also, mr. olson, i wanted to ask you about your testimony -- and you mentioned the withdrawal of coalition forces from and could enable core al qaeda veterans to reconstitute. right now the administration, we are in a key moment with regard to what happens in afghanistan. decisions that are going to have to be made what the follow-on , so iwill be in 2014 guess i want to hear from you, does it matter? i've heard people say, what can we accomplish there? i was intrigued i what you have said, because i share that belief that we could have a qaedatitutioning of al or other terrorist groups there. can you enlighten us? >> i think from intelligence perspective we are concerned about afghanistan and pakistan border region, no doubt, because of the presence of extremist groups, including the remnants of core al qaeda in that region. we've seen that there has been an interest in al qaeda in parts of afghanistan, particularly northeastern afghanistan. and it is going to be in issue were going to have to monit

the questions that mr. olson was asking you folks were on this mcdens si document that we spent so much time talking about with the last witness. have you seen that report before, mr. providakes? >> i am familiar with this report. >> okay. ms. bauer, have you seen it? >> no, i have the. -- not. >> okay. so, mr. providakes, the two of you -- ms. bauer and mr. amsler, this any answers you were giving were really just based on speculation since you weren't, haven't seen it, weren't involved with it, is that right? >> yes. >> mr. amslersome. >> that's correct. >> okay, mr. providakes. so mr. olson was asking you about some of these recommendations. this is from last spring. it was a snapshot in time. on page 4 of that report, at the bottom where he was talking about evolving requirements, multiple definitions of success, etc., the part he forgot to mention which was the part be also i noticed today forgot to mention when the previous witness was up is the part that's in the box in bold type at the bottom of all of th

mr. olson for five minutes. >> i thank the chair, and welcome, mr. chair. as you imagine, sir, folks back home in texas too have a simple question, why, why, why did healthcare.gov on october 1st with every contractor and doing the testing said stop, stop, stop, stop. we need more time. this red team document is frightening. read page 4 of the document. terms like "limited testing," "parallel stacking". stacking is vertical, not parallel. launch at full volume. the e-mail, which you said you're worried, and this is a quote, crash the plane, takeoff. with all do respect, sir, it never got to the runway. it was still waiting at the ramp there, the pilots, the bag, the fuel, waiting for new tires. use a good analogy and my record as a naval aveuater, healthcare.gov was a quote-on-quote hanger queen, never ready to fly. i do want to talk about the folks back home i work for are most concerned about the protection that is their personal health information. with so little testing, they are concerned

mr. olson, sergeant rames from the investigation unit. how are you feeling?m all right. >> you're okay. you were assaulted in j-16 the other day, correct? i want to know if you're willing to cooperate in the case against the inmates. we are submitting charges to the district attorney's office on behalf of the state because it was a felony assault. all right. i'm going to put it down that you're not a cooperating witness at this time, but, however, we're still going to submit. so they will be charged, just so you know. all right? >> okay. >> all right. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> the human part of me says, absolutely, i want them to continue to pay, but the spiritual side of me says, forgive them and hopefully they'll learn. i have no reason not to forgive because i've forgiven so many things. >> lots of people who get victimized, but they don't want to cooperate. just part of the job. but due to the circumstances surrounding this, the inmates that were involved in the assault, i think it's a better route to go ahead and file the charges and seek prosecutio

now go to mr. olson for five minutes. >> i think the chair, and welcome, mr. chao. as you imagine, folks back home in texas have one simple question. why? why? whited healthcare.gov on octob october 1 with most to come clean this up, and every contractor write the code into an existing said stop, stop, stop, stop. we need more time. this breaking document is frightening. page four of the document, terms like limited testing. parallel stacking of all phases. stacking is vertical. not parallel. interest time and scope of testing. launch at full waldin. a previous e-mail wha would youd your word and this is a quote, crashed the plane, take off. with all due respect, it never got to the runway. it was still waiting at the ramp there with the pilots, the bags, the fuel waiting for new tires. using your analogy and my records as a naval aviator, healthcare.gov was a quote unquote hangar queen. never ready to fly. i do want to talk about the folks back home i worked for are most concerned about protections of personal health information. with so little testing they are con

i think the issue is really what mr. olson touched on.each a course on this subject what the nsa is doing, and i think this will be the issue, society is going have to learn what -- strike that. the nsa is try dog do more and more. why? we have to assume in good faith it wants to protect us. it has technology of a different kind. the issue really is, can society learn enough so our political -- i don't use the word leaders but our political colleagues can intelligently decide what to do? my students write papers about it all the time. telephone, meta data, all the programs there are constitutional issue. i agree with spike he knows more than i do. maybe want collection of meta data -- but i bet the court will be tempted to consider the individual query and the nsa itself is making quasi probably cause determinations before it dips in to my stuff. people point out if you look at my travel records, my doctor is -- publicly available. that's the real issue. i think you're quite right. america will not want to lose its forty amendment or firs

for> now goes to mr. olson five minutes. welcome. have onen imagine, simple question. why did it rollout on andber 1 when most people every contractor writing the code said stop, stop, stop? give it more time. this document is frightening. look at page four of the page. testing". "limited is vertical, not parallel. launch at a volume. you are worried that crashed the plane take off. it neverdue respect, got to the runway. it was still waiting. -- it was a at the ramp there. the bigs. the fuel. waiting for new tires. analogy,r the hangargov was queen never ready to fly. i am most concerned about protection that personal health for testing that has concerns about the lack of security control. question refers you to the document briefing. please turn to have number two. that you need it to you -- you needed a two-part mitigation plan. sevenwo is basically has one of these steps is to "conduct the full states on a stable environment for all controls can be tested within 60 or 90 days of going live on october 1." fmm will not be completed. how can you expect the full of ope

so mr. olson was asking you about some of these recommendations inspect is from last spring. it was a snapshot on page 4 of that report. at the bottom where hef talking about evolving requirements multiple definition of success, et. cetera. the part he forgot mention, which of the part also, i noticed they forgot to mention when a previous witness of up the part in the box in at the bold type at the bottom of the current situation bullet which say cms has been working to mitigate challenges resulting from program characteristics. do you see that? >> i do. >> what does it mean to you? >> it means that recognize the risk and challenge of the program and they were looking at options or mitigation approaches that would minimize the risk. >> so cms hired them to do an evaluation of the program and come up with some concerns they could then work to mitigate; is that right? >> yes. >> and that's the same reason they hired your company to do security assessment to find placeses where there might be problem and make recommendation they can work to mitigate? >> that's right. and the re

the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. olson, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise today with great pride to share an amazing story of a police officer from texas 22. , 3:30 a.m. on october 26 noticed a car sitting at a green light with his left turn signal on. a few minutes later this and as stopped that car the officer approached the car, shots rang out. he officer was hit in the neck . d face the thugs sped off. the thugs had no idea who they shot. if they knew, they would have dropped their weapons and surrendered without a fight. hey shot a wife, a mother of two young children, a former marine who's the first female to join the marine corps' boxing team. ey shot police officer ann carzoles. they messed with the wrong marine. despite being wounded, ann returned fire, shooting out the back glass of the thugs' automobile. she jumped in her cruiser and joined the chase and she quickly got on the radio saying, shots fired, shots fired, i've been hit. for seven minutes, ann chased the shooters. the video of her dash board mera shows how cool and in co

she's now awaiting a bone marrow transplant and mr. olson spent time with his ailing daughter and his business began to decrease. he's now the sole employee of the marble business. he three months ago he suffered a detached artery and had heart surgery. he's still recuperate interesting his surgery and losing his insurance on january 1 due to a divorce. he began to search for the affordable health insurance but most premium quotes were much too much for him to afford. the implementation of the affordable care act means he'll be -- he'll not be denied insurance due to his pre-existing heart condition. the health care exchange in minnesota is allowing him to purchase a molcy he can afford. without the plans available on the minnesota health care exchange, he likely would have to choose between health insurance or paying his other monthly bills. . he sometimes lost that employee because he wasn't able to provide them with adequate health insurance plan. the small business exchange is there for him to use when his business grows in the future ag

the first is to serve with all terrorism intelligence and in this role, mr. olsono the national director of intelligence in the second mission is to collect tj information and operational planning for counterterrorism activities, including in integrating all elements of the u.s. national power and in this capacity, we report to the president of the united states of america. prior to joining us, he served as a general counsel for the national security agency and he previously served as the department of justice as an associate deputy and was responsible for coordinating national security and criminal matters. he also was the acting attorney general for the doj national security division during the presidential transition and we acknowledge not just from the perspective of a general counsel, but also having been somebody who had to argue cases before the court and hit intimately familiar with how it works in practice. in 2006, and from 2005 to 2006, he was in charge of the national security section here in washington dc. this includes the federal bureau of investigat

prior to joining the national counterterrorism center, mr. olson was the general counsel for the national security agency, and the deputy assistant attorney general for the national security division. again, thank you for joining us today. we welcome your testimony. going to turn over to you and mr. secretary, if you'd like to lead us off and after you're finished your testimonies, we'll get into a good conversation. please proceed. thank you all again for joining us. >> thank you, chairman carper and ranking member coburn, and the members of the committee for the opportunity to be here to testify. i would also like to thank my co-panelists, directors come and also for the partnership and strong collaboration as we together meet the shared responsibility keep the american people safe. before i begin my testimony, i'd like to urge you all and the senate to confirm jeh johnson as my replacement and confirm nominee. i've known him for a long time and i know he cares deeply about our mission. and i think he is considerable skill and intellect and, dedi

. >> gentlelady's time -- mr. olson. >> i thank the chair and welcome madam secretary. >> thank you. >> i would like to open with a quote from american icon, i'll hold up a poster. it says, if the user is having a problem, it's our problem. i'm glad to hear you raised this philosophy during your testimony today, ma'am. obama care was signed into law 1,256 days ago. and since then, there's been user problem after user problem after user problem. regarding healthcare.gov, your dputty administrator for consumer information, gary cohen, testified one month ago, where we are sitting, that cms has worked hard to test the infrastructure that will allow americans to enroll in coverage confidently and simply and securely, end quote. and yet according to forbes, and the wall street journal, you told them that you need five years of construction and one year of testing. the program crashed and burned at least three times and the user is still having problems. it's been down the whole time you've been testifying. the system is down

mr. olson: mr. speaker i'd like to introduce the american people to scott and denies weissmann. from missouri city, texas. these texans are pictured at the alamo. they're about to receive god's greatest gift. their first child. a daughter. with a beautiful name, mia isabela. denisa is due on december 31 of 2013. but instead of being filled with only joy, scott and denisa are now full of worry because they've been told they will lose their health care, their family health care, on january 1 of 2014. thanks to obamacare. neither scott nor denisa nor any american should have to face this ordeal. if my colleagues vote for the upton bill tomorrow, families like the weissmanns can love the new gift their mia isabela without worry. i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 3350. let's reassure all americans that if they like their health plan they can truly keep it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objectio

. >> gentlelady's time -- mr. olson >> i thank the chair and welcome madam secretary. >> thank you. >> i would like to open with a quote from american icon, i'll hold up a poster. it says, if the user is having a problem, it's our problem. i'm glad to hear you raised this philosophy during your testimony today, ma'am. obama care was signed into law 1,256 days ago. and since then, there's been user problem after user problem after user problem. regarding healthcare.gov, your dputty administrator for consumer information, gary cohen, testified one month ago, where we are sitting, that cms has worked hard to test the infrastructure that will allow americans to enroll in coverage confidently and simply and securely, end quote. and yet according to forbes, and the wall street journal, you told them that you need five years of construction and one year of testing. the program crashed and burned at least three times and the user is still having problems. it's been down the whole time you've been testifying. the system is down

prior to joining nctc, mr. olson served as general counsel for the national security agency.he previously served as the department justice as an associate deputy attorney general and was responsible for supervising and according national security and criminal matters. he also was the acting attorney general to doj's national security division during the presidential transition. so mr. olsen brings 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 technolo

the move is being led by a congressman pete olson of texas who alleges mr.or clearly falls under high crimes and misdemeanors. offenses that the u.s. constitution explicitly defines as grounds for removal of a senate-confirmed cabinet official through impeachment. the time is now for the house of representatives to act with the authority vested in us by the constitution and remove attorney general eric holder from office. high crimes and misdemeanors? let's take a look at the charges. number one, they say that holder refused to comply with the subpoena of documents for operation fast and furious. it is a fact that doj provided almost 8,000 pages of material. there have been seven hearings with attorney general holder. additional congressional interviews with many others throughout the department involved in the case. it is also a fact that the attorney general invoked executive privilege relating to some of the documents that have been requested which is something that reagan did three times, george w. bush did six times and finally it is a fact that those s