and that's the size of the dni. i don't want to put you in a position of saying the dni is too big or not big enough, but certainly, one of the problems that we've had in the intelligence community is sometimes wading through the bureaucracy. i would just urge you that in your position as the general's right hand person. you look at the size and the scope of the work being done by the dni. if we can, from the policy side help make decisions and work with you with regard to either trimming down or making it more efficient, i just urge you to think outside the box and let us help you do that. lastly, since the wiki leaks disclosure began. the tug between the need to know and the need to share has come under increased scrutiny. what are the key factors you believe should be considered in resolving this tension between need to know and need to share. >> to your first question on the size of the dni. i agree with you it would be difficult for me to make a substantive assessment looking at the dni's office from the outsid

the size of the dni and staff most certainly shrink but the real issue is what we are asking the dni to do. mission should drive the size of the staff, not an arbitrary number. director clapper communism great ideas about how to better organize odni. you shared them with me and i did other members of this committee and we want you to succeed. the fbi is a unique and vital institution straddling the foreign and domestic threats to our security. as former fbi agent i'm especially interested in the efforts of the fbi to build an intelligence service within a law enforcement agency and better adapted year old culture and practices through a rapidly evolving threat of terrorism. the fbi has made progress since 9/11 and has become much more intelligence driven. but as the fort hood tragedy illustrates we must accelerate the pace of the progress and are looking forward to providing you the assistance to do just that. al qaeda has increased the use of westerners and americans to entry our defenses. of assault with a fort hood tragedy, the threat is further complicated by acts of violence by

. -- the dni to do. identified elements that should transfer out to another agency that would carry out the services on behalf of the dni. based on this efficiencies review, the office of dni is being reduced in size and budget and i look forward us several times to present our plans in detail to the committee. i think the value-added is the integration intelligence efforts and activities, the harmonization, collection, and analysis to ensure the community is providing the best possible analysis on the difficult issues that the nation faces. i thank you in the distinguish members of the it committee for your support. my colleagues and i look forward to your questions in our discussion. >> i will begin the questions. i want to ask you a couple of questions about the muslim brotherhood. how committed is it to the egyptian-israeli peace agreement? >> that is a hard question to answer, madam chairman, because of the factors i outlined about eity.heterogenous yet that will be one voice in the emerging politic

dictor of the national intelligence, dni. what was the attitude of the bush administration about democracy and the possibility that we see now? >> well, in a small vignette, i can tell you that when i had my job interview, if you will, with president bush before i went to iraq, i went and saw him in the oval office for about 20 minutes and he had basically one question for me. he said, do you think democracy is possible in iraq? and i said, yes, i thought it was. then we had a good discussion about that. but he certainly valued the establishment and the promotion of democracy in the region. and iraq, you know, there's a whole history there, but certainly iraq from a democracy point of view, from a political point of view is certainly better off than it was prior to the overthrowing of saddam hussein. i think he was supportive of the democracy agenda, but i think he got a little discouraged by the outcome of the elections in the palestinian territory and the victory of hamas in 2005. and i think that as the end of his administ

. >> while, i think the dni director is also followed up on that, but i would point out the presidentains committed to closing the guantÁnamo bay because it is a national security advisory to do so. >> the cia director is using -- i mean were -- is there no plan b? >> i'm not going to speculate on what would happen if we were to capture osama bin laden. i'm going to say that this government is very focused on bringing to justice perpetrators and the attacks on 9/11, but beyond that i wouldn't speculate about what happened. the president remains committed to closing guantÁnamo. >> tomorrow the president is made in a tie of it fundraiser, no public events in san francisco, and overnighting mayor. is there no politics at all? >> i think the president wants to discuss -- >> is dirty politics being discussed with the folks at all? >> i think the focus of the discussion is innovation and job creation and representatives of businesses who know a lot about private-sector job growth. >> with the full list of attendees be released? >> by the way, tanks for retiring the pastel ties. no offense t

madre de 4 hijos fue la titular del centro titular de dni muchos argentinos no se vieron sorprendidos la gobernaciÓn y en el 2003 lo acompaÑÓ a la casa rosada donde dijo todos sabÍan que ella era su amante. la editorial que publica la revista estÁ enfrentada con el gobierno y muchos no lo creen. >> no me caen bien las cosas que se hablan despuÉs de que una persona se muriÓ. >> tratamos de entrevistar a miriam quiroga, a la revista y por supuesto, conocer la opiniÓn del gobierno pero recibimos como respuesta solo silencio. >> muchas gracias. pasamos a mÉxico, ahÍ, bueno, ciudad juÁrez se tomÓ un respiro de la ola de violencia para dar cavida al amor. durante la celebraciÓn del dÍa de san valentÍn. unas 1500 parejas abarrotaron el lunes un gimnasio para dar el sÍ en una boda masiva organizada por el gobierno local de chihuahua. desde adolescentes hasta de mÁs de 70 aÑos de edad. >> mÁs adelante continuamos con mÁs noticias. bueno, estÉn atentos. pero ahora vamos con mÁs. >> adelante. >> aquÍ estÁbamos chiqui y yo comentando que anoche en don francisco presenta estuvieron los actores pro

think we are doing a lot to change the paradigm about what has been a strange relationship between dni and cia. the cia is a national treasure. i am proud to be associated with the agency in this capacity. before i get into remarks, i want to say on behalf of all of us, we appreciate your support we need your oversights and engagement and your part -- and your partnership. in past capacities, i have been associated with a few oversight committees. what i see happening here is a reversion to the original. spirit of what was intended these committees to be. i want to endorse something about the in portions of the patriot act extension. it expires at the end of this month. this is critically important to all of us. we know this is a matter of discussion and debate in both houses. we would favor a three-year extension to coincide with extensions -- it is not possible to cover this full scope of worldwide frets. i want to take this opportunity to highlight four broad areas of significant concerns for u.s. national security. we have submitted a longer statement for the record that reflects t

think we are doing a lot to change the paradigm about what has been a strange relationship between dni and cia. the cia is a national treasure. i am proud to be associated with the agency in this capacity. before i get into remarks, i want to say on behalf of all of us, we appreciate your support we need your oversights and engagement and your part -- and your partnership. in past capacities, i have been associated with a few oversight committees. what i see happening here is a reversion to the original. spirit of what was intended these committees to be. i want to endorse something about the in portions of the patriot act extension. it expires at the end of this month. this is critically important to all of us. we know this is a matter of discussion and debate in both houses. we would favor a three-year extension to coincide with extensions -- it is not possible to cover this full scope of worldwide frets. i want to take this opportunity to highlight four broad areas of significant concerns for u.s. national security. we have submitted a longer statement for the record that reflects t

think we are doing a lot to change the paradigm about what has been a strange relationship between dni and cia. the cia is a national treasure. i am proud to be associated with the agency in this capacity. before i get into remarks, i want to say on behalf of all of us, we appreciate your support we need your oversights and engagement and your part -- and your partnership. in past capacities, i have been associated with a few oversight committees. what i see happening here is a reversion to the original. spirit of what was intended these committees to be. i want to endorse something about the in portions of the patriot act extension. it expires at the end of this month. this is critically important to all of us. we know this is a matter of discussion and debate in both houses. we would favor a three-year extension to coincide with extensions -- it not possible to cover this full scope of worldwide frets. i want to take this opportunity to highlight four broad areas of significant concerns for u.s. national security. we have submitted a longer stement for the record that reflects the co

. >> 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 --