mr. snowden, because it's -- asked for develop for privacy reasons. now, i have to be careful. you know when i caulk to a technology company and apple, you know, they're in my district in austin, and they'll try to ask to have privacy, protect or attached to financial record or health care records, and we understand that. that's why i think it is a delicate balance between privacy and security when we look at this encryption issue. i don't think that simple amendment of the statute to allow that back door into device that the government could get access to is necessarily the answer. i think there's a technology solution ultimately to this that does protect privacy while providing security when we have probable cause to get a warrant by a judge. by a federal judge. than to open up those communications and see them. so this is i think one of the greatest challenges of counterterrorism officials that we see quite some time. it's really kind of an offshoot of what mr. snowden did. >> let's u now open it to the audience for questions i ask you to identify yourselves if you have an a

mr. snowden did. host: we will open up to the audience were questions. please identify yourself and keep it to a question rather than a broad statement. why don't we start over here? congratulations on your book. i'm with something called the biometrics association. we are concerned about terrorist travel. i know that the house took of legislation in fall to address the visa waiver program and how to counter terrorists from getting on a plane and coming to the u.s.. what is the future state, in your mind, to address the vulnerabilities in the programs? i would like your thoughts on that rep. mccaul: thank you. refugees about syrian and the threat of the iraqi refugees arrested just recently. the visa waiver was always the bigger issue we were most concerned about. you have 5,000 foreign fighters traveling through the region that have western passports that could essentially get into the u.s. without a visa. our bill addressed that. we added iraq, syria, sudan, and iran, which was to the administration's-- the ministration did not appreciate that. that wo

mr. snowden did. >> let's now open it up to the audience for questions. i ask you to identify yourself if you have affiliations, and please keep it to a question rather than a broad statement. why don't we started over here? thank you. congratulations on your book. i am with something called the secure identity and i its association. we are concerned about -- and biometrics association. about terrorist travel. i know the house took up legislation in the fall to address the these a waiver program and how to counter terrorists from getting on a plane and coming to the u.s.. the state in your mind to address the vulnerabilities in the program? is there more that we can do? >> thank you. we talked a lot about syrian refugees and the threat that they pose, but the visa waiver was the biggest issue that we were concerned about, because you have 5000 foreign fighters that traveled to the region that had western passports that could essentially get into the united states without a visa. so our bill addressed that, and we added iraq, syria, sudan, and iran to the

mr. snowden. for privacy sked reasons. i have to be careful. when i talk to the technology companies, apple, you know, they're in my district in austin. they'll tell you they want apps that have privacy protected or attached to financial records or health care records. and we understand that. that's why i think it's a delicate balance between privacy and security. this encryption issue. i edmonton think a simple amendment of a statute to allow a backdoor into a device that the government could get access to is necessarily the answer. i think there's a technology solution ultimately to this that does protect privacy, while providing security, when we have probable cause to get a arrant by a judge. then to open up those communications and see them. this is one of the greatest challenges of counterterrorism officials we've seen in quite some time. it's an offshoot of what mr. snowden did. mr. weinstein: let's open it up to the audience for questions. i ask to you identify yourself, if you have an affiliation. please keep it to a question, rather t

mr. snowden has done a considerable public service by bringing it to light. times" it is clear that snowden is a trader and should be tried for treason. is there a flip-flop here? >> yeah, how do you say flip-flop in canada? there definitely is a flip-flop and i think ted cruz has got to be very careful about this because, you know, we're coming to the end. people realize it's an issue that's beginning to give him headaches. marco rubio has been hitting him pretty hard on this national security issue for months. it's taken him three years from 2013 to 2016 to go ahead and say edward snowden is a traitor. for a long time he wasn't able to label him and define him but yes, when you have last-minute conversions less than a month away from a caucus it brings up the question is he flip-flopping. >> scottie, will donald trump the man you support be on the attack tonight against ted cruz? >> no, i think -- he can't go directly about this but i think this speaks to the strength of donald trump and they call him teflon don. they have thrown everything at donald trump

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