amy: i want to ask about comets by the former cia director michael hayden on drone warfare in a "nework times" opinion piece in february headlined "to keep america safe: embrace drone weight -- warfare." he writes -- "the program is not perfect. no military program is. but here is the bottom line: it works. i think it fair to say that the targeted killing program has been the most precise and effective application of firepower in the history of armed conflict." he goes on to say -- "civilians have died, but in my firm opinion, the death toll from terrorist attacks would have been much higher if we had not taken action." again, the former head of the cia. >> i would recommend that your viewers and listeners read it. there's a bit of poetry there that is quite remarkable. are military strategies which are also part of the refugees.ry of the the drone strikes to capture lots of civilians, that they may coal towns and villages uninhabitable. they create terror. michael hayden has mirrored the logic of militants around the globe who have failed to distinguish between civilians and combata

the latest from former cia director michael hayden. >>> in other news, the former ceo of massey energy been sentenced to one year in federal prison. safety lapses have been faulted for the upper big branch mine explosion that killed 29 coal miners. the former ceo, don blankenship said it's important to everyone that you know i'm not guilty of a crime. and as he exited, his interview with the awaiting media was drowned out from the shouting of victims' family members. >> you don't miss your kids like we miss ours. >> what's your feelings towards the people out here? >> [ bleep ]. >> i feel badly for them. they have a lot of love and emotion, it's understandable. >> [ bleep ]. >> i hope you never have to bury your kids like we did. we buried our kid because of you. >> president obama and vice president biden both spoke at the funerals of the miners in 2010. >>> the world has lost a country music legend. merle haggard died of pneumonia yesterday morning in northern california on his 79th birthday. he had 38 number one hits on the country music charts gave a voice to people living hard scr

general michael hayden, ex head of n.s.a. in the u.s., said, security is a national issue. now, it's time the e.u. and the parliament opened its eyes to what's going on. >> ma'am, please conclude. >> just bear in mind that the future is and should be recognized, bilateral agreements based on good data exchange, trusted data exchange and experience is the way forward. not trying to make 28 member states do one thing. >> thank you very much. now for the -- [inaudible] >> mr. president, my sympathy goes to the victims of the recent attacks in brussels. >> and it's incredibly bitter and poignant that those attacks could have been avoided. national borders should have been closed long before. because these islamist heroes were traveling freely between the netherlands and belgium. and of course creating these ghettos, they've become heroes there as martyrs. i think everyone who has let led -- led that to happen shares the blame. whether they're members of this parliament or the commission or the member state governments who plea for opening the doors. opening the frontiers. and t

we have a lineup this morning, michael hayden is with us. for republican president of candidate mike huckabee and mark fields ahead this morning. the race to the white house, despite being mathematically eliminated before reaching the delegates needed to secure the nomination republican hopeful ted cruz announcing he should get the nod and he will run with carly fiorina by his side. >> i have come to the conclusion that if i am nominated to be president of the united states, i will run on a ticket with my vice presidential nominee carly fiorina. >> i'm very proud, humble and honored to announce i have accepted senator ted cruz's offer to be vice president for the republican nomination. maria: joining us are david wolf and richard fowler, thanks for joining us. your thoughts on this development? >> a willing prop to garner the women's vote in indiana and pull a rabbit out of the hat. donald trump scooped ted cruz by getting the endorsement of bobby knight, not just basketball legend but personal legend bobby knight on the 40th anniversary of

and one of his own former employees for the director of the cia michael hayden, said that the reasonve intelligence sharing and the eu countries, if you want intelligence from belgium, generally the best way to send it by the u.s. we have security relationships with canada, u.s., australia, new zealand. but the best global intelligence and sharing, nothing to do with that. anna: he makes a point about the special relationship between the u.k. in the u.s., suggesting that that exists regardless of the fact that the u.k. is in the eu. is is possible then for the u.k. to be in the eu and have a special relationship with the u.s.? and to sell a lot of china, and does not seem to stop the germans from selling to china. richard: we have always had a special relationship with the u.s. from way before the creation of the european union. and we will continue to do so through the security reasons i just mentioned. for many years after we vote to leave the union. the european union has nothing to do with security. it is about a political union.. and try to convince in paris and brussels have sh

to know, i serve from austin decade on the house intelligence committee and during my tenure michael hayden was cia director. now former director of the cia, unbreakable and send encryption. tell me what your responses to that. 's cybercrime, i might add. embedded if i might use that word. former director of the cia. 's. >> what i have read and heard, he certainly i believe emphasizes and capturescaptures what was occurring at the time it was in charge of those agencies. his thinking has stopped, and he does not understand encryption a longer. 's technology at such a rapid pace. >> let me ask you about this. once criminals note american encryption products comeau what we will stop them from using encrypted products and applications the fall outside of the jurisdiction of american law enforcement? if the stops in our border's that does include others. law enforcement. >> yes men. >> some kind of natural body. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the full committee is asked to supplement their questions. >> second panel uses able. thank you. 's. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] 's.

general michael hayden, ex head of nsa in the u.s. said, security is a national issue. now it's time the eu and the parliament opened its eyes to what's going on -- >> translator: ma'am, please conclude. >> -- and just bear in mind that the future is and should be recognized bilateral agreements based on good data exchange, trusted data exchange and experience is the way forward. not trying to get 28 member states to do the same thing. >> translator: thank you very much. now for the next group, mr. degraffe. >> translator: mr. president, my condolences to the recent victims in brussels. it's bitter and poignant that those attacks could have been avoided, national borders should have been closed long before because these islamist heroes traveling freely between the netherlands and belgium, and of course creating these ghettos. those perpetrators have become heroes there as martyrs. and i think that everyone who has allowed that to happen is -- shares the blame whether they're members of this parliament or the commission or the member state governments who plead for openi

general michael hayden, ex head of n.s.a. in the u.s., said, security is a national issue. now, it's time the e.u. and the parliament opened its eyes to what's going on. >> play i -- ma'am, please conclude. ms. james: just bear in mind that the future is and should be recognized, bilateral agreements based on good data exchange, trusted data exchange and experience is the way forward. not trying to make 28 member states do one thing. >> thank you very much. ow for the -- [inaudible] >> mr. president, my sympathy goes to the victims of the recent attacks in brussels. mr. de graff: and it's incredibly bitter and poignant that those attacks could have been avoided. national borders should have been closed long before. because these islamist heroes were traveling freely between the netherlands and belgium. and of course creating these ghettos, they've become heroes there as martyrs. i think everyone who has let led that to happen -- led that to happen shares the blame. whether they're members of this parliament or the commission or the member state governments who plea for open

during my tenure, michael hayden was the cia director. now he's the former director of ciae has said america is safer with unbreakable end to end encryption. tell me what your response is to that. >> my response -- >> i think cyber crime, excuse me, is embedded in this whole issue but i'd like to hear your response to the former director of the cia. >> yes, ma'am. from what i have read and heard from what he has said, he certainly, i believe, emphasizes and captures what was occurring at the time that he was in charge of those agencies. >> has his thinking stopped from the time he was cia director to being former, and he doesn't understand encryption any longer? what are you suggesting? >> technology proceeds at such a rapid pace, one must be constantly in that business in order to keep up with the iterations. >> let me ask you about this. once criminals know that american encryption products are open to government surveillance, what's going to stop them from using encrypted products and applications that fall outside of the jurisdiction

during my tenure, michael hayden was the cia director. now, he's the former director of cia.has said america is safer with unbreakable end to end encryption. tell me what your response is to that. ms. hess: my response -- >> i think cyber crime, excuse me, is embedded in this whole issue, but i'd like to hear your response to the former director of the cia. ms. hess: yes, ma'am. from what i have read and heard from what he has said, he certainly, i believe, emphasizes and captures what was occurring at the time that he was in charge of those agencies. >> has his thinking stopped from the time he was cia director to being former, and he doesn't understand encryption any longer? what are you suggesting? ms. hess: the technology proceeds at such a rapid pace, one must be constantly in that business in order to keep up with the iterations. >> let me ask you about this. once criminals know that american encryption products are open to government surveillance, what's going to stop them from using encrypted products and applications that fall outside of the jurisdiction of american

his -- general michael hayden said governor kasich is the most experienced candidate and has seriousrengthen the military and defeat isis. governor kasich back in his own state of ohio, delivering the state of the state address tonight. he speaks to the state legislature in the city of marietta, in southeast ohio. on c-span atve 7:00 eastern. also live coverage of two campaign events. hillary clinton speaking at carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh ahead of the pennsylvania presidential primary on may 20. you can see that -- on may 26. you can see that live on c-span3. on c-span 2, donald trump campaigns in new york on the town of bethpage in long island. the new york presidential primary is april 19. >> this week on c-span, supreme ourt cases that shaped history come to life with the series "landmark cases, historic supreme court decisions." the 12 part series explores the real-life stories and constitutional dramas behind some of the most significant decisions in american history. >> this is a case about presidential power and its limits in times of war. it put before the court

michael mounted program in the 2016 new york op-ed, the targeted killing program has been the most precise and effective in the history of arms conflict, but claims are impossible to document without documentation, hayden also said we probably kill people when revealed the nsa was collecting meta data, they are supposedly not looking at the data, not looking at the content by just this meta. we kill people based on our meta data. the nsa's program that identifies terrorists in pakistan, somalia and afghanistan, would result in 99,000 false positives. so what happens is that they target a cell phone believed to be carried by a terrorist, let's say give it to his mother, she's the one that get killed based upon this meta data. obama said in an interview in the atlantic recently that he has no second thoughts about the drone strikes in the middle east. arm drones are operated by pilots located thousands of miles from their targets. how many of you saw the film, good kill? do you know who was in the that film? january jones and ethan hawks. two very famous popular authors yet it never made it to theaters. i saw it in a tiny little venue in san diego. good kill refers to people sitting outside of a little t

hayden. john withback. washington, jeff kent, freddie simpson. susan hutchinson. west virginia chris warner. not a potter. conrad lucas. wisconsin, steve king. brad courtney. wyoming, greg shafer. marty halverson. met michael. has anyone joined the meeting his name was not captured on the role? guam? yes. mister chairman, we have a quorum. >> thank you, susie. on the proxy committee, there we go. proxy committee. chris warner for the report. go ahead. >> 46 were in order. >> the proxy committee is accepted. the rules require the tentative agenda be sent to all members ten days prior to a meeting. in front of you is the final agenda for the session. without objection we will conduct the business according to that agenda. hearing no objection let's proceed. before you is a copy of the minutes of the 2016 meeting in charleston, south carolina. we will dispense them in reading of the minutes. i call upon the committee to approve the minutes of the 2016 winter meeting. do i hear a motion? is there any discussion? seeing none. those in favor say aye. those opposed no. the eyes have it. we have now one newly elected state chairman. it is my pleasure to introduce victor cruz. if he is here, state chairman for guam