for these reasons, indicated in a speech at the national defense university last may that we need a robustublic discussion about the balance between security and liberty. of course, would i did not know the time was that within weeks of my speech an avalanche of unauthorized disclosures would spark controversy that has continued to this day. given the open investigation, i will not dwell on mr. snowden's actions. our nation's defense depends in part on the fidelity of those in trust with our nation secrets. if any individual who objects to government policy can take it into their own hands to publicly disclose classified information than we will not be able to keep our people safe or conduct foreign policy. moreover, the sensational way in which these disclosures that come out has shed more heat, revealing information to our adversaries in ways that we may not understand for years to come. the task right now is greater than simply repairing the damage done to our operations or preventing more disclosures from taking place in the future. instead, we have to make some important decisions abo

. >> global witness national defense university. i want to ask about the architecture of conflict and crisis that came out earlier. two or three states, a lot of the power brokers in these locations have an incentive towards predatory behavior and conflict and have the disincentive to building institutions and all those things. aside from military intervention are you seeing a push towards using new tools to d incentivize those conflicts in those fragile state that keep coming up over and over again to change in that year one through teir 3 dynamics. >> you are beginning to figure out a way and at least -- we are doing more in consulting with regional entities in terms of trying not just to do it ourselves but engage others. to back off in support of am 23 and this is not cost 40. there are consequences. would have urged them to have done that earlier. >> if you are looking at where we have enhanced statecraft and tools, i think we have been much more creative and capable on the tools to influence states and the irony, the irony of

speech that he gave his very powerful speech in may of two thousand and thirteen at the national defense university was there a trend going away from drone strikes or did we see you know what was the transport of when it comes to the drummer for program after that there are fewer reported drone strikes in may two thousand and thirteen speech but we don't actually know who is being killed in those strikes and certainly the waiting drone strike of last month or fifteen people were killed raises a lot of questions about whether the rules president obama announced are actually being followed and of course it's incredibly hard to hold the administration accountable to its promises more it won't even tell us what's actually happening. that was sean advocacy advisor at amnesty usa. believe it or not penis pumps cost the us government one hundred seventy two million dollars between two thousand and six and two thousand and eleven which is about twice the amount the consumer would have paid at the retail level this is all according to a new government watchdog report released by the inspector general regard

speech that he gave his time in a very powerful speech in may of twenty thirteen at the national defense university. i was there a trend in our going away from john's facts or to receive you know what was the transfer of when it comes the drummer for program after that their fuel reporting throwing strikes since then the two thousand thirteen speech but we don't actually know who's being killed in the strikes and certainly the way the drone strike of last month were fifteen people were killed raises a lot of questions about whether the rules president obama announced are actually being followed. it wasn't incredibly hard to hold the administration accountable to its promises no one even tell us what's actually happening. an email that you know the jurisdiction is probably likely to see end of the c i a cell like you were just mentioning i now know what we have these drone attacks abroad such as wedding convoy. is it just so easy then for this data say well you know. this week and releases information because it would compromise intelligence and then therefore we get no transparency whatsoever. it i

taking part in a security course at the national defense university. out ofypically based here. he transported child photography on the internet to someone who was an undercover police officer. as a result, yesterday afternoon, police along with fbi and military authorities arrested him on base at fort mcnair and charged him with distribution of child tomography -- pornography. we will learn quite a bit more about him soon. reporting live. abc 7 news. >> sources are telling abc 7 refused torefighter help a man dying across the street. firefighters were accused of a snoring a 77-year-old man while he was dying. they were told that firefighters could not do anything without being officially dispatched. there will be a full report on this tonight at 6:00. evidenceealing from control while he was on duty. washington dc police will not tell us what he is accused of stealing. months after a fairfax county man was shot and killed by police during a standoff, novartis on the investigation into what happened. into the investigation of what happened. >> they been trying for months to get

speech that he gave his very powerful speech in may of two thousand and thirteen at the national defense university was a trend you know going away from drone strikes or did we see you know. what was the transport of when it comes to the drummer for a program after that there are few reported drone strikes and that may two thousand and thirteen speech but we don't actually know who is being killed in those strikes and certainly the waiting drone strike of last month where fifteen people were killed raises a lot of questions about whether the rules president obama announced are actually being followed and of course it's incredibly hard to hold the administration accountable to its promises more it won't even tell us what's actually happening and we know that you know the jurisdiction is probably likely to stay under the cia so like you were just mentioning right now you know when we have these drone attacks abroad such as the one in convoy isn't it just so easy then for the cia to say well you know this we can't release this information because it would compromise intelligence and then therefore we

for these reasons, indicated in a speech at the national defense university last may that we need a robust public discussion about the balance between security and liberty. of course, what i did not know the time was that within weeks of my speech an avalanche of unauthorized disclosures would spark controversy that has continued to this day. given the open investigation, i will not dwell on mr. snowden's actions. i will say our nation's defense depends in part on the fidelity of those in trust with our nation secrets. if any individual who objects to government policy can take it into their own hands to publicly disclose classified information than we will not be able to keep our people safe or conduct foreign policy. moreover, the sensational way in which these disclosures had come out has shed more heat than light, revealing information to our adversaries in ways that we may not understand for years to come. the task right now is greater than simply repairing the damage done to our operations or preventing more disclosures from taking place in the future. instead, we have to make some i

. >> global witness national defense university. i want to ask about the architecture of conflict and crisis that came out earlier. two or three states, a lot of the power brokers in these locations have an incentive towards predatory behavior and conflict and have the disincentive to building institutions and all those things. aside from military intervention are you seeing a push towards using new tools to d incentivize those conflicts in those fragile state that keep coming up over and over again to change in that year one through teir 3 dynamics. >> you are beginning to figure out a way and at least -- we are doing more in consulting with regional entities in terms of trying not just to do it ourselves but engage others. to back off in support of am 23 and this is not cost 40. there are consequences. would have urged them to have done that earlier. >> if you are looking at where we have enhanced statecraft and tools, i think we have been much more creative and capable on the tools to influence states and the irony, the irony of

administration has done now with the president giving a speech in may of this year at the national defense universitymo. so, i think this is just kind of the icing on the cake at the end of the year here. moving forward to actually closing guantanamo. >> do you think it is going to be piece mill, individual arrangements like this or is there something that could happen over the course of the next year or two where a large number of prisoners could be freed at once? >> i think it's a little bit of both. one of the big problems is that the majority of detainees, especially the cleared detainees, are yemenees and there be some opportunity to have a solution where many will be transferred. for the most part these negotiations with countries including third countries beyond the home countries of the detainees will have to proceed on a case by case basis, taking into account diplomatic, legal consequences. so it will be an arduous process. with the right amount of political commitment and right high level engagement from the president, i believe it can be done. >> in terms of that political commitment and

be done.not to ask president obama speech at the national defense university washington, d.c.was interrupted multiple times by medea benjamin, founder of code pink. >> once again -- >> [indiscernible] desperate people. >> [indiscernible] >> you're the commander-in- chief. >> [indiscernible] look at tedue our 2013 in a moment. ♪ [music break] died at the age of 78. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. atcontinue our look back 2013. a newly disclosed court order shows the telecom giant verizon is handing over the phone records of millions of subscribers to the u.s. government without individual warrants. the guardian of london reports the fbi obtained a three-month authorization from the foreign intelligence surveillance court in april. it compels verizon to provide the national security agency with metadata of all subscriber phone calls, who they spoke to, where and what time they made the call, and for how long. this appears to mark the broadest act of government surveillance known to date. we're now joined by two former employee

. >> to make up for this obvious deficiency, cattan was sent off to the national defense university in washington d.c. for a few weeks of training and eventually placed in charge of buying $1.2 billion worth of equipment for the iraqi military. the allegations are that $1.2 billion left iraq-- >> yes. >> to buy military equipment. >> yes. >> and only about $400 million worth of equipment came back into the country. and that $800 million somehow disappeared. >> it isn't true. >> cattan told us that the charges are politically motivated, and that he can account for every single dinar. >> all equipment with this 1 billion, 200 million, it is nowaday in iraq. >> it was delivered to iraq. >> i have documentation. i give it to you in your hand. >> this is a big misunderstanding, i mean, we're talking about $800 million. >> yes, it is here. i can show you. this is btr-80, from vanguardian. this is ambulances, 2005 production, also in iraq nowaday. this is mobile kitchen. also in iraq nowaday. >> well, this isn't equipment. this is just pictures of equipment. >> yeah, but you can prove it if y

and for these reasons, i indicated in a speech at the national defense university last may, we needed a more robust, public discussion about the balance between security and liberty. of course, what i did not know at the time was that within weeks of my speech, an avalanche of unauthorized disclosures would spark controversies at home and abroad that have continued to this day. >> he then went on to mention edward snowden specifically. given the fact of an open investigation, i'm not going to dwell on mr. snowden's actions or motivations. where does edward snowden, from your perspective, fit into this current debate and these proposed reforms the president put forward today? >> you know, i think it leads to whether or not you think the president is genuinely concerned or not. i don't think we would be here, and i think there would be absolutely no reform, had there not been the releases by snowden. it's a separate question, what to do with him and whether he broke the law, which i think he did, and how he should be punished. the thing is, we wouldn't have any of this information and w

and for these reasons, i indicated in a speech at the national defense university last may that we needed a more robust public discussion about the balance between security and liberty. of course, what i did not know at the time is within weeks of my speech, an avalanche of unauthorized disclosures would spark controversies at home and abroad that continue to this day. given the fact of an open investigation, i'm not going to dwell on mr. snowden's actions or his motivations, i will say that our nation's defense depends in part on the fidelity of those entrusted with our nation's secrets. if any individual who objects to government policy can take it into their own hands to publicly disclose classified information, then we will not be able to keep our people safe or conduct foreign policy. moreover, the sensational way these disclosures have come out have often shred more heat than light, while impacting our operations in ways we may not fully understand for years to come. regardless of how we got here, though, the task before us now is greater than simply repairing the damage done to our

>> well, judy, as you know in may the president gave a speech at the national defense university. he strongly reiterated and renewed his commitment to close guantanamo. and he's been very committed to closing it from the beginning. and in this speech he said we are going to move forward on transfers. we're going to move forward on closing the facility. he announced the appointment of special envoys at the state department and the defense department who would be focused and moving forward on closure. i started the beginning of july. paul lewis, my counterpart at t defense department started in november. and so we are moving full speed ahead. and i'm also pleased that we are able to work with congress in the last few months to change the law in a way that remove some of the obstacles and restrictions that had lead to that slump that you referred to. and i think that's also going to be very helpful to us. >> is that what made the difference. and how did you prioritize who was going to be released first among these. >> in terms of changing the law and the law will be different in 2014

. >> global witness national defense university.i want to ask about the architecture of conflict and crisis that came out earlier. two or three states, a lot of the power brokers in these locations have an incentive towards predatory behavior and conflict and have the disincentive to building institutions and all those things. aside from military intervention are you seeing a push towards using new tools to d incentivize those conflicts in those fragile state that keep coming up over and over again to change in that year

for a period of about two months until the president's may 23rd speech at the national defense university. and in that speech the president said, as heather quoted, that this war, like all wars, must end. and as part of his conception of the end of the war, he announced very clearly -- and i have to say i admire the clarity with which he said this if not the degree to which i understand quite what he meant, but he said very clearly that he would not sign any law that attempted to expand or continue the aumf and would work toward, with congress, toward its narrowing and eventual repeal. and so, you know i stand here to say at least in the short term we were completely and utterly defeated in our efforts to extend, define and add deaf national contour to the conflict. which raises the question why this issue is still important, if it's. if it's. the president has said he's committed to brunging this war -- bringing this war to an end. we're moving people out of afghanistan over the course of this year, and we have developed a remarkable series of legal fictions that everybody seems if not c

much for these reasons i indicated in a speech at the national defense university last may that we needed a more robust public discussion about the balance between security and liberty. of course what i did not know at the time was within weeks of my speech an avalanche of unauthorized disclosures would spark controversies at home and abroad that have continued to this day. given the fact of an open investigation, i'm not going to dwell on mr. snowden's actions or his motivations. i will say that our nation's defense depend in part on the fidelity of those entrusted with our nation's secrets. if any individual who objects to government policy can take it into their own hand to publicly disclosed information then we will not be able to keep our people safe or conduct foreign policy. moreover the sensational way in which these disclosures has come out has oven shed more heat than light and revealed actions that to our adversaries that may impact us in ways we may not snow for years to come. regardless how we got here, the task for us here now is to simply than repairing the -- instead we ha

you have asked us to consider the president's speech, the national defense university as a basis for commentary on the security of the united states and the american people. it is true that osama bin laden is dead and there have been no major attacks on the homeland and fewer troops are in harm's way, but it is not true that our alliance is stronger. indeed they are weaker because our of allies are questioning the will of the united states. many allies believe the united states will not be there for them anytime apparel and sadly some recent polls indicating that the united states standing in the world is at its lowest since prior to world war two. how did this happen? is this because of the protracted wars in iraq in afghanistan? is it the u.s. backing of israel and our inability to resolve the israeli-palestinian dispute? absolutely not in my judgment. it is because of american. when american is strong in the world the world as a safer place. and when it is inconsistent, indecisive, and we are willing to permit others to lead to do not have the capacity but we are paralyzed by the

we have asked us to consider the president each at the national defense university as a basis for commentary in the united people. it is true bin laden is dead. there have been no major attacks on the homeland and fewer troops in harms way. it is not chewer alliances are stronger. indeed, they are weaker because allies are fundamentally questioning the will of the united states. many allies believe the united dates will not be there for them any time of peril and some recent polling are indicating the united states standing in the world at its slowest prior to world war ii. how could this happen? is this because of the wars in iraq and dan? is that the u.s. backing of israel and our inability to resolve the israeli-palestinian dispute? absolutely not in my judgment. it is because of american leadership. when american leadership is strong in the world a safer place. when inconsistent, indecisive and we are willing to let others lead who do not have the capacity or when we are paralyzed by the fear of adverse consequence that american leadership is weak in the world is a more dangerous place.

for these reasons i indicated in a speech at the national defense university last may that we needed the balance between security and liberty. of course, what i did not know at the time is that within weeks of my speech an avalanche of unauthorized disclosures would spark controversies at home and abroad that have continued to this day. given the fact of an open investigation, i'm not going to dwell on mr. snowden's actions or his motivations. i will say that our nation's defense depends in part on the fidelity of those entrusted with our nation's secrets. if any individual who objects to government policy can take it into their own hands to publicly disclose classified information, then we will not be able to keep our people safe or conduct foreign policy. moreover, the sensational way in which these disclosures have come out is often shed more heat than light, while revealing methods to our adversaries to impact us in ways that we may not fully understand for years to come. regardless of how we got here though, the task before us now is greater than simply repairing the damage done

national security? we're joined by a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies, and a prominent blogger and professor of history at the university of michigan, and former senior advisor at the state department who worked on digital diplomacy to the muslim world. juan how is the al-qaeda today different than the al-qaeda that attacked the u.s. on 9/11? >> well, in my view it's a mistake to refer to core al-qaeda and the affiliates as al-qaeda. the original al-qaeda was multinational and it made a decision to hit the far united states first because it felt like the united states was propping up these local states. so the things that are being al-qaeda in iraq and syria are not like that at all. they are not multinational. they have a national focus, and they are not interested, i think, very much in hitting the united states. they are just rad sunni islam, the political islam. >> when the president's claim was challenged by pointing out that their flag flies all over iraq and syria obama responded . . . david i want to go to you, a significant portion of al-qaeda leadership has been taken out. how has that effected their ability t

as texas a&m university when president bush asked him to replace donald rumsfeld as secretary of defense in november of 2006. >> we are here to congratulate bob gates on becoming our nation'scretary of defense. >> by then the president, he says, concluded that things were going badly in iraq and gates decided congress needed to hear the truth. >> mr. gates, do you believe ma we're currently winning in iraq? >> no, sir. >> gates critics president bush with turning the u.s. effort around by ordering a surge of some 30,000 personnel. an idea gates says even he didn't support at first. he had some other minor disagreements with mr. bush, but he was more likely to clash with vice president dick cheney who did seem to understand that his influence with bush had waned. >> actually, he was pretty good humored. look, i know i'm alone on this. but here is what i think. >> gates' study is filled with military memento. >> a mine resistant ambush protected vehicles are credited with saving countless lives and limbs in iraq and afghanistan. but gates had to fight his own war within the pentagon to get the vehicles produced. >> it's bureaucratic inner solar, unwillingness. but key for me

national institute of standards and technology, the department of defense instructions, the intelligence community directives and also, you know, some of the sat programs and consolidated that, and that book's actually used in places such as syracuse university to teach people who want to understand this very rigorous federal process. i'm also a co-author of nist special publication 853 alpha, the process where we actually do the assessments per se. so -- >> i trust your expertise. i just want to know the rigor or the standards for the or federal government compared to the private sector. >> sure, so that's a great question, ms. edwards. one of the things to understand is the 853 starting at reare vision 2 and we're now up to revision 4 integrated all of the commercial standards. at rev 3 so meaning, you know, the most iso, carnegie mellon, a lot of organizations that had kind of best practices out there, they were integrated into that revision. by revision four we've actually integrated the department of defense standards, the intelligence community standards, also a lot of standards that are kind of outside the realm, they're threat-based. most, as you'll find, most auditing organizations don't look for those. >> so are -- >> rigor compare

national institute of standards and technology. the department of defense instructions, intelligence community directives and also you know, some of the sap programs and consolidated that and that book is used in places such as syracuse university to teach people that actually want to understand this very rigorous federal process. . . a lot of these organizations that had kind of best tactics out there they were integrated into that revision. by revision for we've integrated the department of defense standards, the and and tells me standards, also a lot of standards the kind outside the realm or threat-based. most as you will find most musicians don't look for those. >> the depth and rigor compared to a commercial organization to which will get in the government, and have worked on both sides, 50% of my contracts are with fortune 50 and 100 companies. i can tell you the depth and rigor you implement on a federal information systems as it should be is much more intense than what you see in the commercial markets. >> is healthcare.gov or to the rigor attached to healthcare.gov attached come any different than any of these federal systems you've indicated? >> no. it's the same. >> i wonder if the standards you describe our above,

nation, particularly in the government levels. be meann't mean to towards government employees, but our top people in the universities are not graduating government.to the they're not even going into the defense industry. whotop technology brains understand and who are developing these very cutting going tonologies are google, oracle, apple, they're going across the ocean. the are not staying inside government and helping this government be able to identify and then manage these issues. i think this is going to be a very serious problem in the future that our government does qualified people on staff to address these issues. that, but i think there's a countermovement which is taking place even in places virginia. i think that a lot of young people are not at all happy the being done or is run. ways think there's in many a very broad interest from people who are not yet ready to political career or government career about the doing.lity of so and i'll be very disappointed if i'm wrong. i hope i'm not. i don't mean to be contrary, but it's one thing to be interested in going into government service. another thing to have the intenintense technological backd to need.re going people in the futur