fbi director robert mueller. director get a role in burgess. principal deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence department of defense thomas ferguson. director of national counterterrorism center, michael leiter. assistant secretary of state bureau of intelligence and research department of state come ambassador goldberg. and undersecretary of intelligence and analysis department of homeland security caryn wagner. and i would like to point out she used to work with us on this committee. today, thanks for joining us here today. today's annual worldwide threats hearing is a rare opportunity by members of the intelligence community gives an assessment of the threat we are facing around the world in an open unclassified setting. on this committee our highest priority must be keeping our country and citizens safe. the stakes are high and the challenges are great but our intelligence community has shown that the best and brightest minds of the world. we are committed to giving these professionals the resources, tools and capability they need

i leave that to directer mueller. really maybe later too, can you talk about the threat from homegrown terrorism, what we're doing about it? and do you agree with secretary napolitano that our country's threat has been thhighest? >> i might suggest since mike was present for that exchange that he speak first and then perhaps director mueller. >> congressman, the full context of these remarks, i think, i completely agree with the secretary, which is we face actually -- jim is so -- but the full range of threats is the most diverse and most complex that we have faced. it is not that we are looking at one specific threat now which brings our threat level a very elevated level. it is that we face a ideologically diverse set of threats which is the greest diversity and complexity that we have faced since 911. with respect to your point of homegrown extremists, we have seen last year and the year before a heightened state of radicalization and mobilization against homegrown extremists. we've seen signs of the beginning of n

i leave that to directer mueller. really maybe later too, can you talk about the threat from homegrown terrorism, what we're doing about it? and do you agree with secretary napolitano that our country's threat has been the highest? >> i might suggest since mike was present for that exchange that he speak first and then perhaps director mueller. >> congressman, the full context of these remarks, i think, i completely agree with the secretary, which is we face actually -- jim is so -- but the full range of threats is the most diverse and most complex that we have faced. it is not that we are looking at one specific threat now which brings our threat level to a very elevated level. it is that we face a ideologically diverse set of threats which is the greatest diversity and complexity that we have faced since 911. with respect to your point of homegrown extremists, we have seen last year and the year before a heightened state of radicalization and mobilization against homegrown extremists. we've seen signs of the beginni

. >> -- mueller. >> yeah. yes, sir. i think all of us believe that each of our entities is -- has got to grow substantially over the forthcoming years to address cyber attacks in all of their -- in all of the -- their iterations. one of the problems we have is at the outset of an attack you do not know whether it is a foreign country, foreign government, somebody affiliated with a foreign government, a group of hackers or the high school student across the way, and we are all aligned in our particular specialties -- counter intelligence if it's a foreign government, criminal if it's somebody who is intruding for criminal purposes. one of the entities we've established which is very helpful is called the national cyber investigative joint task force where representatives of all of us sit together so that if there is an intrusion we have all of our areas of expertise including nsa, quite obviously, to try to identify that intrusion and then determine how we best follow and track that intrusion. and so while i th

i leave that to directer mueller. really maybe later too, can you talk about the threat from homegrown terrorism, what we're doing about it? and do you agree with secretary napolitano that our country's threat has been the highest? >> i might suggest since mike was present for that exchange that he speak first and then perhaps director mueller. >> congressman, the full context of these remarks, i think, iompletely agree with the secretary, which is we face actually -- jim is so -- but the fu range of threats is the most diverse and most complex that we have faced. it is not that we are looking at one specific threat now which brings our threat level to a very elevated level. it is that we face a ideologically diverse seof threats which is the greatest diversity and complexity that we have faced since 911. with respect to your point of homegrown extremists, we have seen last year and the year before a heightened state of radicalization and mobilization against homegrown extremists. we've seen signs of the beginning of

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witnesses included national intelligence director, james, leon panetta and fbi are, robert mueller. >> good morning, everyone. this hearing will come to order. this committee meets today in open session to hear testimony from the leaders of the intelligence community on the threats facing the united states. the committee has been holding worldwide threat hearings since 1994 as a way to focus the committee and the senate on the national security challenges and opportunities that we face as a nation and to allow the american public a view into the assessment of the united states intelligence agencies about the dangerous world -- a world in which we live. yesterday, the senate passed overwhelmingly, at least a temporary extension to the end of may of three very vital sections of the united states patriot act. and i've been surprised about how much misunderstanding they have caused. i've also been surprised at how short memories are. explosives today are much more sophisticated. they are under attack to blow. just a very short time ago in dubai, printer cartridges were found with an undet

director clapper, i guess i'll start with you and perhaps director mueller can comment as well. how do you assess the progress that we made in dealing with the cyberthreat overall i know we had success and standing up cybercommand and also deploying our perimeter defenses especially with respect to protecting the network and we're working on deploying the ensign 3 on the dot gov network but clearly not enough has been done to protect critical infrastructure which for better or worse is -- much of it is in private hands. i want to know basically at this point if there were a major cyberattack on the nation, particularly in critical infrastructure, do we know who's in charge and do we have sufficient authorities to actually stop that attack? >> chairman? >> congressman, i think we've been working very hard to try to make sure as a community we're linking together all of our capabilities and authorities to be able to respond effectively to cyberintrusions. as director mueller says it's not always clear from whence they come or how they can be attributed. we recently signed an m.o.u

actually a very rich guy. [ laughter and applause ] and get this, charlie sheen's estranged wife brooke muellers reportedly in talks to go on "dancing with the stars." yeah, even charlie was like, "yikes, embarrassing." [ laughter ] whateve. whateve. hey, facebook celebrated its seventh birthday today, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] yeah. cool. i have to be honest, though, i only remembered its birthday, because i saw it on facebook. [ light laughter ] this is cool. senator joe lieberman is busy writing a new book about the jewish sabbath called "gift of rest." yeah, i hear he's been working on it, 24/6. [ laughter ] here's some "jersey shore" news. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ "jersey shore" news. on last night's episode, ronni had to go to the doctor for a rectal exam. [ laughter ] which is weird, 'cause i thought sammy was the one with the stick up her butt. oh, no, i didn't! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ oh, no, i didn't! listen to this, john mccain said, yesterday, that president obama has gotten easier to talk to, because he's taken a more centrist position. meanwhile obama said mccain's gott

i want to focus if i could with director mueller. first of all, director mueller, we've been together 10 years. he came to the fbi a few weeks before the horrific attack on the united state in the terrible events of the world trade center. one of my questions will be is that we look at every issue of the day, whether it whatever what would you advise are these top issues as we respond to the committee has to be a net. what are the majority threats and what we need to do from your event the fbi? with collaboration. >> if you look at the array of thread quite obviously the threat from terrorism coming out of the fatah, packs and, the zazi, cases where ttp or al qaeda have contributed to the ability of persons to try to undertake attacks on the united states. cnn with the printer bombs as an example as well as the christmas day attacks with the ability of individuals to come up with ingenious ways, constructing ieds to get through our various chart points. somalia, but then also we cannot forget a domestic terrorism and a sense of malic

girlfriend, used to be a porn star, perhaps still working in that industry, and his ex-wife, brooke mueller headed off on a tropical vacation, the three of them. we've been singing that theme song to "three's company," waiting for mr. roper to show up. they're off on a little tropical vacation. >> the more the merrier. >> this is radaronline. saying that they've been spotted. we know brooke moved back in with charlie. he talked about building this porn family, that was so bizarre. looks like he might make that work. >> good luck with that. >> the show, "two and a half men" is supposed to be back in production next week. >> a little r&r. >>> beyonce, a little more of her this morning. apparently she did a picture shoot for a french fashion magazine for 90th anniversary issue and she did a cultural tribute, head wraps and gorgeous gowns but a picture that is apparently starting internet rumblings. they say they went in black face, because they made her look darker in the magazine. >> doesn't even look like her. >> she went black face. it has raised a few eyebrows. folks are not sweating it --

called the counterterrorism resource counsel, which is chaired by george clapper, it includes bob mueller,he director of the fbi, the director of cia. and we have met every two weeks to delve in as senior leaders for hours on end about how we can integrate our missions better. that is night and day from where we were in 2004 and 2005, and frankly, it's night and day from where we were in 2009. so i think there are always some tensions when ornizations are trying to do the right thing and think they're trying to do the right thing and someone else disagrees. not all that tension is bad. on the terrorism issue, i think -- i have never seen it better integrated than it is today. and just one other point about integration, you mentioned the health and humanservices, we are integrated with them and dhs. they are in charge of refugee resettlement. and they play a critical role in helping us work with new immigrant communities to reduce the likelihood of radicalization. again, that sort of partnership between the counterterrorism community and an organization that is responsible for refugee rese

finally, your question about what happened i want to be careful not to speak for either director mueller or the department of defense, i think they said quite clearly at the time that information was not shared effectively between the fbi and the department of defense. they have taken remedial action to address some of that. i know on -- for nctc's part, since then we have worked with the fbi to produce improved training materials and training for field offices, so there really is no question for the next special agent when he's investigating a case that he will recognize the telltale signs of radicalization and moving towards mobilization and not just convey that to the department of defense, but probably be more aggressive in following that up. >> i mean, i think the american people, it's hard to understa understand -- and we can talk about infiltration of the military and what the threat is there, but it's hard for the average citizen to understand how the fbi could have this kind of information, that you have a major -- the biggest installation in the united states, in contact with o

the couple was at his marriage to brooke mueller. favor and drove him home. he would not talk about the conversation that day. >> i went over to see charlie. and charlie was just ready to leave. there were a lot of media outside. i offered to give charlie a ride home. charlie was feeling better when i took him home. >> reporter: i offered him a ride. >> reporter: sheen's parents are so worried about him, "us weekly" reports they are considering filing conservatorship for his finances. >> a big thing for all of the family members is his well-being. whether he will survive. whether he will live. he has five kids. and a lot of people who love him very much. >> reporter: a court granted pop star britney spears' father conservatorship a few years ago. but sheen is much older, 45. goes to work regularly on his hit show, "two and a half men," and has promised to rehab on his own terms, at home and to continue working. a method debated by the women of "the view." >> you need to choose one. i need to get help or choose one or the other. >> i

soon to be ex-wife, brooke mueller. she reportedly left after a big fight. he told me that. something went wrong on the island. >> what a group. andrea, thanks very much. >>> let's get the rest of the news with juju. >>> good morning, george, good morning, everyone. a big development in the battle over union rights in wisconsin, despite days of protests. the state assembly has approved a bill that would strip most public workers of their collective bargaining rights. now, it goes to the senate, whose 14 democrats are still in hiding. >>> budget woes have forced providence, rhode island, to send pink slips to every teacher in the city. 2,000 of them in all. not all of them will be laid off. but state law requires teachers be notified by march if their jobs are in jeopardy next year. and the city says it needs flexibility to make extreme cuts. >>> new figures show a dramatic increase in the number of mistakes made by air traffic controllers. errors are up 81% since 2007, with 43 near-misses. last year, the faa says the higher numbers are thanks to new, no-fault reporting metho

finally, your question about what happened i want to be careful not to speak for either director mueller or the department of defense, i think they said quite clearly at the time that information was not shared effectively between the fbi and the department of defense. they have taken remedial action to address some of that. i kn on -- for nctc's part, nce then we have worked with the fbi to produce improved training materials and training for field ofces, so there really is no question for the next special agent when he's investigating a case that he will recognize the telltale signs of radicalization and moving towards mobilization and not just convey that to the department of defense, but probably be more aggressive in following that up. >> i mean, i think the american people, it's hard to understa understand -- and we can talk about infiltration of the military and what the threat is there, but it's hard for e average citizen to understand how the fbi could have this kind of information, that you have a major -- the biggest installation in the united states, in contact with one o the

called the counterterrorism resource counsel, which is chaired by george clapper, it includes bob mueller, the director of the fbi, the director of cia. and we have met every two weeks to delve in as senior leaders for hours on end about how we can integrate our missions better. that is night and day from where we were in 2004 and 2005, and frankly, it's night and day from where we were in 2009. so i think there are always some tensions when organizations are trying to do the right thing and think they're trying to do the right thing and someone else disagrees. not all that tension is bad. on the terrorism issue, i think -- i have never seen it better integrated than it is today. and just one other point about integration, you mentioned the health and human services, we are integrated with them and dhs. they are in charge of refugee resettlement. and they play a critical role in helping us work with new immigrant communities to reduce the likelihood of radicalization. again, that sort of partnership between the counterterrorism community and an organization that is responsible for refugee

. >> host: here is robert mueller talking about the tal patriot ackit provisions, specifically the loansion. >> the last thin yg i would says as you and others have mentioned, the threat in the state and its is long will soon have radicalized domestically. these tools up forntial fo o reauthorization are essentialo for our ability to identify terrorists in general, criminals in general. g most particularly in the last provision, lone wolves. >> host: sayre. >> guest: the patriot actover concerns many americans. these different agencies. there is an example. we also need tools and our givee intelligence agencies and our lt law enforcement agencies, the fbi and the ability to do the job. o now come on my side of the aisle there is a lot of people who peo will be voting against the the extension of the patriot act. wat understand the point ofstaa view. in the legislation we can always do better. the way legislation is made youd have to get consensus abcaforyea word. in yesterday's hearing and which we don't have many. plic i really applaud the chairman for having that hearing.d the public

finally, your question about what happened i want to be careful not to speak for either director mueller or the department of defense, i think they said quite clearly at the time that information was not shared effectively between the fbi and the department of defense. they have taken remedial action to address some of that. i know on -- for nctc's part, since then we have worked with the fbi to produce improved training materials and training for field offices, so there really is no question for the next special agent when he's investigating a case that he will recognize the telltale signs of radicalization and moving towards mobilization and not just convey that to the department of defense, but probably be more aggressive in following that up. >> i mean, i think the american people, it's hard to understa understand -- and we can talk about infiltration of the military and what the threat is there, but it's hard for the average citizen to understand how the fbi could have this kind of information, that you have a major -- the biggest installation in the united states, in contact with o

director bob mueller, this provision has been used more than 190 times since it was authorized in 2001. the third section, the final one, is the lone wolf authority that allows for court-ordered collection against non-u.s. persons who engage in international terrorism but for whom an association with a specific international terrorist group has not yet been determined. this provision was enacted in light of the zacharias moussaoui case in which the f.b.i. suspected moussaoui of engaging in terrorist activity, believed at the time that it would-to-coo not obtain a -- that it could not obtain a fisa order, a fisa warrant, for lack of a defensive medicinive connection to a known foreign terrorist ompleghts i see senator kyl on the floor. he we will knows this issue. so this is a specific addition that was put in because of the moussaoui case to get at someone who is a lone wolf, who has no association with the terrorist operation. these tools have been authorized for several and have been subject to strict scrutiny by the foreign intelligence surveillance act court, the department of just