he and director of national intelligence, jim clapper agree al qaeda is smarter compared to 10 years ago and say al qaeda's recent loss of osama bin laden and others has opened a window to exploit. >> have a loss to senior al qaeda leadership appear to have created an important window of vulnerability for the core al qaeda organization pakistan and afghanistan. exploiting that window will however require a sustained focus effort. >> when asked about the use of controversial interrogation techniques like water boarding, petreus said he did not support those techniques and time to stop investigating cia officials who supervised water boarding in the past. >> they've been criticized how they screen kids and now the tsa is changing its rules. no more pat-downs at the airports and kids won't have to take their shoes off anymore. these new rules apply to children under the age of 12. the changes and details will get rolled out in the next few months from a larger plan from the department of homeland security what they call a risk-based approach to airport screening. >>> his mom calls him a

this is where jim clapper's role is important. he needs to look into the intelligence community and make sure there's no unnecessary redundancy. you need to have redundancy but it needs to be thoughtful and delivered as opposed to a necessary. you have to look at some of these big ticket items. the technical programs. what we need to do is make sure we are focused on not the capability but what is it we are trying to accomplish? make sure we are able to achieve those missions irrespective of platforms or the capability. and sometimes we know that congress has certain pet project that agencies have pet project. we need to make sure that they are useful, meaningful, important and necessary for the mission ahead of us. it is a lot easier in washington to start a project rather -- some things serve their time and that is why i give bob gates a lot of credit in the department of defense. he made some tough decisions resulting in a human cry against him but big dollar savings and he was able to invest in other parts of the pentagon. thi

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now cia director petraeus, along with jim clapper, the head of the u.s. intelligence community. the attention talking about al-qaeda. threatened diminished by the killing of osama bin laden, but not down and out. director petraeus warning they still pose a threat. still something to be very watchful about. >> cia director, david petraeus, talked about, i'm quoting, the window of vulnerability now because of bin laden's death and other al-qaeda losses. >> right, he's saying that al-qaeda is much diminished by bin laden being dead. the years and years of others going after al-qaeda leaders certainly diminished, but al-qaeda has to some extent, retrenched, re-grouped. you see them operating in other places. he said it may be possible that some al-qaeda members will go to ground and some might try and return into afghanistan from pakistan or get out of the region entirely looking for more safety. i guess the good news he said is all this work going after al-qaeda operatives maybe they're less able to plan attacks because they're so busy looking after their own security. >> we can't

it's a pleasure to be here with the director of national intelligence, good friend of years, jim clapper. he's a true intelligence professional and a great sur vaunt. we worked closely over the years in a number of posts, and i look forward to forge a better effective intelligence community. i welcome the opportunity to present the central intelligence agency's view the threat a decade later after the attacks. one week into the job, but over a decade in the fight against terror, i have expected to find the agency to be a true national asset comprised the selfless, committed, highly intelligent americans demonstrating impressive knowledge, skill, i think newty, and initiative. i'm proud to lead the agency and represent the outstanding work force. i note humbly in the eight days as director in the testimony i'm giving this morning represents the analysis of the outstanding work force. as a bottom line up front, the cia assesses that ten years after the 9/11 attacks, the united states continues to face a serious threat from al-qaeda and its worldwide network of affiliates and sympathizers.

it's a pleasure to be here with the director of national intelligence, good friend of years, jim clapper. he's a true intelligence professional and a great sur vaunt. we worked closely over the years in a number of posts, and i look forward to forge a better effective intelligence community. i welcome the opportunity to present the central intelligence agency's view the threat a decade later after the attacks. one week into the job, but over a decade in the fight against terror, i have expected to find the agency to be a true national asset comprised the selfless, committed, highly intelligent americans demonstrating impressive knowledge, skill, i think newty, and initiative. i'm proud to lead the agency and represent the outstanding work force. i noteumbly in the eight days as director in the testimony i'm giving this morning represents the analysis of the outstanding work force. as a bottom line up front, the cia assesses that ten years after the 9/11 attacks, the united states continues to face a serious threat from al-qaeda and its worldwide network of affiliates and sympathizers. of

it's a pleasure to be here with the director of national intelligence, good friend of years, jim clapper. he's a true intelligence professional and a great sur vaunt. we worked closely over the years in a number of posts, and i look forward to forge a better effective intelligence community. i welcome the opportunity to present the central intelligence agency's view the threat a decade later after the attacks. one week into the job, but over a decade in the fight against terror, i have expected to find the agency to be a true national asset comprised the selfless, committed, highly intelligent americans demonstrating impressive knowledge, skill, i think newty, and initiative. i'm proud to lead the agency and represent the outstanding work force. i note humbly in the eight days as director in the testimony i'm giving this morning represents the analysis of the outstanding work force. as a bottom line up front, the cia assesses that ten years after the 9/11 attacks, the united states continues to face a serious threat from al-qaeda and its worldwide network of affiliates and sympathizers.