mr. olsen? >> thank you, chairman inhofe, thank you senator boxer and other members of the committee. it's an honor to testify this morning on behalf of the 2 million members and activists at the national resources defense council. i wanted to summarize -- it's been more than 30 years i've been working on drinking water and water infrastructure issues. we've been talking about deferred maintenance about the failure to upgrade treatment and upgrade technology, steady deterioration of our water supply, for many, many years. i find myself in agreement with several of the points that have been made earlier, we need to be making these investments. we've long known that wastewater and drinking water infrastructure are deteriorating, and frankly the chickens are coming home to roost. where we are now is that what we've all taken for granted, which is safe drinking water, we can't really consider a given any longer. flint really does remind us that the penny wise and pound foolish decisions to save a fe

. >> chair recognizes the gentlemen from texas mr. olsen five minutes for questions, please. >> thank you, my good friend and our chairman. welcome to all of our witnesses. i do not intend to ask any question but i want to deliver a plea from home. on march 31st, two weeks ago today, huma honey was heading home from high school, turned on the street from her neighborhood and tapped the car infront -- in front of her. a minor fender bender. her airbag sent a piece of shrapnel the size of a nickel into her neck and she died in her own car with her seatbelt on. she was 17 years old. here is a photo of the accident scene. i drove to see where huma died herself. it was so close to my home. eight turns through seven traffic lights and three stop signs and i was there. it is hard to believe a young girl could die right there in such a minor collision. i know that there has been a lot of progress in getting recalled cars in for repair. right now about 70%. that is great. but i also know and worry about another huma being out there. i know that we c

mr. olsen: i completely agree with him on this point. thear as the challenge and danger of this pendulum swinging and what you see how that impacts particularly lawyers, not just operators, lawyers and the advice that they give and the dangers inherent for the lawyers who become too risk-averse. it is often easier to say no instead of saying yes. but you know, what i would advise lawyers at the nsa and in justice as well, in regards to can question, i think you have multiple roles as a lawyer for the government. in some cases, you are merely advising on what the line is and where the line is and what the legal rules are. i always thought it was important to be explicit that you are now talking about the legal rule before you perhaps are asked to give your judgment about policy. that is the legal rule, and your question is, should we stay back from the line to avoid the danger of potentially going over it? now you are in a policy round and you are giving somebody advice for being accountable on making the decision on a policy decision. he

mr. olsen? >> thank you, chairman inhofe, thank you senator boxer and other members of the committee. it's an honor to testify this morning on behalf of the 2 million members and activists at the national resources defense council. it's been more than 30 years i've been working on drinking water and water infrastructure issues. we've been talking about deferred maintenance about the failure to upgrade treatment and technology, steady deterioration of our water supply, for many, many years, i find myself in agreement with several of the point that is have been made earlier, we need to be making these investments. we've long known that wastewater and drinking water infrastructure are deteriorating, and frankly the chickens are coming home to roost. where we are now is that what we've all taken for granted which is safe drinking water, we can't really consider a given any longer. flint really does remind us that the penny wise and pound poolish decisions to save a few bucks by not investing in our

my question is to mr. olsen. my question is very simple. how ought national counterterrorism center coopera cooperate, information sharing with japan, for counterterrorism? >> right. the question is sort of -- how does the -- where i was at the national counterterrorism center, how do we conduct information sharing with japan or that can make it more broadly other countries. so we're -- when i was at the national counterterrorism center, we weren't the main way that information gets shared on counterterrorism that really is largely done by the collection agencies, themselves, cia and nsa and fbi with their kou counterparts. since they were the initial collectors of the information they understood who to share it with, what the rules would apply to the sharing of information. you know, that said, we had -- we had strong relationships with japan and particularly countries in europe and elsewhere in asia on the counterterrorism efforts. so what we were often sharing was analytic products. somethings that we would analyze the information that w

my question for mr. olsen, my question is the how will the national counterterrorism center incorporate -- with japan to -- terrorist. >> the question was when i was at national counterterrorism center when i was conducting information sharing with japan or make it broadly with other countries i mean we're, when i was at national counterterrorism center we weren't the main way terrorism gets shared on counterterrorism. done by collection agencies themselves, cia and nsa and fbi with their counterparts. they were initial collectors of information. understood who to share it with, rules would apply to sharing of information. we had strong relationships with japan and particularly countries in europe and elsewhere in asia on the counterterrorism effort. so what we were often sharing was analytic products. we would analyze information collected and we had rigorous way of sharing that information with other countries including japan. >> but how will the counterterrorism center with terrorist information to -- [inau

mr. olsen: >> it provided a significant amount of the intelligence reporting we received. a day did not go by that an thelligence report contribution was from section 702. this was a statute a few years old. you should not take my word for it. i went back to look at the ,eport, the definitive account where they had access to all the classified information. they concluded that section 702 had allowed for the authority of .pecific terrorist attacks they identified targets, the means, the identities, the locations of the participants. they came down strongly on the side -- recognize that the value is difficult to overstate. >> you also need to step back 702 for itsuing ability to stop particular plots at a particular time. if you're talking about stopping a plot, no, you will not find a lot of plots stopped by particular programs, but that is not the way intelligence is used. it is used along with human intelligence and open source material. together,ut it all that allows you to prevent getting to the point where somebody is chambering a round. mentioned the one aspect of the

mr. olsen is the director of the health program for the natural resources defense council. mr. olsen? >> thank you, chairman. thank you, senator boxer and other members of the committee. it's an honor to testify this morning on behalf of the 2 million members and activists at the natural resources defense council. i wanted to summarize, it's been more than 30 years i've been working on drinking water and water infrastructure issues and we've been talking about deferred maintenance, about the failure to upgrade treatment and upgrade technology steady deterioration of our water supply for many many years. and i found myself in agreement actually with several of the points that have been made earlier, that we really need to be making these investments. we've long known that wastewater and drinking water infrastructure are deteriorating. frankly, the chickens are coming home to roost. where we are now is what we've all taken for like rotten eggs, that it tasted awful. they switched back to tap water. unfortunately her family started to suffer from adverse health effects and in june

olsen and then i'm going to go to mr.lynch and recognize him for a second series of questions. >> thank you mr. chairman. we've recounted some of the weaknesses in the irs system. lack of personnel, that has diminished of recent years. lack of communication between the taxpayer and the irs and the risk of id theft. do we have any idea how many false tax returns get filed every year? >> there millions. >> okay. >> you don't need to get into that. the complexity of the system as well, the healthcare information component and then the infrastructure weakness as well. i understand some of the programs at the irs date back to the administration which is sad. i'm worried about the presumption of compliance within the american people. i think most people pay their taxes and try to do the right thing. i know there's countries where that is not the norm. i know greece has very low compliance with tax laws. very few people pay their taxes. mostly the government employee pay their taxes because the government takes it out right away

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