just the third secretary of homeland security after my distinguished predecessors tom ridge and michael chertoff. so, let me give you a sense, today, of how i see the threat environment that we are in, talk about what we are doing to counter that threat in the four response areas i just identified. so, what does the world we face look like today? first, while the terror threat is evering in changing it is critical to reiterate the threat remains, the consensus view of the intelligence community of which dhs is a member is at the terror threat to the home land is, quote, persistent and evolving. in my daily briefings and as a mib of the the president's national and hoped -- member of the president's national and homeland security councils it is something i discuss with the president and the rest of the security team on a regular basis and so we are constantly looking for ways to better share information, up, down the response ladder i just described, from individuals and communities, to local law enforcement to the federal that and international level, the broader context here is we have invested

to my right is michael chertoff. he was secretary to the department of homeland security and president bush cost second term from 2005 to 2009. -- president bush's second term from 2005 to 2009. we also have jack divine. he is a 32-year-old veteran of cia, who is now president of bargain group, international national -- an international crisis group in new york city. to our right is the moderator. he is a new york times best selling author. he has written about the intersection of espionage and business. his latest book was released by press martins -- martin's press on tuesday. he will sign copies of his newest book afterwards right outside. he will moderate and each panelist will give an opening statement, and then we will move to q&a. during today i would ask that each of you please identify yourself and your organization. we would like to know who has joined us for these events. i invite you to go to the microphones that are stationed in each idle. i would now turn the proceedings over. >> i hope you realize that

director michael hayden and former homeland security administer michael chertoff.is is about 10 minutes. and the answer is, no, we thank you all for being here with us today for this joint newsmaker and book and author committee event. i am chair of the newsmaker committee and also washington correspondent for workforce management, a business magazine published by crane publications. and the book and author committee chair is andrew schneider and andrew is over here to my right, he's an associate editor at kipling washington editors. this morning we're going to explore the privatization of intelligence, a topic whose news peg was sharpened to my delight by today's front page stories on the c.i.a. outsourcing 2004 operations designed to kill al qaeda leaders. we have an outstanding panel to delve into this topic. general hayden to my left, he's a retired four-star air force general who served as the director for the national security agency from 1999 to 2005, and director of the c.i.a. from 2006 to 2009. to my right, my immediate right, is another former bush admini

michael chertoff, who followed ridge in office, he's a mix it up kind of guy. he likes to get in an argument. but tom ridge seems like the man who never wanted to make waves. thinking about it a little bit more, tom ridge, however, is widely believed to have split political ambitions and perhaps this was a way to put distance between himself and the bush administration. >> thank you for your perspective this morning. we appreciate it. >>> following developing news this morning on the island of bermuda which is on high alert with hurricane bill approaching. tropical storm warnsings there. the storm will be stirring up the east coast. rip currents can be seen in the carolinas and the coast of new jersey and maryland as well. rob marciano watching bill. he's in bowling green, ohio this morning. difficult to know exactly what the intensity -- the track seems a little more certain, but what's bill going to do in terms of intensity. >> that's the struggle that the national hurricane center has, forecasting. what will the intensity be 12, 24, 48 hours out? sometimes t

to my right, my immediate right, is another former bush administration official michael chertoff who was secretary of the department of homeland security in president bush's second term from 2005 to 2009. he was the second head of the agency in its history. we also have on the panel with us to my far left jack devine, he is a 32-year-old -- a 32-year veteran of c.i.a. -- i'm not 32 either -- a 32-year veteran of the c.i.a. who is now president of arcan group, a crisis management firm in new york city. and to the far right is our moderator for today, joe findler, a "the new york times" bestselling author who for many years has written about the inner section of espionage and business and his latest book "vanished" was released by st. maarten press on tuesday and joe is the reason that this is a joint newsmaker and book and author committee event and he'll sign copies of his newest book afterwards right outside. joe will, as i said, moderate and each panelist will give an opening statement and then we'll move to q. and a. during q. and a. i ask that each of you please identify yourself

director michael hayden and former homeland security secretary michael chertoff participate in the discussion. from the national press club it's an hour and 20 minutes. >> you've helped us answer the question of whether washington is empty in august. the answer is no. we thank you for being with us today for this joint makers and book and committee event. i'm chair of the "newsmakers" committee and also washington correspondent for a business manage zin. the book and author committee chair is andrew snieser. he is right over here to my right. he is an associate editor at kip linger washington editors. in this morning's "newsmakers" we're going to explore the privatization of intelligence, a topic whose news peg was sharpnd to my delight by today's front page stories on the c.i.a. outsourcing 2004 operations designed to kill al qaeda leaders. we have with us an outstanding panel to devpl into this topic. first i want to introduce michael hayden who is to my immediate left. a retired four star air force general and director of the c.i.a. from 2006 to 2009. to my right, my immediate right is ano

my affiliation with michael chertoff was made quite public, and i do identify myself as a member of the chertoff group in any public discourse. with regard to the ig report, i will take no ownership over that. i was one of the 200 people who were interviewed. there were some people who were not interviewed, and there was another group who was interviewed but not further identified. that might reflect something the secretary said earlier, that you have people who are taking a serious risk by doing the patriotic thing. i was surprised as director of cia how much american business will put themselves at risk for no profit motive in order to assist american intelligence agencies. what you may be seen there is a version of trying to protect them from the kind of legal actions or public criticism that seems to be more prominent in recent times. cia does not live isolated inside the broader american political culture. one of our in advantages is to rely on us as a society to help us achieve our mission. there is nothing nefarious about that. it is something that if this story were better known