if an individual is arrested tomorrow, the system pushes it back to dod rather than waiting for dod to make the query. you were not here nine years ago when we heard it was in place by 2005, but you're here now, and so, you know, one question i could ask you is why is it taking song, and you might say, i don't know, i was not in charge, but you're in charge now, and you're saying that you're going to have this fully operational in three years; is that correct? >> for the automated cons yows evaluation system as it currently stands, it is -- it's operational system, it's still in a research and development mode, but it is an operational system. you know, limits right now -- >> i mean when i say "operational," i mean it would cover more than a small percentage of the people who are in between clearances. i mean, you're talking about taking it from 3600 up to 100,000 and how many security clearances do you have at dod? >> we have about 2.5 million people who are eligible and in access for classified information. >> when are we going to cover those people? >> the system and one of the thin

dod and dni in collaboration with the colleagues here, omb, opm, dod, and other federal partners has been leading security clearance reform now for several years. although the efforts are a work in progress, when mature, they mitigate gaps and enhance the national security posture. under current policies and practices, individuals' continued eligibility for access to classified information relies heavily on a periodic reinvestigation. essentially, a background investigation and adjudication conducted every five years for a top secret clearance and every ten years for a secret clearance. the time interval between periodic reinvestigations leaves the u.s. government uninformed as to behavior that potentially poses a security risk or counterintelligence risk. continuous evaluation known as ce is a tool that will assist in closing this information gap. ce allows for ongoing reviews of an individual with access to classified information or in a sensitive position to ensure that that individual continues to meet the requirements for eligibility. ce, as in end visioned in the reform securit

in underscore the reality that the dod still possesses resources and options.efficiently to more match our resources to our most important national security requirements. we can do things better. we must do things better, and we will. to that end, in the months since the strategic review was completed, leaders across dod and the military services have been working on our longer-term budget strategy, particularly through the department quadrennial defense review. resources being undertaken. this will require significant change across every aspect of our defense enterprise. i have identified six areas of focus, six areas of focus for our budget and strategic efforts going forward. working closely with the service secretaries, the service chiefs, the battle commanders and dod leaders, these six priorities will help determine the shape of our defense institution for years to come. focus we will continue to on institutional reform. coming out of more than one decade of war and budget growth, there is a clear opportunity and need to reform and reshape our entire defe

with a clear appreciation of dod's vital responsibility of protecting this nation. since becoming secretary, my top institutional priority has been to help lead the department of defense in not only responding to these physical and strategic challenges, but shaping our strategic -- to our advantage, and to the extent we can, controlling our own destiny. through my first weeks in office i directed a choices in management review about which over the course of several months identify options for reshaping our force and our institutions in the face of difficult budget scenarios. that review pointed to the stark choices and trade-offs in military capabilities that will be required if sequester-level cuts persist. it also identified opportunities to make changes and reforms. above all, it underscored the reality that dod still possesses resources and options. we will need to more efficiently maximize them, more efficiently match our resources to our most important national security requirements. we can do things better. we must do things better. and we will. to that end,

and more than 50% of dod's obligations. and yet as gao testified in our hearing a couple of weeks ago, if you compare 2008 to 2012, and look at cost estimations, just in those four years, we got 7% worse on developmental cost, 13% worse on total acquisition cost. and the average delay in initial operating capability went from 22 months to 27 months. just looking at the last four years, we've gotten worse in all of these categories. but of course, it's not just the acquisition of weapons and equipment, the pentagon spends more on service contracts than it does on weapons. and there it's even harder to know if the taxpayers are getting good value. what we know if you look at the last five years. contract spending is down 10%. but bid protests are up 45%. there's hardly a contract awarded these days there's not a protest on. so what is the effect of these trends? well, we waste a lot of money and effort. we have more tail and less tooth. more overhead and less fighting capability than we should have for the money we spend. let

e first days after the storm and the dod involvement has been vital to getting those -- to vi getting someta of those obstacl cleared and enailing the initial aid effort to gain momentum. as scot said, we have mobilized now across the u.s. government b more than $37 million in assistance to help typhoon-affected populations. uo and while much still remains to be done, we are beginning to see some notable progress. several days ago usaid partnership with unicef and the government of the philippines go with support from dod got the p water turned back on in the city of tacloban, restoring clean water to roughly 200,000 people in that town. that was a major accomplishment. dod transported more than 1,000 metric tons of relief commodities to communities throughout the affected areas.s and yousaid's food for peace eae program in partnership with thei governmentp and the world food program has provided really the backbone of support to a joint food response that so far has fed 1.9 million people. going forward, we are seeing a range of different needs.pl i'll go through those quickly and tu

we did initial over land and over flight assessments in some inland areas working with dod colleagues. the coastal areas were the worst affected. that was the first priority for focus. as that has headed in the direction of stabilizing, we have began looking further afield in partnership with government of the philippines colleagues to try to reach some inland areas. our initial prioritization reflected what we were begin by the philippine government. we got their input where they advise we focus at first. we followed that guidance fairly closely. we are getting better visibility what is the situation inland. while the loss of life is less because they did not face the storm surge, there is significant damage, two structures and two crops. that is a focus going forward. we are gathering more and more information. >> thank you. the question that is frequently asked is how well is the help being coordinated? the catholic relief services located in my state of maryland, we are proud of the role they played. they have a natural alliance and are well represented in the philippines. they mo

above all, it underscored the reality that dod still possesses resources and options. we will need to more efficiently maximize them, more efficiently match our resources to our most important national security requirements. we can do things better. we must do things better. and we will. to that end, in the months since the strategic review was completed, theaters across dod and the military services have been working on our longer-term budget strategy, particularly to the department's quadrennial defense review. a much-needed realignment of missions and resources is being undertaken across the department. this will require a certificate change across every aspect of our defense enterprise. i have identified six areas of for our budget and should you planning efforts going forward. working closely with the service retaries, these priorities will shape the priorities of our defense institutions from for years to come. first among we will continue to .ocus on institutional reform coming out of more than a decade of war and budget growth, there is a clear opportunity and

are focusing on other customers other than dod. and the harder and more expensive it is to do business with dod the fewer that companies that will do so. third, commercial technology is often in the lead on innovation and obviously we have to take advantage of that. fourth, we have better data than we have ever had before. we have more insight what is happening in the system. that is giving us new opportunities to get down at a deeper level. fifth, other countries are not sitting still. sixth, iraq and afghanistan have proven what acquisition can mean in saving lives. and yet, we had to set up a separate acquisition system for the things we wanted the most to get around the current system because they couldn't get them there fast enough. and i would add a last factor. i think dod is in transition partly because of tighter budgets. partly because of the wind-down in afghanistan. the changes happening around the world. things are in flux and so if you put these things together this is the time not only is it possible i would suggest

dod spent $560 million on one of these airplanes, but only 16 have been delivered. a majority are sitting in storage somewhere. also, there were 20 c-27as that cost the taxpayer $596 million. they are sitting unused in afghanistan and slated to be destroyed. there may be some movement to send those to another agency or entity. the maintenance contract on those airplanes, i understand, was canceled in march of this year, and therefore, they're unuseable. the army spent $297 million for the multiuse intelligence vehicle which is a blimp-like aircraft that could hover over the battlefield and canceled after one test flight and back to the contractor for $301,000. the army and the marine corps are moving ahead, as i understand it to purchase 55,000 trucks known as the joint light tactical vehicle to replace your current fleet of humvees, which probably understandable, but also my understanding that the committed cost of these per vehicle was $250,000. now it's gone to something like $400,000 per vehicle, not unlike what senator mccain alluded to earlier. general welch,

sequester cut this fiscal year and we are looking at nearly $1 billion in dod cuts over the ten-yearriod. unless there is a new budget agreement. we are currently operating under no budget, but under continued resolution which continues to resent present dod with one of its most difficult challenges, uncertainty. dod cannot responsibly and efficiently and effectively plan and strategize and implement national security policies with this cloud of uncertainty continuing to hang over it. it forces us into a very bad set of decisions. congress must act to buy the department time and flexibility to implement spending reductions in a more strategic and we do not have the option to assume that something will change and leaders across the department will continue to give their best clear eyed assessment to america's elected leaders about sequestration military readiness and morale and capabilities. but we also must prepare the force for whatever lies ahead. with a clear appreciation of the vital responsibility of protecting this nation. i taught institutional priority has been to help lead t

prostate cancer research money went to the dod. several years later he announced on the floor in the senate that he made a mistake. he should never have done that. that ought to be spent on research. it ought to be spent at nih and not at the department of defense. as we go forward with the defense authorization bill in the next couple of weeks, i look forward to seeing that list the general dempsey gives to us with respect to items that come out of each of your budgets that hopefully we can have get a standard to stand up and say irrespective of interests, we have to look at our men and women and they need this money to be spent in other areas rather than in areas where the military themselves say we do not need to spend it. thank you very much. >> senator shaheen. >> thank you mr. chairman and senator imhoff for holding this hearing. i would hope, as the sentiment is expressed by some of our colleagues, that our congress would do with sequestration and away the means you do not have to be here year after year after year talking a

if congress would just pass the president's budget or pass the dod portion of the president's budget or pass something within the general time zone of the dod portion of the president's budget, would our readiness issues be much easier to deal with than they are under the sequester? >> yes, sir, they would. i mean, the budget we submitted and testified to, i for one, found was acceptable. >> so there isn't a need for a president to come and bring a special request for, you know, we're having readiness problems, here's my proposal for how we deal with readiness problems. all we have to do is pass a budget and get in the general, you know, time zone or area of what the president is proposing vis-a-vis the dod. while it wouldn't eliminate all the challenges we have, we wouldn't be here looking at charts like this, would we? general amos, i want to ask you a question. i looked through your written testimony quickly. you said something pretty blunt in your opening comment. i think i heard you use the word ashamed. i think it was in connection with you're sort of ashamed about the way we'r

right now with this question, but get back to us in writing with what you are doing, and talking about dod here, and then, finally, i hope that you can help us on this, you know, establish the metrics, come up with a timeline that makes sense, looking for additional resources or something, let us know, but if it's going to take another ten years because we're doing more pilots and more research and so on, that is unacceptable. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator. senator coburn, and i'll wrap it up. >> can you explain to me the difference in the field work contract and the supply services contract you have with the aces, one, and number two, are contractors completing background investigations; then other contractors evaluate the completeness of the investigations? are these from the same company? >> i can answer the second part, but opm is better suited to answer the first part because they have that contract, and, yes, contractors perform background investigations, and, yes, contractors perform quality reviews on these investigations, but only government employees make a deter

johnson and his time at dod, take my word for it. jeh has successfully managed an array of major initiatives across the biggest bureaucracy in the government and, in so doing, won the esteem of virtually everyone with whom he worked. that's bobby gates' words. former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen has also expressed his deep confidence in the nominee, stating, jeh johnson is as fine a person and professional as i have ever met. i am confident in his choice and that he will succeed in leading this most complex organization at a critical time in our country. in a similar letter, former u.s. attorney general michael mukasey added, johnson will bring to dhs not only experience but also a frame of mind that should be a source of assurance to anyone concerned with the security of this country. he understands both the issues and the stakes, and will make an excellent secretary. mr. johnson has also received encouraging words of praise from fran townsend, the former homeland security advisor to president bush, as w

the dod has not requested that tracking. what possible purpose could there be for that.tant discrimination. it is shameful and should be stopped. >> retired lieutenant colonel chris rowzee, thank you so much for your time and efforts. >> thank you for having me on. >> coming up, part memoir, critique, fiction, it blurs the lines between race, gender and culture. we will discuss the latest work when he joins us just ahead. [ male announcer ] at humana, understanding what makes you different is what makes us different. we take the time to get to know you and your unique health needs. then we help create a personalized healthcare experience that works for you. and you. and you. with 50 years of know-how, and a dedicated network of doctors, health coaches, and wellness experts, we're a partner you can rely on -- today, and tomorrow. we're going beyond insurance to become your partner in health. humana. she loves a lot ofartner it's what you love about her. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be read

dod is committed to working closely with the state department to enhance u.s. government security assistance to build the capacity of north african security forces. thatpproach recognizes developing strong and responsive defense institutions can support regional stability, halloween partner militaries to operate under civilian authority while respecting the rule of law and international human rights. each of the countries under discussion today faces a differing array of political, economic and governance challenges as a result of the political upheavals that you have cited. north african countries will continue to face security challenges. in addressing the challenges will take time, particularly in the case of libya. our goals are to focus on long- term institution building and regional cooperation. to be supportive of host nation requests and to maintain a limited and affective u.s. military foot and in the region. in morocco, algeria and tunisia, dod maintains close military to military ties with our respective senior military and civilian counterparts. our

a dods was the subject of i.t. report and the navy has look into these pacific circumstances. 50believe there were about people identified who were convicted felons who were given access without the proper checks. and the navy has taken corrective action, removing individuals who do not want access from the installation. in other instances, given the eighth that some of the felony convictions were quite old. and made a decision to allow them to continue to have access to your but the fundamental issue is there was a failure to conduct the required checks for installation access and the navy has taken corrective action on that. >> so no more temporary passes? >> the passes would have to be based on the required checks. the national criminal investigative check as well as the terrorism database checked. that would bring up a felony conviction. -- iswhat you are doing there a different status for a certain kind of past than for america -- for a permit past? are you saying there doing something before a temporary pass

so, pick an agency -- department of justice, cia, dod, you are going to provide oversight to see they use the rules? >> yes, sir, that would be our responsibility. so, how many sensitive positions do we have? i've got to be quiet here. i'll come back. senator portman? >> thank you, chairman. think about that question. first, thanks for holding the hearing. this, as you know, our second hearing we have held. there also has been a hearing at the full committee level on this same issue. i think we have all acknowledge there is a need for significant reform with regard to the security clearance process. and this is not our last hearing, so we will continue to work on this. we appreciate you being here today and giving input. sorry i'm a little late. this is kind of a crazy time i know with the budget conference going on. but i am pleased we made a little progress, even in the last couple of months. we have legislation that senator tester and i introduced that passed, call score act, and he gives important oversight abilities on this, too. the inspector general and opm -- i think you are f

the dod has commented on them.we will look more closely at actions as they continue. >> in an hour, we will have a discussion about women in politics. 8 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> this is the rose garden at the nixon library. it was a special place for both of the nixons. mrs. nixon loved gardening and had a special affinity for roses. he was instrumental in opening up the doors. this is the pat nixon rose. it was developed by french designer. it is the only rose this is the final resting place of book the president and mrs. nixon, steps away from the humble farmhouse. there is a great story behind nixon'saph on mrs. memorial site, which she chills herself. she wanted to meet the people affected by the devastated earthquake. one of the reporters said to her, what good will any of the still the people who you are speaking to cannot understand what you are saying e she replied, even when people cannot speak your language, they can tell if you have love in your heart. >> watch our program on first lady pack nixon

one was 10-15 years ago you did the attack on the pentagon shoppers. 25% cut in dod acquisitions. that turns a lot of the over to theprocess contractors. did not work out particularly well. as far as expediting picture meant, every time anybody suggests beating up the process, gets in theress and says you are going too fast, we need to regulate and slow the whole thing down. problem, we have discovered the enemy, and it is us. how do you get those contradictory things that if you turn the industry loose, they ,nd up complicating the process and how does congress get out of y?e way to go ga >> anand gao. is i thinkthe first you are right, we contribute to the problem. the first thing is to understand how we contribute to the problem. beginning of finding solutions is understanding. secondly, i think it is a really good point, and i do not know if this analogy works or not, but walmart tolerates a certain , becausee of shrinkage if they absolutely prevented shoplifting from everyone of their stores they would frisk you coming and goings, and it is not worth the stores -- not worth t

it causes division among our ranks, and it furthers prejudice, which dod has fought to extinguish, as has the adl. today, i directed the chief of the national guard bureau, general frank grass, to take immediate action to remedy this situation. at my direction, he will meet with the adjutants general from the states where these id cards are being declined and denied. the adjutants general will be expected to comply with both lawful direction and dod policy, in line with the practices of 45 other states and jurisdictions. whether they are responding to natural disasters here at home, in their states, or fighting in afghanistan, our national guardsmen all wear the uniform of the united states of america. they are serving this country. they -- and their families -- are entitled to all the benefits and respect accorded to all of our military men and women. our people are the foundation of a ready and capable force. and that will always be. leon panetta knows this very, very well. he knows it as well as anyone in this room, that the core responsibility of any job of authority or accountabi

dod is committed to working with the state department to enhance u.s.overnment security assistance to build the capacity of north african security forces. our strategic approach recognizes that developing strong and responsive defense institutions can support regional stability, allowing partner militaries to operate under civilian authorities while dissecting the rule of law and international human rights. each of the four countries under discussion today faces a differing array of political, economic and governance challenges as a result of the political peoples that you've already cited. countries will continue to face security challenges and in addressing the challenges will take time particularly in the case of libya. the goals are to focus on long-term institution building and regional cooperation and coordination with other countries. to be supportive of the host nation requests and to maintain a limited and effective u.s. military footprint in the region. in morocco, algeria and tunisia dod maintains close military ties with our respective senio

in this particular case, it's difficult to speak on behalf of dod. but as you mentioned, there are two points. one, in fact, they were in what was seen at the time sensitive positions. >> but they didn't have personal clinch. they have not been vetted. >> there's a difference between a sensitive position and having any clearance as we know. the reason the position was considered sensitive is not based on whether want to access to classified information. it was good the position cause any type of adverse impact to national security. and in this particular case they get access, hypothetically, if have access to a food supply, you could, in fact, have an adverse effect to national security if that food supply in this particular case is a dod. >> do you think the folks down in the dirksen building buffett are sensitive positions? they have access to food. i.e., as you can tell, more regularly than i should there. [laughter] spent again, i would not comment on that last statement for sure. the designations are done by the individual organizations and i wo

but by the dod's own estimates, 26,000 -- 26,000 -- incidents of unwanted sexual contact actually took place during that period. that means that only 12.9%, a small fraction, of all incidences were actually reported. and even of the 3,374 reported offenses in 2012, only 880 faced command action for sex crimes. of those 880, 594 faced court-martial, and 302 of those court-martials resulted this convictions. so all in all, we have a situation in which 880 people faced any kind of discipline for a sex crime out of the universe of 26,000 potential incidences. that's only 3.4% of total incidents in which someone with was held accountable and only 302 or 1.1% were actually convicted of a crime. that is not a good set of numbers, mr. president, and it sums up why this problem has been festering and why we need action this year. but with i think we also know -- but i think we also know we're not all here because of the statistics. we're here because of real people. because each and every one of the numbers is a personal story of grief, and we know them all ooh well. whether it was the sexual a

[applause] this means that all spouses of service members are entitled to dod i.d. cards, and the benefits that come with them. but several states today are refusing to issue these i.d.'s to same-sex spouses at national guard facilities. not only does this violate the states' obligations under federal law, but their actions have created hardship and inequality by forcing couples to travel long distances to federal military bases to obtain the i.d. cards they're entitled to. this is wrong. it causes division among our ranks, and it furthers prejudice, which dod has fought to extinguish, as has the adl. today, i directed the chief of the national guard bureau, general frank grass, to take immediate action to remedy this situation. at my direction, he will meet with the adjutants general from the states where these i.d. cards are being declined and denied. the adjutants general will be expected to comply with both lawful direction and dod policy, in line with the practices of 45 other states and jurisdictions. whether they are responding to natural disasters here at ho

they're not there on the database they have going from dod to the va.have a fear of, government bureaucracy at its worst. i do think that the general gets the message from us when we sit across from each other on that committee. that it's not acceptable. he understands that. so time's running out, though. he's got to get it right. >> and i know when we were in congress serving together when i left iraq ten years ago, i left to go back to bucks county pennsylvania. i didn't have any training. but there's more to be done. we need to incorporate, as you know, private sector and the public sector as well. jay david, what do you think some of the challenges ahead of us are moving forward, as far as budgets and when it comes to our veterans? >> i think clearly a challenge of funding the va funding the federal government. i agree with the congressman. we need democrats and republicans to join together and to properly fund the va. we ask men and women to go to war, to sacrifice, to put their lives on the line. we have an obligation and a responsibility as a nat

all of a sudden the republicans say no, we dod not want them to go into this court. it was tricky politics. >> they will be pretty happy if it ends up with the republican senate. >> democrats will rue the day. thet means that environmental legislation, a lot of these rules do have an impact on people. the administration wants to do a lot with environmental regulations. court, there have been certain things that have been knocked down. the people who have served on the scorched -- court are very expert and the regulations have done pretty well so far. we will see. even obamacare managed to get through this circuit. >> limitations the subject. there was a special election in louisiana this week. the favorite who was backed by eric cantor was beaten by a guy "duck dynasty." >> backed tacitly by bobby jindal. and by the tea party. eye 15 first primary points. he is favored in has more money and he loses to a guy named vance mcallister. a self-made businessman and owns some subway sandwich shops. the big thing he had going for him, he argued that louisiana should accept m

the nsa,consultant for dod, the national republican institute and a member of the board of editors's middle eastern quarterly. fromwed by patrick clawson the washington institute of near east policy, the largest u.s. think tank focusing on the middle east. he has edited or written over 30 farsi.nd he speaks he can read stuff the rest of us cannot. he has also served as a senior economist at the dod national fornse university, worked the world bank international monetary fund for 18 years was the senior editor of the middle east quarterly and is on the distinguished panel on the department of energy national laboratory which is somewhat relevant because of the specifics of our government. and in the cleanup, fred fleitz. the cia,rved with department of state, and the house intelligence committee staff. he is a specialist in wmd proliferation specifically focusing on iranian and north korean program serving for the chief of staff for john bolton and robert joseph who were serving as the undersecretary of state for arms control and he is the founder and chief analyst of leaknet.com. it

terrorism, we detect it as the proliferation of nuclear material, and we work with colleagues from the dodfrom fbi, intelligence community, etc. there are a couple of countries who have decided to take this engagement to heart and to do it themselves. .ithuania comes to mind there are a number of centers of excellence that have been associated with the nuclear security summit process, but there are only three centers of excellence with a strict focus on counter nuclear smuggling. this away now -- lithuania early andecided focus its energy limited resources on being a regional leader in an area that is of some concern to those who follow the trafficking and proliferation of nuclear material. traineate a center to guards, foreign ministry officials, law enforcement, from the region. moldova have they had and police officers, they also had a kenyan official to come to talk to them about how to implement this in africa. that is a specific example where after a short time of bilateral engagement of a country decided, thank you very much, appreciate the relationship, and now we're going to take

that really seeks to have broad effects in the way they are aligned whether they are usaid resources, dod or state department resources. so, i think that we have had success aligning ourselves to consider the regional side of the coin and how do our african partners present themselves. when you look across the continent of africa, the regional institutions or at different stages of development and each part of the continent, and even the part that we are focused on duty and north africa that union for example is the relevant entity and its less institutionally developed than some of the other regional organizations in west africa for example has a very strong economic component to it as well as a security component. so, i think that we continually look for opportunities to strengthen the existing regional institutions and event to work in regional ways when we can. a very concrete example for the department of defense would be when we are working with governments to host the literary exercises and we seek to involve participants from multiple other countries beyond the actual post nation

false numbers are used to match dod budgets with treasuries.alk about false numbers and how they work. it is essentially like balancing a checkbook. the defense department every month, and each of the military services, has to give a report to the treasury, which is essentially the bank for the military, and the checkbook is required to balance. only the defense department does numbers tocurate fill-in and make the balance equal to what the treasury says. to make the totals come out straight, they put in false numbers, which are known colloquially as plugs. are we talking thousands of dollars or? guest: we are talking billions of dollars. is an example from your reporting? guest: an office that handles 2y accounting had billion dollars of plugs. it also goes on not just at that high level but also within the army, where to the army accounting office, levels do not match. even those omers are pledged -- are even those numbers are fudged with plugs. where is the inspector general, or the gao? guest: they have both been extremely active on this is

dod >> i just wanted to thank commissioner scott for his participation in the meetings. not only do you bring a perspective from kaiser but an employer perspective and it adds to have a member of this decision making body present who talks the talk. so it's been great to have your participation. i know president brez lan has participated. it's like you are standing behind the staff and it makes a different. >> our actual rates and benefits, when do you think that will start? >> it starts in january through june. we are looking to get rolling in february. >> usually february. so you expect that same type of scrutiny out of the other vendors that we've been doing with kaiser? >> absolutely. we are working with blue shield and united health care as well. this is the one where we are restructuring the funding and looking at different funding mechanisms which you heard in the audience that it's a big challenge to do and it takes a lot more work to do the funding part of it. there is a lot of work to see if we can redesign the active employee products for united health care be

dead dod will pay for all schooling supplies, equipment, and support for service members. if they fear negative stigma from starting the program they're likely to miss out on the benefits that might have allowed their children with disabilities to accompany them on an encouraging overseas assignments. for obvious reasons we all support ratifying -- ratifying this vital treaty. and was pleased to cheer on the american legion. we have done our job serving their country. many sacrificing a great deal in doing so. we believe in this nation, our country should lead, the world is a better place with the u.s. steps up. when it comes to improving of rigidities for disabled americans who want to travel and work abroad for veterans believe we should have a seat at the head of the table. it is time to the united states to reaffirm his up as a leader for fairness and justice. we must end as an example for those with disabilities around the world, have done it before, and can do it again. >> thank you, congresswoman. >> mr. chairman, thank you so much for the have jenny to be today. on

and there is, it was and the president of for the dod county police, bureau said, you know, there is good people and there is no justice and still scum bags out on the street, you know? and if you are not affiliated with... it gives the impression, at least to the average citizen if you are not affiliated with the pd or in that club, that you are a scum bag, which i know was not the intention and i have not seen the whole documentary, but maybe perhaps to compliment that finding and documentary, such as, you know, police brown's plight or there is a stanford, the prison experiment, 1971 they did a follow up, decades later to get the perspectives on the scientists that did that at stanford. so, happy to contribute to making the process better and the information more useful. >> thank you very much >> any further public comment? >> none, public comment is closed. >> item three, report and announcements 3a, chief and report's review of recent activities. >> good evening commissioners. >> good morning, chief. >> and i think that just the best news to do a very successful halloween, no ma

silent circle then followed suit for fear that it would be require dod do the same. now mike jenky the c.e.o. of silent circle had this to say about the new joint venture. we believe e smail fundamentally broken in its current architecture. this is an opportunity to create a new ex-mail service where the keys are to create on the device and only the user can descript it. i'm joined by "rt" web producers andrew blake. tell me about this new venture, dark mail alliance. how is it going to work? >> you pretty much hit the nail on the head. it's going to be a few weeks before they release white paper. people are just finding out about it literally this week. what it would create a whole new protocol. e-mails we've been using it for decades. there have been minor changes. and it has been more secure as the technology has allowed that to happen. at the same time as you just heard from mr. jenky that a lot of people who are involved in this industry including representatives from lava bit and silent circle believe that it is no longer a form of communication that can be are

the way we train and everything we're doing at dod is certainly supportive of the fact that we would respond if there were a definite threat to the u.s. or close allies. >> i have to go in a few minutes. i think that one's attitude toward -- the demonstration of this problem is supposed to be syria, that's the argument. that depends an awful lot on whether you think it was in fact a good idea or is still a good idea to intervene in the syrian civil war. if you think intervening in the syrian civil war is a good idea for variety of reasons you find compelling, then the fact that the united states is not going to do it, diminishes our capability. since i believe there is not a good argument for the united states intervening in the syrian civil war and the american public and congress and administration are pretty reluctant to do it is a good thing. and indeed, i would argue that what public will be convinced of which is exactly what madlny just said, when it is generally in our interest to do something because the situation presents a serious challenge to our allies and security intere

bradley manning, the dod employee who leaked classified information for the wikileaks web site. robert hanson, an fbi special agent who spied for the russians for 20 years. not our finest moment. we're not too proud of that. these are certainly the most widely known insider threat cases, but i think what's important is that the issue itself is far much more expansive and runs far deeper than any one of these single incidents or these isolated case studies. i think if we're ever going to have any real chance of combating the insider threat problem, we can't build our defense mechanisms against single case studies or specific actions. we can't just look at removable media activities because that's what bradley manning used. we can't only look at our system administrators or privileged users because ed yard snowden -- edward snowden had a technical background. we really have to try to attack the issue at the root of the problem and really understand what an insider threat means. so along those lines, the core feature of insider threat is betrayal. these are individuals who betray t