interests and trainees interests are one in the same to a degree according to one national security agency advisor to donal and he said the reason we went into libya one factor was we had we could no longer be leader and it would look to iran is if we make threats that we don't follow through on. there with r t r live from moscow on the way keeping a tab on european aid cash the book sends the news abroad about their claims that instead of meeting honestly it's propping up crude regimes from. different urges that the u.s. state voted organizations sponsored goals in the arab world we hear why there's an impression upon change in libya that's coming up. a terminally ill russian prisoner is pleading for the rights to die but to say that i think once again his condition is critical now to combat the treatment and desperately needs while in jail and he's already been told that there is it is not an option because it's a burden russia but it is worth an option there has been to meet him. in at least forty five and he's done. and it's an independence diabetic his last sixty killings in ten month

interests and chinese interests are one in the same to a degree according to one national security agency advisor to donal and he said the reason we went into libya one factor was we had we could no longer be leader and it would look to iran as if we make threats that we don't follow through on. also ahead for you this hour the forces behind the uprisings. states volatile and isolation sponsored revolts in arab world we hear why there is no rush to find change to be. keeping a terrible european aid cash book sense of billions abroad claims that instead of beating women to its propping up crude regimes. but terminally ill russian the prisoner is pleading for the right to die doctors say can i think minsky's condition is critical that he can't get the treatment interest which he needs while in jail he's already been told you can days or is not an option because it's banned in russia griffin national has been to meet and. canady spotify and he's dying and he's in the independent static he's like sixty connects in ten months. now almost blind he can hardly distinguish objects in the backyard

department of think tanks on capitol hill don't seem to understand what to do according to one national security agency adviser. he said the reason we went into libya one factor was we had said we could no longer be leader and it would look to iran is if we make threats that we don't follow through on. journalists are a town another expensive conflict cons are time for the struggling u.s. economy ratings agency standard and poor's has slashed the outlook on american debts a negative and a move casting doubt on washington's ability to reduce its deficit well that's cause live out of business at some more or less i did you how are the markets been reacting to this negative outlook for the world's largest economy well the markets have been sensitive the past two sessions there was a pretty big sell off in monday's session all across the board russia was very badly hit it lost more than it did in the past nine months four percent in just one session right now investors are really assessing the audience of this downgrade their understanding pretty much that still the dollar plays a key role in the global ec

the think tanks on capitol hill don't seem to understand what to do according to one national security agency adviser. he said the reason we went into libya one factor was we had could no longer be leader and it would look to iran as if we make threats that we don't follow through on. journalist asked in return coming up keeping a tab on european atash find out why the really is being criticized over how it chooses to spend it's a lever that billion euro eight projects. he's ready for for their country say they're now being neglected and ignored that report from georgia coming up. a russian inmate he's suffering from severe diabetes has amassed a killing convicted murderer minsky can't get cheney to jail so far the judges have refused to free him from prison on grounds of ill health but his request for euthanasia is illegal in russia. cannot east forty five and he's dying and it's to the independence diabetic his last six to ten months. now lined he can hardly distinguish objects in the backyard of the jail where he's serving his sentence for murdering his can't understand it and doctors fore

interests and trainees interests are one in the same to a degree according to one national security agency advisor dawn when he said the reason we went into libya one factor was we had to get out of it could no longer be leader and it would look to iran is if we make threats that we don't follow through on. also ahead for you this out of course is that behind the uprisings which is the u.s. state funded organizations sponsored revolts in the arab world we hear why there's no cash to fund changing here. and keeping a tab on european aid traps along sends billions of rewards but there are claims that instead of beating privacy it's popping up cruel and humans. i live in a country that don't understand that there's more violence in the streets of this country than there are in the streets a letter sent to baghdad. want to discourage the liberation. movement from. crowd gathers the real. street with. a terminally ill russian prisoner is pleading for the rights to die but to save another human skin his condition is critical that in college at the treatment he desperately needs while in jail he'

in this case abstained according to one national security agency advisor to dawdle and he said the reason we went into libya one factor was we had said he had no war could no longer be leader and it would look to iran as if we make threats that we don't follow through on a bizarre way to run for in quality. russian returns he told him in a letter from london well still to come on the program the greeks seeking gifts the financial crisis hits the younger generation hardest with graduates push the board in search of a proper job. and also still to come for the russians are in space scientists prepared to unveil an ambitious telescope project over ten years in the making that will look deeper into the cosmos than ever before. russian officials have confirmed one of the figureheads for islamic radicalism in southern russia and then widely known as. has been killed in the same region security services have surrounded the building which is harboring an unknown number of militants the reports of heavy gunfire and artie's north caucuses correspondent is following the latest developments for us. w

department the think tanks on capitol hill don't seem to understand what to do according to one national security agency advisor to donald he said the reason we went into libya one factor was we had said get out of it could no longer be leader and it would look to iran as if we make threats that we don't follow through on. now another expensive conflict comes about time for the struggling u.s. economy ratings agency standard and poor has slashed the outlook on american debt to negative and in these casting doubt on washington's ability to reduce its deficit let's go live now to talk with us and for more on this is dimitri how the markets been reacting to this negative outlook for the world's largest economy well as they were quite sensitive i have to say because after all it was the first negative outlook for the u.s. economy since one thousand nine hundred forty one didn't even happen during the crisis in two thousand and eight when banks like lehman brothers would go belly up badly mae and freddie mac. but at the same time there was a massive selloff russia's market was pretty much. declined four perc

competition with beijing where the problem is good dissent washington agendas white house and national security agencies cia the pentagon the pentagon these interesting africa agenda the one two windows were in libya install an african b. in africa where we have to remember the african headquarters and structure in germany because nobody now africa had quite its peace you know an african country and then the dominoes libya i do we coast we trade sea badly so my salt he said the next day i mean us to fail according to the african pentagon agenda and then leader own the big dominoes the countries where china has substantial investments example. nature i want you. to get a real game so we have to watch how this is going to play out in the medium term the picture you better be certain about it get counter-strategy if they see that they are floundering you know africa because of the military station of a constant being renewed ties with south america and with central asia. so they have really come out states let's focus park in libya and syria and syria the kids here in egypt they got what i wanted the peopl

according to one national security agency advisor to donal and he said the reason we went into libya one factor was we had to get off we had no war could no longer be leader and it would look to iran is if we make threats that we don't follow through on bizarre wagering on foreign policy just very very briefly when we were running a comment that you know and we're actually seeing it in our output there are some analysts saying a new cold war is emerging between china and the us i mean it is that an exaggeration. i think there has been a cold war since the second world war withdrawn or arguably it is certainly hotting up but the state department of think tanks on capitol hill don't seem to understand what to do perhaps because of american lobbying firms on k. street in washington who themselves are trying to gain contracts with the world's a growing fastest growing or most exciting economy like china we mustn't forget the new government in the history of the world has brought so many people out of poverty so many hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and social justice the chi

department the think tanks on capitol hill don't seem to understand what to do according to one national security agency advisor to donald he said the reason we went into libya one factor was we had to get out of it could no longer be leader and it would look to iran as if we make threats that we don't follow through on. russian returns explain to us their ok me over the program giving a tab on european aid cash while the union's been criticized over how it chooses to spend its eleven billion euro aid that's coming up for you tonight plus these men who fought for their country say they're now being neglected and ignored because a report coming out from. the russian inmate who's suffering from severe diabetes is asked for a mercy killing a convicted murderer can't get the treatment he needs while he's in jail so far the judges of refused to free him from prison on grounds of ill health but his request for euthanasia is a legal here in russia it is more if an option is got the story. you know out east forty five and he's dying and insulin dependent diabetic is like sixty killings in ten months. now own mo

department the think tanks on capitol hill don't seem to understand what to do according to one national security agency advisor donnelly he said the reason we went into libya one factor was we had to get out of it could no longer be leader and it would look to iran as if we make threats that we don't follow through on. journalist asked in return see that coming up kid gets all of the european aids going down why union has been criticized they were how it chooses to spend it's an eleven billion euro budget. is bad for their country said it now they neglected other ignored that report from georgia coming up . a russian inmate who suffering from severe diabetes is ours for killing convicted murderer again now the organs cannot get the treatment he needs while in jail so far the judges have refused to free him from prison on grounds of ill health but his request for euthanasia is illegal in russia where the national house. in our east valley five and he's dying and it's an independent static is not sixty killings in ten months now own most blind he can hardly distinguish objects in the backyard of the jail

if you stick around through better national security agencies the sixteen of them the cia the pentagon the state department. you many which i rather expect does not go. anybody would want to ricans themselves i think if that is an important point per day that you made you know you can disagree with their human rights record with the way they run just about everything but the fact is china is on to something when they were when we talk about the way they run their economy but they ask of our correspondent at the asia times. and that's going to do it for now but for more on the stories we covered with r.t. dot com slash usa also check out our youtube page at youtube dot com slash r.t. america and christine we will be right back here in thirty minutes. in total we would. do the work to bring justice to the table but. i have every right to know what my government's true if you want to know why i do.

they're not talking about microsoft microsoft has these smart phones they openly work with the national security agency they put ten and a half million and next. in homes that are immediately collecting video and audio so you know we have to keep our eyes open and we have to keep these people honest i think it's great that al franken is going to take these people to court and get as much truth out as he possibly can out santa thank you so much jason appreciate you joining us from oneonta new york i also just want to again remind our audience for the cell phones with the data download from from cops in your vehicles that if you get pulled over they now in at least in michigan are able to say i want to download information from that cell phone hand it to me and play it in a machine take all the data out of it so if you get pulled over if you can put it in a glove box if you can get it out of the way you might be able to protect yourself from that one particular information on your privacy but we have a very special guest tonight joining me in studio as promised world premiere of a new track tonight live

national security agency director was placed by president bush over at the cia and now we have general petraeus going in as a director of the cia i think this is what this is showing is that there is a trend to militarize the central intelligence agency which is after all and has always been run by civilians so i think this is yet another dangerous trend across the board we see this steady militarization of the american executive branch and we certainly see it in the homeland security department and now we're seeing it once again play out in at the central intelligence agency and the current head of the set of content is as they see it then leon panetta becoming the next defense secretary i mean what what sort of message does that give. well it's it's been pointed out that leon panetta is actually the first democratic secretary of defense since one nine hundred ninety seven we had of course bill cohen a republican an air under clinton and we had rumsfeld a republican and gates a republican but i think what this shows is with panetta he's going to be somebody who is going to be totally

and the statement through better national security agency is the sixteen of them the cia the pentagon state department will. help you many which i rather expect is not. anybody would want to rickles themselves that was have ask of our correspondent at the age of time. over the top economies in the world to the most influential people in the world there's another theory out now about that time magazine that is and its choices for the one hundred most influential people out this week talked this includes talk show host comedian that even teen heartthrob justin bieber but is this really a list of some of the most important people in the world or a good or popularity contests whether you agree with the top one hundred or not it all comes down to how you define influential correspondent on a stasi charkha has more. top one hundred influential people in the world time magazine annually mixes matches and puts together an eclectic group of folk and annoyance them with the word influence this year's group has been announced with great fanfare but how prominent are these figures and what is thi

by one in the same to a degree that is why on the in this case abstained according to one national security agency advisor. donal and he said the reason we went into libya one factor was we had. no war could no longer be leader and it would look to iran as if we make threats that we don't follow through on a bizarre wager on foreign policy. still to come in the program seeking gifts the financial crisis hits the younger generation hardest with graduates push the broader insearch of the job. russian spy in space science is prepared to invent an ambitious telescope project over ten years in the making and look deep into the cosmos than ever before. russian officials are confirmed one of the figureheads for islamic radicalism in southern russia a man widely known as amir her son has been killed in the same region security services have surrounded the building which is harboring unknown number of militants but there are reports of heavy gunfire at the moment ortiz congress's correspondent with caution over is following the latest developments. well everything happened on sunday night to cause a war st

designing nuclear weapons, combat ships, fighter planes -- but it also works for the cia, the national security agency, the fbi, the department of homeland security, the irs, the census bureau, pretty much any agency of government that we interact with, probably lockheed martin is involved either in doing surveillance or information processing or another essential aspect of that agency's operations. i wrote a piece recently on the web that tribed this as -- described this as lockheed martin's shadow government. and, you know, i think it remains to be seen whether they are going to serve that role, but i think there's certainly that danger given their involvement in the so many aspects of government and our lives. so that's what i really have to say to get the conversation started. and, you know, i think, david, do you have any other thoughts that you want to share? >> well, i thought -- in fact, i was struck by that passage early in your book where you describe how senator mccain wanted to insert a congressional mill military complex. that was in one of the drafts of the eisenhower military industrial

you will hear remarks from a former intelligence officials and former cia and national security agency general michael hayden. this is one hour and 30 minutes. >> one of the targets that we could not really get to during the war for these sensitive --, sensitive point targets. we looked at the technology you needed to effectively target and take out such assets. at the time, the technologies were not there. there was a dream of being able touse you may be -- uav's use these targets. now we're 20 years later, and in fact we have that capability. i'm very interested to hear what our speakers today have to say about what the future of uav's might be. they will not talk to the technical issues but the policy and strategic issues. we have three speakers. we have lieutenant-general david deptula, the chief executive officer and managing director of mav6. we also had general michael hayden, a principal of the church of courage. and dr. richard speer, a former official at the u.s. secretary of defense office, commonly known as the father of missile control technology. i will hand the microphon

deficit reduction plan must consider all programs, including those at the pentagon and other national security agenciesis the sense of the house that the nation's debt is an immense security threat to our country, just as admiral mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has stated. the government accountability office has recently issued a report documenting billions of dollars of waste and duplication at government agencies including the department of defense and the department of defense has never passed a clean audit. the bipartisan national commission on fiscal responsibility and reform in a bipartisan debt reduction task force will correct in concluding that all programs including national security should be on the table as part of a deficit reduction plan. any plan -- in the budget plan serious about reducing the deficit must follow this precept to consider all programs. it goes on. yesterday the co-chairs of the bipartisan committee indicated that one of what they considered the shortfalls, shortfalls of the republican budget was that it did not -- it is largely exempts defense spending fro

there were charges that the times was a treasonous organization for publishing the national security agencies electronic surveillance of terrorism and terrorists and terrorism suspects both at home and abroad. there were demonstrations outside the times that call for new times the al-jazeera times. and then in 2010 we had the wikileaks and we have wikileaks, particularly it's cable gate, the top of the state department diplomatic cables. again, there were accusations of treason, denouncements, proclamations of possible prosecutions from officials, probably blowing smoke for public consumption. let me say right i don't advocate going times in the least. i don't think it is treasonous although i don't think it's sense of post-national patriotism is the same as traditional notions of patriotism. and i think we'll get into that although later i started don't think it should be bombed as ann coulter once under. i read the time since i was a kid. i was very proud very early migrate to be published probably in a. i consider the times an important national resource. albeit in a digital. and i confess

agencies that support act goodies across the national preparedness spectrum. and the ppd specifies a number of roles and responsibilities. notably the department of homeland security will undertake the interagency efforts to develop the national preparedness goal to -- system and annual report. these are multidisciplinary efforts by design and will involve many departments and agencies. we have also, in the ppd and otherwise, placed a renewed emphasis on individuals and community preparedness, which we believe is a cornerstone of our national resilience. the public played a critical role on our nation's emergency management team in every type of incident. our goal is to empower americans with information about the risks we face and the actions we can all take to protect ourselves and our communities. for example, during the 2009 h1n1 pandemic, the cdc communicated clear messages to the american people about what they could do to prevent the spread of disease. and you probably all know this instinctively now. cover your cough, stay home if sick, keep sick children out of school. so we are very confident in the american people when provided information about the ris

continues to perform all the functions of a federal law enforcement agency, it's greatly increased its role in insuring our national security. there have been growing pains and false starts, but director mueller has managed this transformation of a large and well-established agency with great professionalism and focus and will leave at the end of his tenure a better bureau than he had when he came in. the director has aggressively pursued both law enforcement and national security objectives while maintaining a strong commitment to the values and freedoms we hold dear as americans -- we hold most dear as americans. in commemorating the 100th anniversary of the fbi several years ago, and i remember sitting there, he said, it's not enough to stop the terrorists, we must stop them while maintaining his civil liberties. it's not enough to catch a criminal, we must catch him while respecting his civil rights. it's not enough to prevent foreign countries from stealing our secrets, we must prevent that from happening while still upholding the rule of law. the rule of law, civil liberties and civil rights, these are not our burdens

percentage of growth than what you have seen in a lot of the other agencies that have been sort of tasked with counterterrorism and national security since 9/11. and it's really striking to me. britain, for instance, when they really refocused their agencies on counterterrorism, doubled the size of their agent deployed to that. the fbi, we only gave them about 3,000 extra personnel nationwide. >> host: what's the budget? >> guest: the fbi's budget is about $9 billion which in sort of corporate terms puts it about on the scale of ebay and larger than many companies like visa. i mean, it is a big, you know, fortune 300 entity, you know, operations in 80 countries overseas and, you know, a big, global footprint just like any big multi-national corporation these days. >> host: and here's a factoid that you report that surprised me. in 2010 "businessweek"'s hottest employees, the fbi came in third behind google and disney. >> guest: yep. and robert mueller sort of teases that he's not sure he will ever overtake mickey mouse and theiphone and google. but this is an agency that has a very, very intense cameras ri -- camaraderie and one wi

national security is our national debt. there is growing bipartisan consensus that those security agencies must themselves be part of our effort to reduce our debt and strengthen our country. our approach is a balanced one. we take cuts in the discretionary area and bring down that part of the budget to the lowest point as a percentage of the economy since the eisenhower administration. we take cuts in mandatory programs, including agriculture subsidies. but we make different choices in the republican budget. we end the subsidies to big oil rather than keeping those as we cut education for our kids. we ask the folks at the very top to pay the same tax rate they paid during the clinton administration rather than end the medicare guarantee and slash funding for seniors in nursing homes and others who rely on that support. so, we make very different choices in this budget, but we accomplish the goal in a fiscally responsible way. and with that, mr. chairman, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from maryland reserves. the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized. mr. ryan: mr. chairman, i claim time in opposit

agencies. part of our national security organization needs not to be personality-driven, but by the definition of the job. i was all for the creation of dni. unfortunately, in the creation of the law, we watered down the authorities to the extent that there is enough loopholes and daikon is to the wording of the law -- vagueness to the wording of the law -- this is something unique to washington. in washington, you want two bosses. when you are getting asked to do something that you want to do, great. if not, you can say, i have this other boss that i have to follow. half works for the intelligence community, have of them do not. all of them are supposed to work for dni and many of them get to play this two boss game. there is a lot of talk around washington about how we fix this. people are talking about changing the legislation to fix some of these problems. it will take a while. host: our guest is michael swetnam, a former cia official, former u.s. navy active reserve, currently chairman of the potomac into two for policy studies. we are talking about -- potomac institute for policy studies

>> sometimes that is not the case, but we have a mechanism through are in your agency process, through the national security staff, for the various departments to bring forward matters where perhaps there are some disagreements on the way ahead. i am confident that as i am able to get started in this command and build up the relationships with secretary carson and others in the inner agencies, that those times will be few and far between but we will have very strong disagreements, but where we do, i do not feel any reservation whatsoever about saying, i am sorry, i cannot agree you brown this, we have to take it into the bitter agency delivered to a process to have this agreement adjudicated. we know how to do that. we do it all the time in our government and i am comfortable with that process. >> what authority is granted to the command activities that they are posted great party think it is a vision? >> in general they are. the chief of missions is the senior american representative, the representative of the president in those countries. our efforts are nested with the chief of missions. there may be som

these deportation programs are conducted under the broad national security framework of dhs, an agency created as we all know in response to the 911 terrorist attacks. ice's primary mission is, and i quote to promote homeland security and public safety through the criminal and civil enforcement of federal laws. arguably, not since world war ii have national security concerns been so dominant in american immigration policy. second, to date, the administration's removal policies have attracted notable political opposition. the deportations have cast long shadows in immigrant communities across the country. supporters of president obama have been surprised and dismayed to find that probably the most salient aspect of his immigration policies so far has been a vigorous effort to build an effective immigration enforcement system. and not the comprehensive immigration reform he repeatedly promised. republicans have called for more crackdown measures, although they have generally avoided agreeing to benchmarks that might help to measure whether current policies are working. finally, the opera

these deportation programs are conducted under the broad national security framework of dhs, an agency created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. i.c.e.'s primary mission is "to promote homeland security and public safety through the criminal and civil enforcement of federal law." arguably, not since world war ii as national security concern been so dominant in the american immigration policy -- has national security concern been so dominant in american immigration policy. deportations have cast long shadows in immigrant communities across the country. supporters of president obama have been surprised and dismayed to find out that probably the most salient action -- aspect of his immigration policy has been building an effective enforcement system, not a comprehensive reform he repeatedly promised. republicans have called for more crackdown measures, although they have generally avoided agree to benchmarks that might help measure whether current policies are working. the operation of these programs signifies be used by i.c.e. and dhs of that discretion in carrying out prioritie

national security council coordinating u.s. policy on muslim world outreach and the broader middle east initiative. representative pondi was chief of staff for the asia and for the near east agency for national development. welcom welcome. >> hi, everyone. it's very quiet in here. you guys are very attentive. we're not going to give you a lecture, okay? this is going to be a fun afternoon and we want to thank you very much taking time to share with us and we're very interested in looking for the questions and answers. what we would do in a few minutes and tell you how we met and tell you how this campaign got started. hannah and i have very different jobs. you heard our long bios, thank you very much for that and you know we have different mandates and the secretary of state has asked us to work on important issues but in different ways so i had not met hannah when i received a phone call from her office saying that hannah really needed to speak to me urgently. and so i said please come up and she comes up and she gives me a hug and i have to say to you this is at the time when we had just heard about what happened in times square, the plot that was thankfully foiled and she cam

interior agencies including the bureau of land management, national park service, fish and wildlife service and the bureau of indian affairs. our agencies have developed a cohesive approach to border security. in march 2006, interior d.h.s. and agriculture entered into a memorandum of understanding providing the department with goals, principals and guidance relative to securing the borders, addressing emergencies involving human safety and minimizing the damage from illegal cross border activities on federal lands. we believe the guidelines contained have been effective in providing both interior and border patrol with the necessary framework to strike the appropriate balance for patrol and infrastructure access to interior lands by border patrol. while continuing to maintain an emphasis on protection of federal trust resources. the three departments have continually and successfully worked together to carry out the tenets outlined in the m.o.u. at both the headquarters and field levels. at interior, we have established a department wide coordination structure to facility tate the regular coordination and collaboration between border control and interior agency representatives. additional

we took our recommendations to the inner agency and the whole of government came through with excellent results. national security council ambassadors around world, state department, office of the secretary of defense and maritime administration, combat command and translation teams came together to make logistics' magic. this is when we were asked to expand quickly due to an earthquake in the caribbean that devastated haiti. a volcanic eruption that shutdown european air stations for three weeks. a coo in the company were we have our main passenger trains load operation. the deep horizon oil spill in the gulf and the worst flood in pakistan history in the last month and we still closed everything by 31 august that the president asked us to do. operations continued today at record-breaking pace. we continue to support forces in afghanistan and the drawdown in iraq. we petted the transportation enterprise rapidly to support general ham in the implementation of the no-fly zone over libya. we moved out urgency to help with disaster relief in japan and provide response to the nuclear incident with special equipment a

interior agencies including the bureau of land management, national park service, fish and wildlife service and the bureau of indian affairs. our agencies have developed a cohesive approach to border securitynterior d.h.s. and agriculture entered into a memorandum of understanding providing the department with goals, principals and guidance relative to securing the borders, addressing emergencies involving human safety and minimizing the damage from illegal cross border activities on federal lands. we believe the guidelines contained have been effective in providing both interior and border patrol with the necessary framework to strike the appropriate balance for patrol and infrastructure access to interior lands by border patrol. while continuing to maintain an emphasis on protection of federal trust resources. the three departments have continually and successfully worked together to carry out the tenets outlined in the m.o.u. at both the headquarters and field levels. at interior, we have established a department wide coordination structure to facility tate the regular coordination and collaboration between border control and interior agency representatives. additionally, we have found

communities and the customs and border protection and other law enforcement agencies that are very important work to do to secure the nation so i want to tell you how much i appreciate the opportunity not just to be here this morning, but i caution was part of a field hearing that you did in brownsville, texas, where the community got a chance both to testify and also to absorb a hearing in process. just last week the committee on homeland security on the senate side, senator lieberman's committee, asked my county judge to come up and give testimony. so she was a. no, and, in fact, made a number of points that i want to reinforce here this morning. first of all, i represent the safest city in the united states of over 500,000 people or more. it's interesting to note that five of our border cities, to include the two largest one, el paso and san diego, and mcallen, laredo and tucson, are, in fact, on the top 10 list of safest city in the country. the reason i mention that is because oftentimes the rhetoric does not match what we are experiencing, those of us that live on the border. the border is not a lawless region. the b

wanted to run the cia and just forgot about the other agencies and let them do their own thing so it -- we really need part of our national securityganization not to be personality drien. i was for this who managed other agencies. unfortunately, in the creation of the law, we watered down the authorities for the dni to the extent that there's enough loopholes and enough vagueness to the wording in the law that agencies can play the two master game. it's a washington, d.c. thing, a lot of people around the country don't have any idea what i'm talking about, but in washington, the most wonderful thing in the world is to have two bosses, and in industry, two boxes. in washington you want two bosses because when this boss is asking you to do something i want to do, great, but if there's something i don't want to do, well, you say i'm working for this boss over here, and this isn't in line with my other boss, and you choose which boss to follow. half of the intelligence community works for the department of defense, and half of the intelligence community doesn't, all of them are supposed to work for the dni. many of the agencies get to

agency. but, you know, hundreds of thousands, millions more would actually stay on the job because they have essential positions, mostly related to national security, to some economic security issues, and, of course, the troops would continue fighting overseas, and on their bases here in the united states. so all sorts of widespread concerns and, of course, the longer this goes on, the greater the uncertainty. nasa said today it could potentially delay the launch of the space shuttle "endeavor our." there would be problems with tax refunds, especially for those who filed on paper. the state department won't issue passports unless it's an absolute emergency situation, and there will be all other sorts of examples across the bureaucracy. >> lehrer: who made the decision okay, we're going to close the smithsonian museums, and we're going to close the national parks? is that done for public consumption reasons or is that mandated somewhere? >> it is mandated somewhere. it dates back to memos started in the final days of jimmy carter's presidenciy and refind during the reagan and clinton administrations and they basically say essential government funct

security and law enforcement agency. this most sweeping reform of the nation's intelligence community suggests after world war ii would notnd the efficacy of the families of victims. the resulting increased collaboration and information sharing has helped our nation prevent numerous attacks, and there have been on told successes, and many cases the intelligence community and law enforcement have quietly connected the botts and thwarted plots. in other cases, alert citizens have reported suspicious behavior to the authorities just in time. challenges still remain, however. we continue to see troubling examples of the pre-september 11 stovepiped combined set from some of our intelligence and law and for some officers. for example, as documented in the kennedy's recent report, on the fort hood attacked, the army and the fbi collectively had ample information to major hasan's connection to a radical lawyer extremism but they failed to act on the red flags signaling that he had become a potential threat. major hasan and others seemed to find motivation and ideas on the line. technology is transforming the culture, the economy

security and law enforcement agency. this most sweeping reform of the nation's intelligence community suggests after world war ii would not have happened without the leadership of our witnesses and the efficacy of the families of victims. the resulting increased collaboration and information sharing has helped our nation prevent numerous attacks, and there have been on told successes, and many cases the intelligence community and law enforcement have quietly connected the botts and thwarted plots. in other cases, alert citizens have reported suspicious behavior to the authorities just in time. challenges still remain, however. we continue to see troubling examples of the pre-september 11 stovepiped combined set from some of our intelligence and law and for some officers. for example, as documented in the kennedy's recent report, on the fort hood attacked, the army and the fbi collectively had ample information to major hasan's connection to a radical lawyer extremism but they failed to act on the red flags signaling that he had become a potential threat. major hasan and others seemed to find motivation and ideas on the li

agency officials order patrolled and agency officials at stopping illegal traffic is close to the border as possible is essential not only to protect national security, but also to protect the natural cultural resources, and provide solid geo-issued two reports on border patrol operation, and federal lands along the southwest border. my testimony will summarize key findings of both of these reports. these reports are prepared collabra d. by staff ngos homeland security and justice steve ngos national resource environment team. a company to be as rich as danna, director relief gao's work on border security issues. first, we found the border patrol must comply with various land management laws such as the bus, esa and wilderness act when conducting operations on land. under these laws, border patrols like other federal agencies must obtain permission from the land agencies refer agents can undertake activities such as maintaining rosenman stallings surveillance on federal lands. to help implement laws, border patrol and the land agencies have developed several interagency agreement. we heard today about the 2006 and though you and these have led to nu

interior agencies including the land management, national park service, fish and wildlife service, and circumstances of indian affairs. wore agencies developed a cooperative approach to border security in march 2006 interior, dhs, and agriculture entered into an mou providing us goals, prince p les, and guidance relating to securing the borders regarding emergencies, and minimizing the damage arising from illegal cross border activities on federal lands. we believe that the guidelines contained in the mou were effective in providing interior and border patrol with the necessary framework to strike the appropriate balance for patrol and access to interior lands by border patrol. while continuing to maintain an emphasis on federal trust resources. since intg into the mou, the three departments continually and successfully worked together to carry out the rules in the mou at the headquarters and other levels. we have a structure to facilitate the coordination and collaborate rigs between border patrol and representatives. additionally, interior, agriculture, and dhs have found inner agency, environmental, and cultural stewardship trine training task force to build on current agents who

national security in the middle east and south asia. brian has served as a consultant to numerous u.s. government agencies, private entities, nongovernmental organizations, projects in more than two dozen countries including iraq, pakistan, afghanistan, yemen, egypt and colombia. from 1995 to 1998, he lived and worked in the west bank and on the gaza strip, in egypt for the national democratic institute for international affairs. he has a master's degree from princeton's woodrow wilson school of public and international affairs and a ba in history and arab studies from villanova. so thank you, brian, for being engaged here. two very capable men, two regional experts. and so what i'm going to do is just to start this program by asking each of them to offer a general assessment on the status of current activities in afghanistan. john? >> thanks, rudy. great to be here. i would, i would take minor exception to one thing you said, if i can. i would not bill myself as a regional expert but a long-time student of counterinsurgency with an interest in afghanistan. but i make no claims to be an expert on that cou

security officials and over 100 state and federal agencies. i have also been an adviser for the fbi, cia, secret service, u.s. army, defense department, and the national science foundation. i appear representing myself. none of the organizations i have been employed by. on december 22, while assigned to logan international airport, i was part of a team of public safety officials responded to the air filled to meet flight 63 diverted to boston from a flight from paris to miami. on board was a passenger who attempted to detonate and exploit -- a device in his fall where that would have killed all passengers and crew members. as i stood a few feet away from him, it hit me that this man was the real thing. another terrorist attack would not stop. we needed to do much more to properly screen passengers than merely focusing on weapons detection. thus began the behavior assessment screening. i began to explore the scientific literature to quantify the human capacity to detect dangerous people. it included neurosciences well as research into suicide bombers and programs into behaviors that were supported in scientific literature and consistent with law enforc

national security in the middle east and south asia. con brian has served as a consultant to numerous u.s. government agenciesn-governmental organizations, projects in more than two dozens egyptries including iraq, pakistan, afghanistan, yemen, egypt, and columbia. 1998, h from 1995-1998 he lived and ando worked in the west bank and on , the gaza strip, egypt for the national democratic institute ii for internationaltu affairs. his master's degree is from publicon. inodrow wilson school of public and international affairs. a b.a. in history and arabviano. studies from villanova. so, thank you, for being engaged here. capable two very capable man. two regional experts, and sojust what i'm going to do is just toh start this program by asking each of them to offer a generals assessment on the status ofafgh. current activities in >>hanks, afghanistan. wod, i >> great to be here. i would take minor exception to one thing that you said. i would not kill myself as a regional expert, but a longtimef student of counterinsurgency with an interest in afghanistane i make no claims to be an experd on that country. i have

security and if the emergency management agency. our approach to preparedness is reflected in the ppd rests on three key principles. first, we are focused on all nationpproach, aimed at enhancing integration of efforts across the federal state local, tribal and territorial governments, closer cooperation with the private and non-profit sectors and more engagement of individuals, families and communities. as we've seen during countless incidents which have informed our development of the directive, from the 2009 h1n1 pandemic to the response to the bp deepwater horizon oil spill, our natural response to strengthen when we leverage the expertise and resources that exist in our communities. all of us can contribute to safeguarding our nation from harm, and we must continue to lean forward together to prepare for all hazards. and using this principle already. it's reflected in the department of homeland security's quadrennial homeland security review. it appears as a cornerstone of our approach to health security reflected in the national health security strategy of the department of health and human services, and you can see it and hear it in the approa

national security and the intended protection of those laws. correct? >> what we found is that the mou was designed to take care of those conflicts and make sure the agency's work well together. even some areas, it is doing a really good job. in a very committed not affected. >> figures the look into those areas not affected as to what the cause of that was? >> what we heard repeatedly was that the land management agencies do not have the resources to always expedite border patrol's request. border patrol does have flexibility is under the existing laws to undertake a number of the environmental assessment itself. it can conduct environmental impact statement for the region. it can establish categorical exclusions for its activities. none of that has been done yet. >> so we need to focus on making sure they use all their resources properly in that area. we need to look at increasing the resources where they are lacking, and i suspect that we probably need to do a bit of training. is that a fair thing to say? to make sure the mou is operative and implemented in the manner to be? >> yes. training was something brought up by almost every agent in charge and e

security officials in over 100 satan local agencies in the u.s. and u.k. and behavior assessment. defense department criminal investigation task force and the national science foundation. ip are today representing only myself and not any of the organizations i have been employed by. on december 22, 2001, while assigned to logan international airport, i was part of a large team of public safety officials who responded to the american airlines flight 63 diverted to boston from a flight from paris france to miami. onboard was a passenger named richard reid who attempted to detonate an improvised explosive device ask that if successful would have killed all passengers and crewmembers aboard. as i stood only a few feet from reid who is now securing custody in the back of the state police cruiser it hit me that this man was the real thing and the threat of another terrorist attack by al qaeda was nonstop and we need to do more, much more to properly screen passengers than merely focusing on weapons. thus began development of what would become the behavior assessment screening system in the s.p.o.t. program. began to explore the scientific literature in an