alli, hezbollah assocted media.coming out in strg force saying, wha is this? what is theniteates doing with the isf? this is all somethingvery, very nefarious when all it is we're doing is building a credibl nationalolice force. but ezbollah media, hezbollah polica ganizations are so threatened by what we're doing with the isf, i have to sa but wha we'rdog must be pretty goo inelping contribut to the natial police force. >>hank you. senator riche. >> i'd like your opinions or views on the following. wellnow that the state of israel haseen firm in its determination to defend itself. and as su, we'll act when provoked to take military action ani think algside that and parallel to it, a of us, and ink number of people in this mmittee have seen the intelligence reports aut t build-up of as to hboll and we're not disclosing anything because this has all reported in the media.s been so i think it's a fact tha everyone canccept that tre is substantial build-up of as with hezllah since the 2006 war. israel in theast has- be

i would like to get on with that witt hezbollah. the fighting demonstrated clearly to all of us the capabilities that hezbollah has as a military ntity. since then, by all accounts, they have rearmed, restocked, and are perhaps even morr formidable than they were. host: the ambasssdor is with us until 11:00 eastern for your teleppone calls. the topic is iraq, afghanistan, and the middle east. ambassador, you served as ambassador to iraq. this morning, the headlines are on more insurgent terrorist attacks in baghdad, coordinated attacks which killed dozens. we asked earlier on this program how our guest view the progress or lack thereof. what is your view? guest: there were today. one was the terrorist attacks+ that you mentioned -- there were two big stories today. one was a terrorist attacks hat you mentioned. -pthere was also the yin and ya. the backdrop of terrorist violence along with the unique political process. these bombings have been part of a landscape for quite some time. there are tragic. their evil. i do not think there

. >> pelley: hezbollah is the lebanese group, backed by iran and on the u.s.sm list. prouty says she had little to do with chahine. she thought he was a womanizer cheating on her sister. but because of the family ties, prouty was under suspicion. what began to happen, your relationships with your colleagues, your relationships in the agency? >> prouty: everybody scattered away. you would think that i had the plague. nobody wanted to have anything to do with me. >> pelley: that went on more than a year until, finally, in frustration, she went to detroit to try to clear things up with the prosecutors. >> prouty: it wasn't until i sat face-to-face, until... that was the time that i knew what i was being accused of. >> pelley: and they said what? >> prouty: they said that i have viewed some documents in the fbi a.c.s. system without authorization. >> pelley: the fbi computer system. >> prouty: correct. >> pelley: what documents did they say that you had looked at? >> prouty: they insinuated that it was documents relating to hezbollah investigations. >> pelley: she

in terms of engaging with hezbollah, i mean just that. we talked to virtually everyone in lebanon, but we do not talk to hezbollah. and i think weeare weakening our own hand by not talking to them. we do not know very much about them because we do not deal with them directly. we do not know with their differences and divisions are. i am sure they are there. we will learn more by talking to them and we might see some advantages that currently we are blind to. this is not a bush policy or an obama policy. it has been a consistent policy that we do not talk to terrorist groups or organizations. when i was in iraq we talked to anyone who would ttlk to us and we did not worry about labels. the influence we were able to bring was a big help in winding down the insurgency. i would like to see us be more creative not just in iraq but in lebanon and elsewhere in the world. host: so you're ok with us talking with the taliban. guest: i am ok with it. it does not mean confering recognition or anything else anymore than it meant talkkng with insurgent

term be dealinghould with hezbollah. i know that the coury of lebanon on has been financially in better shape than almost here. i am wondering what exactly you are saying that the u.s. -- how the u.s. should be engaging with hezbollah becau our relationsh with love and on would be a friindly one. what exact are you saying and how should we be relating to hezbollah in engagent? are you talking about the george bush pollcy which is non- engagement ann military force? or are you talng about diplomatic sit down, let's talk? gut: thaa gives me a chance to expand on my earlier comments. i think we need to do a number of things. first, we have to have a strong and efctive relationship with the lebanese government and with the llbanese armed forces. they are a series institution i the country. have had an uneven relationship over time. we now are in gauged with them and we need to continue to give them training -- we are now engaged with them and we need coinue to give them training and to one day ba substite to hezbollah. in te

-- the role of hezbollah in the middle east. guest: there is an enormous strength to have developed. they are clearly on the role with backing from syria and iran. they are a threat to vital u.s. interests. the other point i made was hezbollah is not just a proxy for foreign governments in damascus and tehran. they are a uniquely lebanese entity. as such, it makes sense for us to engage them. we do not wishhto compromise with them or cut deals, but we need to engage them. you do not affect your adversary if you do not talk to them. i learned that in iraqq you need to be in the game, engaged, and that is the way you mess with the minds of people i wwuld like to get on with that with hezbollah. host: two years out of the bush3 concerns of the hezbollah have gotten worse or better since he left? guest: since then, by all accounts, they have rearmed, restocked, and perhaps our her an even more formidable partner than they were then. -phost: ryan crocker is with us for your calls. the topic is iraq, iran, and afghanistan. the numbers

iran has been exporting terror not only here by the way, butless up here, to hezbollah, to nasrallah in lebanon through their agent, syria, but that is why the blockade exists. it's not just because israel wants conflict. quite the opposite. it's to try to prevent a centrally -- essential i a war going on here with more and more rockets and armaments coming onshore. so, when this embargo is enforced, it's not only protecting the people of israel, it's protecting the united states because this is a way that iran wants to set up essentially what is an agent of their own in the middle east. that's what they want. so the boat unfortunately was -- when the israelis boarded the boat they were set upon. the sailors were beaten. they were stabbed and shot as i said. and when the dust settles, we had an opportunity, as all the world did, to see what was on that boat. let me tell what you the humanitarian aid was that was on that boat. 100 units of metal rods of various lengths, well, i'm sure that was going to feed a lot of children. 200 knives of various sizes. 150 militarytyle and turkish-p

hezbollah, and their state sponsors not only are at war with israel, they seek the destruction of the united states as well. ahmadinejad himself has spoken off quote, a world without america or zionism, end quote, stating that, quote, you should know that this slogan, this goal can certainly be achieved, end quote. and the iranian reggme is no stranger to taking hostages, including the 52 american hostages that tehran held captive for 444 days. so when we consider hamas' holding of gilad shalit in captivity, we must recognize that this situation is part of the broader threat posed to both the united states and to israel. madam speaker, i have met with staff sergeant shalit's father who gave me hisson's dog tags and as a -- his son's dog tags, and as a parent i can only imagine the agony the family is endurinn. anguished over his plight is felt by millions of israelis who have -- who are parents, siblings, spouses, or children serving in the israeli defense forces and who have spent many anxious nights hoping and praying for the safe return of their loved ones. it resonates directly wi

the general sentiment was that the shop owner appeared to be linked to hezbollah. this person was arrested earlier try to smuggle money out of the u.s. into lebanon. some of these cases illustrate that we will be able to find out these offenders were involved in and the tactics of their operation, how the cases came to light for law enforcement, so we can identify the ways of information in the future. in another case, 19 individuals in detroit were charged with operating a racketeering enterprise that included counterfeit viagra, cigarettes, and others, and the court reporter that the -- and they reported that the profits went back to hezbollah. and finally, a man was sentenced to 110 months in prison for money laundering and terrorist financing, and we see the connection to product counterfeiting, where the funds were transferred to al qaeda and its affiliate organizations that operatives. let me conclude with this -- what does this tell us so far? again, a bit of a teaser. some of the information we are capturing. but even in his infancy stage, we see the data w

jusby being silent, just turning our back upon israel, then we're pporting hamas, we're supporting hezbollah, we're suprting ir. prident ahmanejad has stressed ernd over agn th he wants to annihate israel from the face of the earth. we haveo support israel, . saker the conseqnces tour nation e too di n to. god has put his blessings un this coury,nd i think aig art of that is because this country was founded on the jew da chrisan principlethat have made -- judah christian principles. but that blessing wi cease if wer turn our back upon ral. we must not. we cannot. america must suppo israel, and our adminiration must support israel. and i calup our country t continue to do so. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the ntleman yields bac the gentlemanrom kansas, mr. n. >> mrspeaker. the spear pro tempe: for what purse doeshe ntleman ris time and to revise d exte remarks. the speaker proemre: the gentlemais recognized. mr sn: the peopl t northern mariana iands, eal without rice is no meal. yet,ronilly, one oour most cherishrocsors manufacture wheat bread. this brings us memori of t

how mosque and hezbollah -- the actors like hamas and hezbollah do not care about ormalization. so they have a lot to lose. where does that leave the administration, going forward? that is a challenge. i think one of the great disappointments of the sanctions that passed a few days ago is that it seemed that the administration approach to sanctions was that it was a means to an end. it was a way to bring iran to the negotiating table. that option no longer exists because iran is not going to cooperate. they have stated publicly for the last 10 days since the triiateral agreement that if sanctions are passed they will not go through with the agreement. as of sunday, the parliament is likely to pass legislation which will sever runs -- double civil -- that will sever iran's ties to the iaea. sanctions are stopping any hope of monitoring iran's nuclear program. as i mentioned, even though the at mauna -- even though the obama administration intended these sanctions to be a means to an end in a negotiating process, that avenue has been closed. in terms of what the administration can

court records indicate that these profits went back to hezbollah. a pakistani national residing in washington, d.c., was sentenced to 110 months in prison for terrorist financing. we see the connection to product counterfeiting where funds were transferred to al qaeda and its affiliate organizations and operatives. let me conclude with this. it is a bit of a teaser. some of the information we are capturing, -- what we are seeing in this infancy stage is that the data we are able to gather is very rich in detail. this approach holds a lot of promise as far as forming policy and practice in terms of placing it in a problem-solving framework. by articulating the process of the crime, those work -- those who were involved, and other features, we can identify points of intervention. we can come up with the substance of intervention, what does it look like, when and where it is placed, where does it apply to the supply chain. is the goal to make the crime harder? is it to make the harm to victims less? with that, i will close this out. [applause] we have

it continues to support terrorist organizations around the world including hamas and hezbollah. iran has also called for the destruction of the democratic state of israel. mr. president, these actions illustrate iran's destructive intentions. iran continues to pursue nuclear capabilities. while iran claims that its nuclear programs are intended for civilian use only, this is very difficult to believe. in fact, reports from the international atomic energy agency, february of 2008, may of 2010, question iran's claim of pursuing nuclear capabilities for purely peaceful purposes. nuclear capabilities and proper management of these capabilities is a serious responsibility. iran has neither earned the right nor the trust for this nuclear responsibility. iran continues to develop its nuclear programs without giving the international atomic energy agency sufficient access, access to and information regarding its nuclear program. i understand that the need for energy and the complexities surrounding the dual-use nature of nuclear technology. however, iran placed itself under obligations

iran is the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism funding and arming hezbollah and hamas and has produced enough low-enriched uranium to produce two nuclear weapons and has been converting low-enriched uranium to 20% which represents 85% of the work necessary to provide weapons-grade fuel. this bill imposes sanctions that if implemented makes iran think twice about continuing their illegal nuclear program. and there is a plan to all of this. our efforts have been half hearted. our determination to stop iran froo acquiring nuclear weapons capability must exceed iran's determination to get a bomb. president obama must immediately enforce these sanctions. we cannot and must not allow iran to have nuclear weapon capability. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. berman: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield to my friend from california, a member of the committee and member of the conference committee, mr. costa, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. costa: thank you very much mr. chairman and mr. berman. i

they have supported organizations like hezbollah and hamas, but they have gotten two tangible benefits from that. there's not a lot of arab investment in iran. many of them are concerned about the nuclear ambitions. turkey has taken a much more sophisticated approach. they had the support of government in the region and businesses in the arab world. host: our phone lines are open. even join the conversation on quitter as well, twitter.com/c- spanwj, or send us an e-mail at journal@c-span.org. caller: i am sort of an expert on this deal of money. your guess s talking, do he know why we went to iraq? or why we are in afghanistan? it has nothing to do with weapons or what ever. it has to do with money and who controls it. who do you think controls the united states? host: how would you answer that question, john? caller: the united states, the people do not own anything anymore. corporations, aig, all of it. who owns it? guest: an interesting question. certainly in the 1970's in iran this was the overwhelming popular narrative. the united states was an the backs of the third world. why th

then we look at the activities of hezbollah in the middle east. among those testifying the coordinator for counterterrorism and former bush administration ambassador ryan crocker 3:00. this morning president obama will be hosting a health care town hall meeting with senior citizens in wheaton, maryland, just outside washington. seniors across the country can participate by phone join the president health and human services secretary kathleen spwaoel kwruls. that is -- sebelius. that is 11:40 eastern. >> we have three new books. abraham lincoln the supreme court and who's buried in grant's tomb each with a unique perspective and something new to you about lincoln, the nation's highest court and the great lines of the america's president. go to c-span.org/books. each a great gift idea for father's day. >> "washington journal" continues. >> a look at china's economy now with the senior fellow at the peterson institute for international economics. you are just back from china. what did you learn? guest: the economy is booming. the authorities are tryi

hezbollah was hurt but ended up stronger than ever. it 2009, gaza, hamas did not do a lot of damage, scared a lot of people and killed a couple. then the israelis launched a massive invasion, a lot of destruction, killed maybe 1000 or 1400 people depending on what figures to go by and blockade of the place. we over here kind of had the same policy, let it go for a while, and that would be good. what happened was, the turks looked at it and the turks looked at what happened with the blockade, and they started moving in a different direction. cooperating with the isrealies, some rumors that it cooperated when they cooperate with the bombing of the nuclear plant letting them fly over turkish territory. this gaza business, i did not think people understand the raid in 2009 and of blocking it afterwards, israel is not a little power anymore. it looks big and it does not look gentle. so i think even some of the guys on fox or pro israel, kind of understand now that the turks are moving in a different direction and if we lose turkey and to no

hezbollah was hurt but ended up stronger than ever. it 2009, gaza, hamas did not do a lot of damage, scared a lot of people and killed a couple. then the israelis launched a massiv invasion, a lot of destruction, killed maybe 1000 or 1400 people depending on what figures to go by and blockade of the ace. we over here kind of had the same policy, let it go for a while, and that would be good. what happened was, the turks looked at it and the turks looked at what happened with the blockade, and they started moving in a different direction. cooperating with the isrealies, some rumors that it cooperated when they cooperate with the bombing of theuclear plant letting them fly over turkish territory. this gaza business, i did not think people understand the raid in 200and of blockinit afterwards, israel is not a little power anymore. it looks big and it does not look gentle. so i think even some of the guys on fox or pro israel, kind of understand now that the turks are moving in a different direction a if we lose turkey and to not respond s

foundation in texas, which has been the operation of several investigations into the funding of hezbollah. when i was involved with the philadelphia major crimes unit, the principal was arrested. these people were selling counterfeit movies and music. the joint terrorism task force obtained information that this organization had acquired over $2 million to suspect palestinian organizations. let me say what we do know. we know that terrorists are smart and organized.. they search for low risk, high profit ventures. counterfeiters have sophisticated distribution channels. when the two of these folks come together, we should all be very concerned. i would just like -- to like hopefully this never comes. if there's a shipment of counterfeit goods that contain poisonous agreements, that could be more devastating than a well- placed car bomb in times square. there is a linkage. you saw the videos. this is not just information that is not first hand. i was involved in some of these investigations. it is out there. it is high profit and low risk. these people go where the money flows. with that,

it is under siege and has the terrorist group hezbollah and in the south terrorist group hamas firing missiles. six ships tried to break a blockade. israel defends its borders and searches ships to make sure aid going to gaza is not from iran and is not weapons. but this was not humanitarian aid, workers that assaulted these israeli commandos where 10 of them were hurt. their goal was to have an international incident, the rereason being after the ships were stopped and being allowed to proceed into gaza the humanitarian aid was denied and refused by hamas. obviously an international incident that had gone bad for hamas. recently, myself and the gentleman from michigan, mr. peters,

- we stopped a ship last year and there was hundreds of tons of weapons that iran was sending to hezbollahhip, we found weapons that iran sent to gaza. it is our duty to inspect each of these ships that are going into gaza to take out the weapons and allow the other merchandise to enter. we need to clarify it this, what is the difference if we would not have done it? the result would be an iranian -- it would have significance for every citizen in israel. i'm telling you and i am telling your friends that the iranian port n the middle east that we are forced to stop every ship intended for gaza. after we inspected it, we took it to gaza. unfortunately, the operators rejected it out of hand. therefore, we had no other alternative but to go on to the ship. in the first five ships, everything went smoothly. on the sixth ship, we encountered something completely different. our soldiers encountered a very extremist group that supported the international terrorist groups and is now supporting hamas. they would not allow those. this was not a flotilla of peace, this was a flotilla of terrorist su

iran is the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism funding and arming hezbollah and hamas and has produced enough low-enriched uranium to produce two nuclear weapons and has been converting low-enriched uranium to 20% which represents 85% of the work necessary to provide weapons-grade fuel. this bill imposes sanctions that if implemented makes iran think twice about continuing their illegal nuclear program. and there is a plan to all of this. our efforts have been half hearted. our determination to stop iran froo acquiring nuclear weapons capability must exceed iran's determination to get a bomb. president obama must immediately enforce these sanctions. we cannot and must not allow iran to have nuclear weapon capability. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. berman: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield to my friend from california, a member of the committee and member of the conference committee, mr. costa, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. costa: thank you very much mr. chairman and mr. berman. i

afternoon at 3:00 on c-span3, senate foreign relations subcommittee will focus on the activities of hezbollahd the middle east and the officials testifying include the counterterrorism coordinator for the state department and as well as former bush administration ambassador ryan crocker. live coverage at 3:00 on c-span3. >> we have three new c-span books for you. "abraham lincoln," "the supreme court," and "who's buried in grant's tomb." to order go to c-span.org/books. each one also a great gift idea for father's day. >> the republican voters here in las vegas are among those across nevada taking a nominee to challenge senate majority leader harry reid. republicans also have to decide whether to nominate the governor for a second term or choose a former federal judge who opposed the democrat, rory reid, the son of the u.s. senator. one of 12 states holds primaries and runoffs. we had a preview this morning on a number of the races on "washington journal." >> "washington journal" continues. host: at the table is bob benenson, senr analyst at "cq weekly." primaries, run off, a ver significant

last year, there were hundreds of tons of weapons that iran was sending to the hezbollah.e caught tons of weapons that iran sent to gaza. it is our duty to inspect each ship that is trying to get into gaza to take out their weapons and to allow the other merchandise to enter. i need to clarify to the citizens of israel and the citizens of the world. the result would be an iranian port and gaza. it will have a destructive significance for every citizen in israel. and this is a real threat on the security of israel. i am telling you our friends in the countries that could decide that iranian forces in the middle east will constitute a threat on the european countries and therefore, we are forced to stop every ship intended for gaza. we wanted to take out the load on the ship and afterward, we inspected the ship's. the operators of the ship's rejected it out of hand. therefore, we had no other alternative but to go on to the ship. everything went smoothly at first. there were no special events. on the sixth ship, we encountered something completely different. our soldiers enc

middle of the seat last year, there were hundreds of pounds of weapons that iran was sending to hezbollah. and in another ship, we caught tons of weapons that are ron sent to gaza. therefore it is our duty to expect each ship that is trying to get into gaza to take out the weapons and allow the other merchandise to enter. i want to clarify for the citizens of israel and the citizens of the world, you would have not done it? there would not be an iranian port and gaza in the distance of 10 kilometers of tullibee and jerusalem. it would have a destructive significant for every citizen in israel. this is the real threat of the security of israel. i am telling you and i am telling our friends in the country's on the iranian port in the middle east constitute a threat also on european countries. and therefore we are forced to stop every ship that is intended for gaza, and this is how we did it in this instance. we wanted to take out the logo was on the ship and afterward when we had expected -- when we had inspected it to ship it because of. unfortunately the operators of the ship rejected it

since 2002, whereas iran continues its support of international terrorism, has ordered its proxy, hezbollah, to carry out catastrophic acts of international terrorism such as the bombing of the jewish amia center in bunes arizona, argentina -- buenos aires, argentina, and could give a nuclear weapon to a terrorist organization in the few turks, whereas iran has -- future, whereas iran has denied to give full transparency and access to its nuclear program, whereas united nations security council resolution 1803 states that according to the international atomic energy agency, quote, iran has not established full and sustained suspension of all enriched related and reprocessing activities and heavy water related -- water related projects as set in the resolution, 2006, 1737, 2006, and 7047-2007, nor resumed its cooperation with the iaea under the additional the pro coal, nor taken the other steps required by the iaea board of governors, nor complied with the provisions of security council resolution 1696 from 2006, 1737 from 2006 and 1747 from 2007. . iran was given a september, 2009 deadline

they look at these iranian surrogate groups -- kata'ib hezbollah, asa'ib al-haq -- which are active in iraq still, not only attacking u.s. forces, but iraqi security forces. and i believe these activities are creating antibodies in iraq. so we're building towards capabilities, but the iraqis are very are that they live in a neighborhood where they must be able to protect iraqi sovereignty. >> sir, you spoke about this upcoming exercise, joint exercise in april. >> right. >> are we talking about a tabletop? is this a real-field -- >> no. >> -- exercise and how different is it? i mean, are you going to require additional forces than what you need now, with different capabilities? >> no, it's going to be mostly iraqi forces. and the iraqi minister of defense has issued an order, and the anning within -- by the iraqi joint headquarters and ministry of defense has started. it will be a naval -- some sort of naval exercise, vicinity of umm qasr, hopefully withome of the coalition forces there. it will be an army exercise, we think centered around their large and very capable training center

this should be clear to all concerned throughout the world, especially hamas and hezbollah, and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: are there any members seeking one-minute speeches? for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. lungren: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. lungren: there is discussion about whether we're going to bring up the disclose act in the rules committee or on the floor this week. and the reason is the special exemption has been to just a select number of groups. starting with the national rifle association. but also not including the gun owners of america including the humane society but not including other agricultural groups in america. in other words, we're saying that free speech's free for some but not all. and as i looked at this exemption that's been given, you have to have over a million members, you have to have members in all 50 states, you have to existed for more than 10 years. it's obvious we've now gone from too big to fail to too big to file. in other words, if you g

so we are lking about grups like has,hezbollah and th loanable st rmember t two guys i tked aboutho tried to blow up buildings and illinois and texa and they thougthat they we conspiring with al qaeda. iturns out they were actively conspiringith the fbi not nearlyas effec. but they don't have as a resul of that the actual requisite connection to terrorist groups said they areort of out of bounds. so the criminal justice system has broad reach in some cases it is what you're going to need to se third inctives for cooperation, the criminal-justice system has mor reliable and developed mechanisms to help encourage cooperation to get information and intelligence rom somebody in exchange for changes to the conditns are the duratioof coinement. military commissns have borrowed the plea and sentencng agreement mechanism for the urt-martial senteed 105, and i think this y over tim witht and grows on a pretty good mecnisms but right now it really hasn't been tested and this is a market system esseially. the supreme court has talked about in that way and th kind of systems don't grow up over night.

they look at these iranian surrogate groups -- kata'ib hezbollah, asa'ib al-haq -- which are active iniraq still, not only attacking u.s. forces, but iraqi security forces. and i believe these activities are creating antibodies in iraq. so we're building towards capabilities, but the iraqis are very aware that they live in a neighborhood where they must be able to protect iraqi sovereignty. >> sir, you spoke about this upcoming exercise, joint exercise in april. >> right. >> are we talking about a tabletop? is this a real-field -- >> no. >> -- exercise? and how different is it? i mean, are you going to require additional forces than what you need now, with different capabilities? >> no, it's going to be mostly iraqi forces. and the iraqi minister of defense has issued an order, and the planning within -- by the iraqi joint headquarters and ministry of defense has started. it will be a naval -- some sort of naval exercise, vicinity of umm qasr, hopefully with some of the coalition forces there. it will be an army exercise, we think centered around their large and very capable training c