn, members of the committee. it is my distinct pleasure to be here today this morning along with my colleagues from ice and cp and the inspector general's office. it is also almost four years exactly to the basis this committee gave me the honor and puffins -- privilege to serve our nation. take you for your continued support. would like to begin by commending the work of the bipartisan group of senators who put for the current bill the we are discussing today. we all recognize that our immigr