as mr. comey said, i think this is an area where this commission can work with him as the new director of the fbi and look at what this threat might be for the world and for the united states and make recommendations accordingly. second, in our testimony, mr. chairman, as you read through it carefully, we talk about three revolutions that have taken place over a series of the last several decades, one of them a technological revolution. while cell phones, mr. colbert soften, are opening up liberty and freedom and economic opportunity and elevating many people out of, you know, out of poverty in developing countries, we also see what they're doing to potentially radicalize on internet through chat rooms and inspire magazines, what they can do to shorten the fuse of radicalization for would-be with be terrorists -- would-be terrorists. that's a challenge for the fbi. is the fbi hiring the right people, are they fast and innovative enough to keep pace and counter this threat around the world? are the

in introducing to you the fbi director, i'm pleased to tell you that mr. comey comes to us after a long career as a legal adviser, law enforcement officer, u.s. attorney, new york and virginia. he prosecuted the high-profile case that followed the 1996 terrorist attack on the u.s. military in the tower in saudi arabia. a precurse sore what we have seen follow. in the aftermath of 9/11, he was the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, and in 2003 he was appointed deputy attorney general under john ashcroft. since 2000 the fbi required every new agent to participate in law enforcement in society, leas. a training program on core values created by adl and u.s. holocaust memorial museum. in his stallings speech he re-affirmed the bureaus commitment to this unique program which will train more than 1,000 new agents this year. we are enormously proud of our partnership with them and look forward to continuing our shared mission of protecting our nation and its values in the years to come can. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the fbi dir