mr. schiff do you want to ask your question now? you can do it. ecause i think there's still six minutes left. >> there's time for your final question. >> okay. >> okay. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate the candid discussion we had here just awhile ago. and i welcome mr. attorney general. appreciate your work, also. the question i have was around the immigration. and in your testimony you've referenced your work on addressing the immigration backlog. and you're applying some money to it because the cases that we have right now on adjudication by about 40%, 42% between '09 and 0 twelve but the number of immigration judges crew only by 11%. so, i understand that you want to use some of the money to upgrade and increase the number of immigration judges, and i understand that even if we upgrade them today, there's so many who are in line to retire, so my question is, you know, how many judges can be looking at, how will it reduce the backlog? and is there a plan to, you know, backfill with the ones in line for retirement? >> we certainly need -

mr. schiff and saluting you. i know that you have made a decision to retire from politics, something i voluntarily did a few years ago. you have made a significant difference not just in fairfax county and in the united states, but around the globe in carving out hard work and effective efforts on trafficking issues, religious freedom and human rights, and i think your constituents and the country are proud of those earths, so we all -- of those efforts, so we all thank you for that hard work. i would ask, mr. chairman, that my formal statement be entered into the record, and i will just make some inform formal statements -- informal statements and comments. first of all, about my colleagues, comments, and then maybe a comment or two about mr. comey's very good presentation and then talk for a minute or two with about what makes commissions successful of. successful. as you've seen from the front page of "the new york times" this morning, our intelligence community is talking about their concern that the, treatme

mr. schiff? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. attorney general, for being here.many of us greatly appreciate your willingness to come and your testimony, and regret when members don't give you a chance to ask the questions that they purportedly want to hear the answers to. i wanted to follow up on my colleague miss lowey's comments on the dna rape kit backlogs, and thank you, justice department, along with this committee, was very helpful in los angeles, when we had backlog problem at the lapd, and l.a. sheriff's office with more than i think 10,000 rape kits, and with your help we were able to clear that backlog. more than that i know when you took office there was a tremendous backlog in offender dna. and through the introduction of new technologies, investment resources, you've been able to essentially eliminate the offender dna backlog, and that's critical, also, in rape cases, if -- if you go ahead, and you test the rape kits they're only going to be as effective as the offenders that match them in the database. so eliminating that federal backlog is very im

mr. schiff, for five minutes. mr. schiff: an open letter to the turkish people., i write to you on an issue of great importance to both our nations. it is on a subject that many of you especially the younger generation, may know little about because it contains a chapter of world history that your government has expended enormous efforts to conceal. turkey has been at the center of human civilization and your arts cultures and science have enriched the world. but interwoven with all of turkey's remarkable achievements is a dark chapter that too many of today's turks know little or nothing about. were you aware that your grandparents and great grandparents had many armenian neighbors and friends, that 20% of the population of today's istanbul was armenian? did you know the armenians were well integrated into turkish societied as intellects, craftsmen and community leaders? have you ever wondered what happened to the armenians? have you asked your parents and grandparents how such a large, industryous and prosperous people largely vanished from your midst? do you k

mr. schiff's questions with respect to syria, the u.n. security council has demanded that the government of syria and opposition groups allow humanitarian aid to be delivered. the secretary general's report last week made it clear that the syrian government is violating the security council resolution i believe adopted in february. the administration is also on record that the syrian regime is in violation of the security council's demands and many of my constituents, i think i mentioned to you, i have the largest syrian community of any in congress, help the syrian people and this subcommittee provided a significant amount of funding and increase for humanitarian aid to help meet those particular needs. what will the united states and the u.n. do to ensure that aid can get to the syrian people? that's my principle question to you. >> well, the first thing we sought to do was to get russia onboard with a humanitarian resolution that included in it a list of very specific demands which capture at least some again the spirit of your questio

mr. schiff had to go to a hearing.lar order but give my time at this point in time and go back to regular order. bill: at one point there a moment ago i believed it to be a protest. i also believed it to be a terrorist attack. word from mike morell. there is lot we've gone over the past 52 minutes or so. we want to do a little analysis as we step away from the hearing. of the martha has that now. martha: military analyst general jack keane and former vice-chair of the army. general, you've been watching all of this, what do you think? >> well, first of all the cia main a huge mistake doing unclassified talking points. then they lost control of the content. when they're producing classified information and reports, those reports stand. and that's number one. number two, they were absolutely on the mark within less than 24 hours that aas, ansar al sharia was responsible for the attack on the consulate and they were dead wrong in suggesting that protests or demonstrators were a part of this. what still mystifies me and i

mr. schiff's questions with respect to syria, the u.n.security council has demanded that the government of syria and opposition groups allow humanitarian aid to be delivered. the secretary general's report last week made it clear that the syrian government is violating the security council resolution i believe adopted in february. the administration is also on record that the syrian regime is in violation of the security council's demands and many of my constituents, i think i mentioned to you, i have the largest syrian community of any in congress, help the syrian people and this subcommittee provided a significant amount of funding and increase for humanitarian aid to help meet those particular needs. what will the united states and the u.n. do to ensure that aid can get to the syrian people? that's my principle question to you. >> well, the first thing we sought to do was to get russia onboard with a humanitarian resolution that included in it a list of very specific demands which capture at least some again the spirit of your question

mr. schiff has to go to a hearing. i would like to be in regular order and then back to regular order. >> i think the ranking member and i also want to take an opportunity to thank the chairman for the way he has led our committee and brought a real commitment and security to this job. even very thorough in your preparation for the hearings and that we have allocation is former fbi agent as foreign prosecutors do, never diminish my respect for you and want to wish you every success in the future. and mr. morell, likewise i want to thank you for your decades of service to the country. really appreciate all you've done and regret that it's necessary for you to come in today coming out again on this issue. very grateful that you are more than willing to do so and have the opportunity to i hope with these issues to rest. they detailed enough that you can't from the chief of station on september 16th did not include any reference to terrorist attack. in that terminology, or did it? >> i don't recall, sir. >> is that termino

mr. schiff had to go to a hearing. i would like to be in regular order and give my time at this point and then go back to regular order. is that okay? >> i think the ranking member and i also want to take the opportunity to thank the chairman for the way he has led our committee. you brought a real commitment to the country's security to this job. you have been thorough in your preparation of the hearings though we have on occasional butted heads it has never diminished my respect for you and i want to wish you success in the future. mr. morrell like way i want to appreciate all you have done and regret that it's necessary for you to come in today yet again on this issue but very grateful that you were more than willing to do so. in an opportunity to hopefully put these issues to rest. the detailed e-mail you got from the chief of station on september 16 did not include any reference to terrorist attack. that terminology, or did it? >> i don't recall, sir. >> of that terminology was not used would it be because other t

mr. schiff i would like to be in regular order but give my time and then back to regular order. >> i thank the ranking member and i also want to take the opportunity to thank the chairman for the way he has led our committee. he brought a real commitment to the country's security to this jb. you've beep very thorough in your preparations for the hearings and although we have on occasion butted heads rges it's it's never diminished my respect for you. mr. more el, likewise, i want to thank you for your decades of service to the country. i really appreciate all you've done and regret that it's necessary for you to come in today yet again on this issue. but very grateful that you were more than willing to do so and we have the opportunity to i hope put these issues finally to rest. >> thank you, sir. >> the detailed e-mail that you got from the chief of station on september 16th, did not include any reference to terrorist attack. that terminology. or did it? > i don't recall, sir. >> to us, the word extremist was a synonym for the word terrorist. not only for the analysts but also for our ope

mr. schiff's question with respect to syria that the u.n. security council's demanded that the government of syria and opposition groups allow humanitarian aid to be deliveredded. the secretary general's report last week made it clear that the syrian government is violating the security council resolution i believe adopted in february. the administration is also on record that the syrian regime is in violation of the security council's demands, and many of my constituents -- i think i mentioned to you i have the largest syrian community of any member of congress in the country -- support helping the syrian people, and this subcommittee provided a significant amount of funding and increase for humanitarian aid to help meet those particular needs. what will the united states and the u.n. do to insure that aid can get to the syrian people? that's my principal question to you right now. >> well, the first thing we sought to do was to get russia on board with a humanitarian resolution that included in it a list of very specific demands which capt

mr. schiff i would like to be in regular order but give my time and then back to regular order. >> i thank the ranking member and i also want to take the opportunity to thank the chairman for the way he has led our committee. he brought a real commitment to the country's security to this job. you've beep very thorough in your preparations for the hearings and although we have on occasion butted heads, it's never diminished my respect for you. mr. morell, likewise, i want to thank you for your decades of service to the country. i really appreciate all you've done and regret that it's necessary for you to come in today yet again on this issue. but very grateful that you were more than willing to do so and we have the opportunity to i hope put these issues finally to rest. >> thank you, sir. >> the detailed e-mail that you got from the chief of station on september 16th, did not include any reference to terrorist attack. that terminology. or did it? >> i don't recall, sir. >> to us, the word extremist was a synonym for the word terrorist. not only for the analysts but also for our operators.