>> well, it was in october and i raced to then jay johnson, secretary of homeland, and we have the dnrk, mr. clapper brief us. tet it was very shocking, these revelations that the returns we russians were trying to influence or elections. at that time i said they should call out russia for what they're doing by name and there should be consequences to those actions. i don't think we have seen that happen, but certainly the american people deserve to know the truth about this. >> yeah, i know jay johnson they did put out a join at the same time with the director of national intelligence in early okay. i think it have october 8th they put out a formal statement accusing the russian of this kind of meddling in the u.s. presidential election. but you didn't hear about it early in the summer, you're saying the earliest you heard about it was october? >> we heard about it in the summer, we got the official gang briefing in october. and i believe the american people deserve to know if a foreign advair power was trying to influence our democratic process. i don't care whether it's republican

>> first of all, as i have learned and as kind of a side comment, i was asked by jay johnson long before i ever knew ways going to be sitting in this seat to participate in a study of ice facilities nationwide. >> i did that and was a member of that facility, i was in all of the discussions, went on trips with them. but i had to drop off because when i was -- soon as i was named to this -- to this job i dropped off of that. but the point is, i know a fair amount about the conditions and the not only the concerns, not only what the private and law enforcement people say about detention facilities that ice runs, but also what the gender groups and the advocacy groups talk about so i've got a sense on both sides of that. that's very helpful for me to understand the issue. but the point is what i've learned is the ice detention standards are well beyond the standards that even the federal bureau of prisons has in terms of prisoner or detainee in this case, housing and care. as we seek to enter into, if you will, rental agreements with local law enforcement or counties to have access to their

. >> but by october 8th i think that memorandum signed by jay johnson, the secretary of homeland security and the director of national intelligence at the time, they issued that public statement accusing the russians of intervening. i want to quickly play a little sound. this is hillary clinton delivering some of her commencement address at her alma mater, wellesley college up in new england. and she drew a parallel to what happened back when she was delivering her graduation commencement address back in 1969 and what she suspects might be going on right now. listen to this. >> if any of you are nervous about what you'll be walking into when you leave the campus, i know that feeling. we were furious about the past presidential election of a man whose presidency would eventually e eventually end in disgrace with his impeachment for obstruction of justice. >> she went one step further and she said back at that time that president, referring to nixon, fired the man who was in charge of the investigation. >> she would know these facts because she served as a staffer on the watergate committee

a lot of the states pushed back when jay johnson engaged with officials about having that designation and having the federal government interfere in the election process. but as a citizen, i would be concerned with doing all we can to secure that apparatus. part of the, attended to the community we put out, dhs put out a paper as best practices as an advisory on how to secure election am rat uses at the state and local level. >> do you think we're doing a good enough job now, back to the propaganda issue? >> no. >> and how do you suggest we can improve that? >> i've been an advocate for a usia on steroids. i felt that way in terms of encountering the message from isis, who was very sophisticated at conveying messages and pros l, pros la tiesing people. i would seriously consider the notion of -- >> what would that mean exactly? >> well, someone that we can message or counter message. and our efforts to counter violent extremist ideology. particularly that from isis. we were very skilled at this. and i don't think we do as a nation, we do a good enough job. i think counter menning the

. >> i wanted to mention the pushback that jay johnson and secretary of homeland security god from state election officials when he attempted to engage with them. particularly in the issue of our voting apparatus as part of our critical infrastructure. there's a lot of suspicion, whatever it is pushback at the state level and local level about the feds getting involved in things. just another manifestation of the reluctance of the private sector to engage. >> the last point to the states we have not talked enough about the states and their role. i'm joined today by dave who is the head of cyber for the state of new jersey. the have a hub and spoke with the federal government. we need more of that to break down the pipes in this area like we try to do a law-enforcement. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you for having this hearing. lucy goes straight one of the ironies of working here which is that we are discussing one of the most important topics for national defense with one of the most informative panels in my experience this committee, and the room is empty. >> hopefully we are online

when jay johnson, secretary of homeland security engaged with state election officials about having that designation and having the federal government interfere in their election process. as a citizen, i would be concerned with doing all we w can to secure that apparatus. part of the assessment we put out, they put out a paper on best practices on how to secure election apparatuses at the state and local level. >> very good.our citi do you think we are doing aa good enough job in educating our citizens about this. >> no we are not. the other thing we don't do well enough is a counter messaging. >> how would you suggest weeanat improve that. >> i've been an advocate for u.s. [inaudible] on steroids. i felt that way countering the message from isis who is very sophisticated that conveying messages and recruiting people. our effort to counter matthew george fragmented in my own opinion. i would seriously consider the notion of a usia on steroids. >> what would that mean exactly. >> someone that we could message or counter message, and our efforts to counter violent extremist ideology, parti

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jay william. now, he was probably the most effective chairman of the senate foreign relations committee in history. he did more to destroy lyndon johnson's presidency and question the vietnam war than any other person. however, john kennedy wanted fulbright to be the secretary of state and he didn't think the democratic president there would start his first hundred days with fight. so kennedy wound up with -- the book called the best and the brightest when i started my career. you can read all about fulbright and mcnamara. and we can come back to that later. >> so this is the context of buckley finds himself. >> so he wants a conservative movement. once the movement to be free of the segregation and the cranks. [multiple speakers] >> he wants that movement to win control of one of the political parties. right? and the obvious candidate for that role is the republican party. but he runs into a big problem right away. i learned from your book. he runs into a big problem right away. because eisenhower does decide to run for president. taft won't go along. and here is the conservative republican william f buckley at odds with the first repub

honor and privilege to a friend, jeh johnson, who was at the time at the pentagon running the transitions before the obama administration came to power on january 20th. jayd i had a series of discussions over several years and he was kind enough to come to heritage but he was the dod general counsel and gave a fascinating speech on the administration's position with respect to retention policy. this was done as many speeches at the obama administration senior government official scale over the course of eight years, all of which have been pulled together in various publications and i commend them to you to read. that is why i am particularly pleased that stephen preston and charlie savage, that stephen preston and protect it with the obama administration kindly agreed to come by and spend some time with us. mr. preston is a partner at boulder cutler pickering and/or laurie has said national security government contracts practice. his work includes investigation, federal procurement, civil fraud , foreign investment in the united states can the cybersecurity, strategic counseling and crisis management. from 2009-2015, mr. preston served as general counsel