mr. snowden did. 90-plus percent of the materials mr. snowden stole put those men and women in uniform back there at enormous risk. most of these were plain old ordinary secreted. not about america behaving badly. this is hour our military operates around the world so many the single biggest risk from mr. snowden's stealing of the information and providing it to our enemies is that we now have to spend a lot of money trying to figure out how to keep the military members safe as the perform their operations robbed the world. this is wholly separate and apart from our electronic surveillance that captured the attention of the lefties at the "new york times" and became the story of the day. look, we'll piece the intelligence collection piece of this back there was a robust debate. i wish it had been conducted at a higher level but my colleagues-but we'll piece that back together. we will again make the case that it is important not only to protect americans' privacy but to keep them safe and we can meet both of those objectives ump i'm confi

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mr. snowden was a contractor. so our challenge, the additional burden we have, of course, is od trying to prevent the exposure of classified information t outside channels.they a that's why whistle blowers absolutely must be protected, so that they are -- induced or motivated to go within the channels knowing that they'll be protected. this is a program that's managed by the intelligence community inspector general who is, of course, independent as a senateo confirmed official.ent as >> thank you.. and i am pleased to see that you would be supportive of that. and secretary work and admiral rogers, i assume that you wouldo be supportive of giving whistleblower protections to intelligence community contractors? >> absolutely. i agree totally with what t director clapper said. >> yes, ma'am. i say this as head of the intelligence agency. >> thank you. i you want to follow up a littl bit, director clapper, with your comment about a shutdown. could you tell us what impact another government shutdown would have on your

mr. snowden is accused of leaking classified information and faces felony charges here in the united statesned to the u.s. as soon as possible, where he will be acored full due process. but with this vote today, the european union is saying, we're not returning him. >> that's right. when the administration says due process, what they mean is what happened to anyone accused of a crime in the u.s. if you don't flee, you go in, go through a trial, you have your lawyers. europeans are recommending an end run around that, they're saying we want to protect him from unfair prosecution and want to protect him from extradition. that is something we associate more with a putin-style government or enemy government, than we do with the europeans who, in most of the issues, are allies, even if we have different views of surveillance policy. so it really is a sea change in that sense. will become binding or a bigger deal if one of these countries steps up sways we're going to protect him, which is what ecuador did. >> this is controversial for those who view snowden through the lens of a traitor. >> they

mr. snowden was a contractor. so our challenge, the additional burden we have, of course, is trying to prevent the exposure of classified information outside channels. that's why whistle blowers absolutely must be protected, so that they are induced or motivated to go within the channels knowing that they'll be protected. this is a program that's managed by the intelligence community inspector general who is, of course, independent as a senate confirmed official. >> thank you. and i am pleased to see that you would be supportive of that. and secretary work and admiral rogers, i assume that you would be supportive of giving whistleblower protections to intelligence community contractors? >> absolutely. i agree totally with what director clapper said. >> yes, ma'am. i say this as head of the intelligence agency. >> thank you. i want to follow up a little bit, director clapper, with your comment about a shutdown. could you tell us what impact another government shutdown would have on your progress of getting the cybe

mr. snowden's lawyers, i'd refer you to the department of justice. reporter: i'm going to ask you about a report in the journal that suggested that the russians are targeting u.s.-backed rebels in syria. does the administration believe that is the case? if so, how does this country avoid getting roped into sort of a proxy war with russia? if that's the case. mr. earnest: the president made a firm commitment in his news conference on friday that the situation in syria is not going to turn into a proxy war between the united states and russia. the fact is we see russia doubling down on their support for assad that only draws them further and further into a civil war inside of syria. and it risks a variety of things it. risks russia's further isolation from the international community. it certainly risks the successful completion of the political transition. in fact, we believe it would delay the successful completion of a political transition and that's significant because the russians themselves acknowledge that a political transition is what's requir

mr. ratcliffe: so the insider threat has been described i at as a threat to businesses that operate in cyberspace. threatthe scale of that in response to edward snowden. i know the department of justice has asked congress for clarity forhe law in this area, assistance in prosecuting insiders who access sensitive data that they are not authorized to. i want to give you an opportunity to elaborate on that from your perspective. director comey: it's an important part of the threat, that is absolutely true. i don't know what the department's questions and concerns are about their legislative authority on that front, so i don't think i can offer anything useful there. mr. ratcliffe: ok. is expired and like everybody else, i want to express my thanks. i had the opportunity to work for you both what you are the acting attorney general and when you were the- when deputy general, and i have great confidence in you and i am grateful for your continuing service. i am grateful for the fact that you are in the director's chair and the you are making such important questions about security. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. mr. chairman: i would like to echo

mr. ratcliffe: so the insider threat has been described i at least some as a threat to businesses that operate in cyberspace. we saw the scale of that threat in response to edward snowden. i know the department of justice has asked congress for clarity on the law in this area, for assistance in prosecuting insiders who access sensitive data that they are not authorized to. i want to give you an opportunity to elaborate on that from your perspective. director comey: it's an important part of the threat, that is absolutely true. i don't know what the department's questions and concerns are about their legislative authority on that front, so i don't think i can offer anything useful there. mr. ratcliffe: ok. well, my time is expired and like everybody else, i want to express my thanks. i had the opportunity to work for you when you were the deputy general, and i have great confidence in you and i am grateful for your continuing service. i am grateful for the fact that you are in the director's chair and the you are making such important questions about security. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. mr. chairman: i would like to echo those comments and we are grateful th

mr. potential ambassador. [laughter] wikileaks recently put out a statement to clarify the events that occurred when edward snowden was soon transition of moving and ended up dead moscow and rigo from your own account you were involved with strategizing helping to facilitate edward snowden to get on a plane with documentation so we all remember whether reports emerged that the president of bolivia was the very fierce critic of the united states his hair played while traveling through your peers but sluggish air space was forced to land on direct orders from the united states can you explain given that you were directly involved at the time that reality of the ground with edward snowden would assure understanding of what happened with that plagued? >> they thought he may be of the plane. >> sure. he was in a difficult position in hong kong and how was i able to see that? because i had been detained without charge five years and also chelsea manning they went to their cases in the united states i have come to go far too much about the espionage act and to how the refugee convention works. so i read the column, actor