i will turn it over to former ambassador doug lute to talk about national security implications of election security. doug: thanks to jake, but also to the council. i'm not in the president's circle but i will find out how sounds like a good thing. my main point is quite simple and that is that we are missing the main message of russian interference in our 2016 election campaign. i think, as someone who has life in thelt national security arena, what happened in 2016 in our election process is as serious a national security threat, as serious a threat as any i have seen in my 40 years in either active duty in the military or in the white house or in the diplomatic service. i say that because physical attacks on america -- depending on your age in the room, 9/11, pearl harbor -- you suffer tragic damage but it is physical damage, loss of life, property. we are strong enough to recover from that. it is still tragic but we can recover from physical attack. the attack i am worried about is the one in 2016 which could erode the confidence in our election system. the connection between the voting

we have ambassador doug lute, the senior fellow in the future of democracy project at the harvard kennedy school. a senior adviser at cambridge formeradvisors, and a career army officer and former u.s. permanent representative to nato. former career armyour moderator is jako of cambridge global advisors. he is the faculty member of chicago where he teaches cyber security policy. also, former white house liaison to the department of homeland security where he developed policies and programs chicago ro national security and cyber security. our conversation, discussion will be followed by audience q&a. with that, i would like to welcome our panelists. please join me in welcoming our panelists. [applause] >> welcome. thanks for having me. i was mentioned, i'm jake, teach cyber policy of university of chicago and ceo of cambridge global advisors. i want to thank the counsel for having us here today. just to put in a plug for the organization, i am in the president circle and it has a lot of benefit. it is definitely worth every penny and all the time. i think it is fitting we are having this e

this event included doug lute, deputy of homeland security at the homeland security advisor. from the chicago council on global affairs, this is one hour. >> this evening,