intelligence collection under fisa produces crucial intelligence vital to protect the nation against international terrorism and other threats. we're always considering whether there are changes made to improve the law, but our first priority is re-authorization of these authorities in their current form. we look forward to the speedy enaktsment of the legislation and reauthorizing the fisa amendments and acts so there's no interruption if in our ability to use these authorities to protect the american people. in this brief station where i began and turn it over to general burgess. the fiscal environment requires careful identification of manage of the challenges the ic focuses on and the risk we must mutually assume. with that i thank you for your dedication to the security of our nation, your support for our men and women of the intelligence community and your attention here today. so with that, i'll stop and turn it over to general burgess. >> thank you, director clapper. general burgess. >> chairman levin, ranking member mccain and other members of the committee, i want to thank

. >> apply for fisa, apply for scholarships, apply for direct financial aid and see what happens. the worse thing anything can say to you is no. >> if they do, do your homework and the internet. >> there are scholarships that have to do with if you're left- handed and if you're female. >> in between music, a host of extracurricular activity and being an honor student, nia has been doing her research. >> i heard back from the comcast scholarship and i've been awarded $2000 from that. >> it all adds up. every dollar will count. >> it has to be reasonable. maybe she'll be able to go to the school she wants to go to. >> she said she's going to offer several scholarships to school. there are two very important websites, fisa that's the free application for federal student aid all kind of information about who gets the aids. another very important website, this is an website that have very unusual help. you can start looking at that website as early as your freshman year. these scholarships here based on height, creativity, essay and even student athletes for the milk mustache scholarsh

fisa was hard, but this makes it look like a piece of cake. and it is far more in the long term -- not in the long term. it is probably equal in the long term in terms of its importance, but it has been a very bad demonstration on the part of the congress, the administration, and the public, which really has no particular interest in cyber security because nobody is explaining it to them because it is abstract. it is not pushed by any one group with particular emphasis. therefore, nobody is very excited about it. we have worked out a way back private-sector companies basically take responsibility for their own cyber safety, cyber security. dhs helps them. and they are held accountable for it. i grew so frustrated by the lack of action on the part of all of us -- conclusive action -- that i went to mary schapiro at the securities and exchange commission and said, "i cannot do legislation evidently right now. will you please at least post on the sec website where investors go all the time, obviously, to figure out if they are going to invest in

and my bet is a fisa with them and learned how to talk to them and they talk to me and i have to haveance later, i would talk to the kids they looked at me in did not understand a word that i said. i should have been a white woman from pasadena they did not understand one word i said. and they would say she is white but she is down. translation, we cannot understand a thing that she says we don't know what she is talking about she looks funny and sounds funny but is here to help us so acceptors of a decided to call me lady lawyer in that world, it was terrific but i so appreciated me to learn enough about their world ecosystem that i could figure out how to help them in the women after they custody out really which i will not say because it is taped for television but they called the everything but ed child of god and as they should have how do you come down here. you have left us in the shooting gallery i have to put my grand child to a bet in a bathtub because the bullets come to the dry wall and my older kids sleep on the floor and you come down here and ask us to treat latinos wit

at fisa served two roles. one was a great valuable piece of legislation for us, was in the controversy but it was a right thing to do. second, i think it helped with what some of us who've been here for some years should point out i think it helped open up the dialogue between the intelligence community and this committee. this committee went through a long period of time when the community treated us very cavalier, wasn't interested in sharing but only i guess it was pat roberts of the time and myself we switched one share and then the other. they would talk with the gang of four and eight but never both committees. they would never share what they told us and there were certain circumstances the couldn't share. we couldn't share with the had told us because it was just a question for good reason. but it wasn't a good relationship. it wasn't a good relationship. just as right after 9/11 the first thing the congress did was to pass the law saying it was okay for the central intelligence agency and the fbi to c

title vii of fisa allows the intelligence community to collect vital information about international terrorist and other important targets overseas. this law authorizes surveillance of non-u.s. persons located overseas who are foreign intelligence importance meaning they have a connection to our information about threats such as terrorism or proliferation. it also provides for conference of oversight by all three branches of government to protect the privacy and civil liberties of u.s. persons. the department of justice in my office conduct extensive oversight rupees of these activities and we report to congress on implementation and compliance twice a year. intelligence collection under fisa proves crucial intelligence that is vital to protect the nation against international terrorism and other threats. we are always considering whether there are changes that could be made to improve the law but our first priority is reauthorization of these authorities in our current form. we look forward to working with you to ensure the. >> enactment of legislation reauthorizing the fisa amendme

intelligence collection under fisa produces crucial intelligence that is vital to protect the nationnternational terrorism and other threats. we're always considering whether there are changes that could be made to improve the law but our first priority is reauthorization of these authorities in their current form. we look forward to working with you to insure the speedy enactment of legislation reauthorizing the fisa amendments act so there is no interrupgs in our ability to use these authorities to protect the american people. so i will end this brief statement where i began. the fiscal environment we face as a nation and in our intelligence community will require careful identification and management of the challenges of the ic focuses on and the risk that we must mutually assume. with that i thank you and the members of this committee for your dedication to the security of our nation, your support for our men and women of the intelligence community and for your attention today. as my colleagues and i look forward to your questions and our discussion. thank you. >> thank you very

we look forward to the speedy enactment of the legislation of reauthorization of the fisa amendments. i will end the biggest in more i began and then i will turn it over to general burgess. the fiscal environment we face will require the intelligence community to consider the challenges we focus on and the risks we must mutually assume. with that, i thank you and members of the committee for your dedication to the security of our nation and support of our men and women of the intelligence community and your attention here today. with that, i will stop and turn it over to general burgess. >> thank you, director clapper. general burgess. >> chairman levin ranking member mccain, other members of the committee, i want to thank you for the opportunity to join my friend and colleague director clapper, and recognize the members of the intelligence community. i would like to begin with operations in afghanistan, where we assess that persisted corruption and deficiencies in the army and police forces undermine efforts to extend effective governance and security. the afghan army remains reliant

so we wanted to ensure that this treaty foresaw a the fisa process and gave both sides flex ability in the future to go lower. the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty preserved the ability to determine their strategic nuclear force structure, giving both sides of the ability to maintain forces in a way that best serves our national interest. so that was an important task and one that was very important to the cold war nature of the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty. new start has a strong and flexible in limitation machine that gives us great site and to decide strategic war system. it is worth emphasizing that the out at that the measure for implementation of the needs are treaty, with a verification are the types of measures are totally reciprocal. the same obligations are on the shoulders of the united states, as are the russian federation. the bear that in mind as we talk to the treaty that these obligations are totally in. the inspection process i will say idea that pat and going for me to play. i would say in general the implementation has been conducted in a very businesslike and pragmatic manner. this w

intelligence collection under fisa produces crucial intelligence that is vital to protect the nation as international terrorism and other threats. .. by thank you and the members of the committee for your dedication to the security of our nation and your support for our men and women of the intelligence community and your attention here today. with that i will stop and turn it over to general burgess. >> thank you director clapper. >> i want to thank you for the opportunity to join my longtime friend and professional colleague, director clapper in representing the men and women of the united states intelligence community. i would like to begin with current military operations in afghanistan, where we assessed that endemic corruption and persistent deficiencies in the army and police forces under mod -- undermine efforts to extend governance and security. the afghan army remains reliant on isaf for key combat support such as logistics, intelligence and transport. while afghan army performance and grouped in some operations when partnered with isaf units, additional gains were required

intelligence collection under fisa produces crucial intelligence that is vital to protect the nation as international terrorism and other threats. .. by thank you and the members of the committee for your dedication to the security of our nation and your support for our men and women of the intelligence community and yr attention here today. with that i will stop and turn it over to general burgess. >> thank you director clapper. >> i want to thank you for the opportunity to join my longtime friend and professional colleague, director clapper in representing the men and women of the united states intelligence community. i would like to begin with current military operations in afghanistan, where we assessed that endemic corption and persistent deficiencies in the army and police forces under mod -- undermine efforts to extend governance and security. the afghan army remains reliant on isaf for key combat support such as logistics, intelligence and transport. while afghan army performance and grouped in some operations when partnered with isaf units, additional gains were required sus

trying to struggle your way through this and struggling with all of the issues of getting illegal let fisa and jogging to decipher the rules and watching those rules and regulations change and try to keep up with it and try to have your business not only survive but growth. i'm going to let the economists have a little bit of a discussion here today i'm going to go to dr. mitchell because dr. bernstein introduced the concept of a yo-yo economics. you're on your own. how would you characterize that in comparison to the sort of free-market principles which i understand that you are advocating? >> well, you know, it's interesting on the topic today of the trickle-down economics i have to admit that there is no respectable economist i know of that advocates anything close to the trickle-down economics. so perhaps we are in agreement here. they're really isn't a school or academic journal that publishes regularly or teaches the students that what we ought to be doing is from the top down directing resources to the wealthy somehow in the hopes they will turn around and spend that. there is a wel

trying to struggle your way through this and struggling with all of the issues of getting illegal let fisa and jogging to decipher the rules and watching those rules and regulations change and try to keep up with it and try to have your business not only survive but growth. i'm going to let the economists have a little bit of a discussion here today i'm going to go to dr. mitchell because dr. bernstein introduced the concept of a yo-yo economics. you're on your own. how would you characterize that in comparison to the sort of free-market principles which i understand that you are advocating? >> well, you know, it's interesting on the topic today of the trickle-down economics i have to admit that there is no respectable economist i know of that advocates anything close to the trickle-down economics. so perhaps we are in agreement here. they're really isn't a school or academic journal that publishes regularly or teaches the students that what we ought to be doing is from the top down directing resources to the wealthy somehow in the hopes they will turn around and spend that. there is a wel

title 7 allows fisa to collect information on international terrorists and other important targets overseas. the law authorizes surveillance of non-u.s. persons overseas that may have connection to an information about threats such as terrorism and proliferation. it also provides for cumber hands of oversight by all three branches of government to protect the privacy and civil liberties of u.s. persons. the department of justice and my office conduct extensive oversight reviews of these activities, and we report to congress on implementation and compliance twice a year. intelligence collection produces crucial intelligence that is vital to protect the nation against international terrorism and other threats. considering whether there are changes that could be made to improve the law, but our first priority is reauthorization of these authorities in our current form. we look forward to working with you to ensure the speedy enactment of authorization reauthorized in the act so there is no interruption in our ability to use these authorities to protect the american people. i will end of this b