mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. director brennan, you have spoken frequently about the unmanned arial vehicles and program the president at ndu in making one of the more detailed accounts of the criteria that's used in those, otherwise known as the drone efforts. you've tried to increase transparency in the program. one way that a think would increase transparency and public accountability is if we could publish an annual report that identified how many combatants were killed through the use of an armed, or unmanned vehicles, and how many noncombatants were killed. that seems to me a very limited value in terms of information to our adversaries, but in terms of public accountability and being able to correct the record at times when there are misleading claims, misleading casualties, it might be beneficial as well. is that something you could support? would that be another effort, transparency, that we can make? and with that, in your view, as in mind, be a fairly diminished value to our adversaries? >> i think it w

mr. schiff. my apologies. i appreciate this open hearing. let me be clear. do you have any intelligence of a relationship between snowden and the russian government in regards to the stolen documents? >> that is best discussed in a closed session. as we discussed last night. >> i want to thank you director clapper for your defense of dance parents he. that is been characterized as a potential threat to our security or dismissed as politics. i call it democracy. national debate on domestic surveillance has been valuable, but unfortunately it was a leaker who initiated it and not the government. anothere program as example of the significant activity at the public is trying to discussed that has been forded by a lack of transparency. both amnesty international and human rights watch have conducted research and raised concerns about the consequences of the drone program. the government has not responded. the intelligence committee take to increase transparency into the drone program and foster a res

mr. schiff. schakowsky.ms. >> i appreciate this open hearing. let me be clear. do you have any intelligence of a relationship between snowden and the russian government in regards to the stolen documents? >> that is best discussed in a closed session. as we discussed last night. >> i want to thank you director clapper for your defense of transparency, which has been characterized as a potential threat to our security or dismissed as politics. i prefer to call it democracy. i believe the national debate on domestic surveillance has been valuable, but unfortunately it was an nsa contract leaker who initiated it and not the government. the drone program is another example of the significant activity at the public is trying to discussed that has been thwarted by a lack of transparency. both amnesty international and human rights watch have conducted research and raised concerns about the consequences of the drone program. yet the government has not responded. director clapper what steps can , the intelligence committee take to increase transparency into the drone pr

mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. director, you have spoken frequently about the unmanned area vehicles and program the president at ndu in may gave one of the more detailed account of the criteria used in those -- otherwise known as drone efforts. you tried to increase transparency in the program. one way that i think would increase transparency and public accountability is if we could publish an annual report that identified how many combatants were killed through the use of unarmed unmanned vehicle and how many noncombatant were killed. might be beb official as well. is that something you can support. twhiewld be another effort transparency we can make and would that, in your view, as in mine be a fairly dmin use value to our adversary. >> i think a recommendation that have to go to the administration and a participaten't in the interagency process to discuss the advantages and potential disadvantages of it. it certainly are worth recommendation if you would like to make that. >> can you share any thoughts with us

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mr. schiff. i'm sorry. correction, ms. schakowsky. my apologies. >> thank you, gentlemen. i really appreciate this open hearing. let me be clear director clapper, do you have any concrete intelligence of relationship between snowden and the russian government in regards to stolen documents to? >> that's best discussed in a closed session, as we discussed last night. >> okay. i want to thank you, director clapper, foia robust defense of transparency, which has been characterized action as a potential threat to our security, or dismissed as politics. i prefer to call it democracy. i believe that a national debate on domestic surveillance has been valuable, but, unfortunately, it was an innocent contract leader who initiated it and not the government. the drone program is another example of a significant activity that the public is trying to discuss but has been thwarted by a lack of transparency. .. that had become an instrument of war. i spoke about that to the extent i