file and radicalization and homegrown terrorism prevention act of 2007 offered by representative jane harman. this was a common-sense approach to studying violent extremism in the united states. after gathering more feedback from the community i expect to introduce a similar bill in the future. i made a presentation sponsored by the center for american progress called strengthening american security, preventing and responding to domestic terrorism. my presentation addressed causes of violent extremism and solutions for prevention and intervention. the safety of families and communities is at stake in our discussion.

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joining me now former california congresswoman jane harman who is now president of the woodrow wilsonenter for scholars. did i get that all right? >> yes, you did. >> we heard richard engel report about the rixos hotel, a lot of journalists in there right now. how dangerous is this situation right now? a lot of people are saying we took out gadhafi and let's move on. >> first of all, engle is such a courageous reporter phoning in stuff from the war theater here with bullets ricocheting off all the walls. we don't know. i mean, this could be nothing, or it could be a richard pearl-type situation and these people could be either swapped or some ghoulish end. and i don't want to predict anything because we don't know how this ends. how this ends matters, though, chris. >> yeah. >> i think the goal would be to capture gadhafi and his sons alive and for them to go to the hague for a world-watched trial for war crimes. that's the right ending here. not to find them in a foxhole. not to have some spectacular demise which is what i predict at the moment, but if the libyans could in my view st

i was working closely with congressman jane harman before she retired to go to woodrow wilson institute. for a year repeatedly written the administration urging them to implement this proposal. they have not. i urge your support of this legislation and saying you for the opportunity to testify. i strongly believe your hearings will provide congress with a starting point for a new dialogue about fighting extremism and radicalization. we cannot afford to be silent. i am reminded of a song by simon and garfunkel, the box. a man here is what he wants to hear but disregards the rest. we cannot disregard the issue of radicalization in our country. your hearings provide a productive forum for a much needed dialogue about domestic radicalization and i want to thank you for your leadership. >> thank you, chairman wolf. the panel is dismissed. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [silence] >> let me thank each of the witnesses for being here today and giving us their valuable time. it is essential as we go forward. i look forward to the testimony. first witness today, dr. jesser is

it was a year later when the democrats assumed the majority and congresswoman jane harman conducted ae hearing in california to look at the kevin james case. i might note for the record there was no objection on the majority side and no suggestion that we were somehow involved in an improper pursuit of the truth there or that we were somehow wrongly confined ourselves to that particular case in not dealing with other cases in the united states. i salute congresswoman harman for her efforts on that. i wish we would see it reflected now, the same concern and bipartisan support. i thank the chairman. >> the gentlelady from texas, jackson lee for five minute. >> i think it chairman and i do thank the ranking member for both the student presentations as they gave their opening statements. i would like to acknowledge a colleague, congressman keith ellison his statement was submitted into the record and very briefly let me define what my political correctness is. it happens to be this document. the constitution. i won't read it because i know everyone probably knows it by heart. john marshal

jane harman, everyone's favorite. you are my favorite, one of my going to do? president of the woodrow wilson and scholars and one of the leading -- experts on intelligence and intelligence reform. and the person who wrote the book on 9/11 as executive director of the 9/11 commission. you could not ask for a better panel. i'm going to start with you to ask the most obvious question. some of these will be obvious. the most obvious is this, it is almost 10 years since 9/11. can happen again? >> this degraded their operational capability. 9/11 was the third intercontinental operation were you have operatives who were trained on one continent and deployed to stage on another continent were they prepared and launched an attack. they did in turn knocked -- intercontinental operations in 1998. in 2000, since 9/11 they have not really mounted another significant operation. the capability has been degraded. the basically rely on local networks of people in europe and asia who may get some training and advice from the base in pakistan and yemen but launch regional operat

director mcconnell, michael chertoff, secretary of department of home and security, and jane harman,ryone's favorite -- [laughter] you are my favorite come up with my going to do? former member of congress and one of washington's leading experts on reform and last but not least but philip zelikow, director of the 9/11 commission. you could not ask for a better panel. i will start right here with you to ask the most obvious question. some of these questions will be obvious sense a lot. it is almost 10 years since 9/11 and it has not happened again. why? >> i will single out for things just to get the conversation going. number one, we came after their home century, broke it up, and set them on the run. what this does is it degraded their operational capability. for instance, before -- 9/11 was the third intercontinental operation were you have operatives who were organized and trained on one continent, actually deployed to stage on another continent where they prepared for a case and launch an attack. they did intercontinental operations in 1998 in east africa and two different locati