mr. hussen.next is a former united states attorney, a prosecutor on more than a dozen high profile terrorism cases originating in the minneapolis area and represented his office and the minneapolis joint terrorism task force. prior to being a federal prosecutor, mr. foaling served in the united states marine corp.. we scj his wife here in the audience today and, again, it was a pleasure meeting with her and you this morning, and i look forward to your testimony. >> good morning, chairman king, thank you ranking member thompson and members of the community. thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning regarding al shabaab. i am well aware of the extraordinary threat posed to the united states security by terrorists and terrorist organizations. as a federal prosecutor, i was responsible for the prosecution of members of al-qaeda as well as al shabaab as well as domestic terrorists like an anarchists and others violates u.s. citizens of all stripes. these experiences have taught me that ext

mr. hussen, in terrorist acts? >> welcome a first of all, i agree to keep talking about the connection between al-shabaab and al qaeda, and the integrated. the top leadership, the decision makers in the top military commanders of al-shabaab are also people who have been trained in al qaeda camps. secondly, there is no shortage of foot soldiers so why did they spend all this money come effort and great risk to recruit westerners, people who hold the canadian, u.s. and british passports is because we think that they have aspirations beyond east africa. they've proven that by attacking ugonda. they've also made an attempt attacking the world cup in south africa but they were not successful. so they have global ambitions, collections with al qaeda and also aqap, and with the recruiting of westerners, they have the means to get recruits on the border controls. >> the time of the gentleman is expired and the ranking member has -- >> thank you very much mr. chairman. mr. hussen, you answered the gentleman's question about