mr. olsen, do you want to go first? >> sure. this is an issue, obviously, that is front and center today, and i can assure you, mr. chairman and the committee, that it's an issue that is part of what we think about every day at the national counterterrorism center. and i know it's true there my experience at the other places identify corked including the national security agency and the department of justice. particularly to where i am now at the national counterterrorism center, we are charged with the responsibility of preventing terrorist attacks. we do that by integrating and analyzing information. we understand that we need to have access to a lot of information, government-collected information, in order to do that, in order to analyze that information, look for particular threads, look for threats, share that information again with agencies like the fbi and others who can act upon it, but we also understand that in so doing, in handling that information we are responsible for being stewards of that information and that we

. >> mr. olsen, thanks. >> they do very much, chairman, ranking member coburn, members.thank you for inviting me here today. i want to thank you for your consistent support of the men and women at the national counterterrorism center come and i would invite you to come out do nctc ncr operations firsthand. i'm particularly pleased to be here with james comey and rand beers. where close partners in our common fight against terrorism but it's been just over a year since i last testified before this committee, and at the time i pointed to al qaeda core as director comey referenced, really not as a shadow of its former self. that assessment remains true today. at the same time, al qaeda and the senior leaders of al qaeda in pakistan are a leader, remain the leader of an ideological movement. and that includes affiliated groups and followers worldwide, particularly in the middle east and north africa. this results in a wide ranging threat of a diverse and dedicated array of factors. recent attack at the westgate mall in nairobi, which was linked t to al-shabaab in somal, illu

so mr. olsenbrings to our discussion today and knowledge not just from the perspective of being general counsel of the nsa, but also having been somebody who had argued cases before the foreign intelligence surveillance court. so he is the mother was not just the contours of fisa but how it actually works in practice. from 1994-2006, mr. also was a federal prosecutor in the u.s. attorney's office for the dish at the columbia. .. testified before congress on many issues including access to information, and encryption policy, consumer protection, computer security and communication privacy. he is one of the most prominent advocates both in the united states and overseas. on matters that involve technology and privacy. he served on several national and international panels including the expert panels on cryptography policies and computer security for the oecd, for unesco and the program of the itu message he brings to the program and important perspective and knowledge of both domestic and internatio

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