and they are specifically there is always exemptions on the national security exemption everything thatgress passes which is probably good but you should at least tell congress when you are using the national security exemption and whatun we found out is based upon an opinion by the general counsel of dod that he didn't have to notify congress when he invoked that objection because in the statute they always use the term notwithstanding any other provision of law. so he focused on that that means you don't have to tell congress we apply the national security exemption. >> a big problem about the human rights violation is this. not only were individual boys or girls being sex slaves basically to senior and mid- level afghan politicians and police and military. us as a result? human rights violations are national concert actual mesh -- actual national security concerns. why did the afghan government is the support of its people, if it ever had any? why did the afghan military lose the support of the afghan people and why did the united states and our coalition allies lose the support of t

there is always national security exemptions in everything congress passes which is probably good but you should at least tell congress when you are using the national security exemption and what we found out is based upon an opinion by general counsel, dod, he said you don't have to notify congress when you invoke that objection because in the statute of every appropriations bill they say notwithstanding any other provision of law. he focused on that and said that means we can ignore the lay he act and say we are applying national security exemption. the big problem about the human rights violations is this. not only were individual boys and or girls being raped, being sex slaves, to senior and mid-level afghan politicians and police and military but i view it as what do the average afghan think about us as a result? okay? human rights violations are actual national security concerns just like corruption that is what the takeaway should be from afghanistan. why did the afghan government lose the support of its people if it ever had any? why did the afghan military lose the support of

there are always national security exemptions to everything congress passes, which is probably good, but you should tell congress when you are using that exemption and what we found out in our looksee is that based on an opinion i think by the general counsel and dod, he said he did not have to consult congress when he evokes that. they always used these term -- the term " notwithstanding any other provision of law." the big problem about the human rights violations is this -- not only were individual boys and/or girls being raped, basically being sex slaves to senior and mid-level afghan politicians and police and military, but i view it as what did the average afghan think about us as a result? human rights violations are national concert actual mesh -- actual national security concerns. why did the afghan government is the support of its people, if it ever had any? why did the afghan military lose the support of the afghan people and why did the united states and our coalition allies lose the support of the afghan people , if we ever had any, and i think we did. it is because we be

national security in order to impose that. >> on the broadband question, congress exempted the infrastructure bill, the $4 it billion pot of money that you have from the administrative procedure act which requires a number of things in terms of public notice -- >> i'm having bad flashbacks to law school. administrative law. >> it's not important for journalist, we use the freedom of information act to get information on how government is spending money that might be going to private sector companies. since we don't have that, how do you expect us to hold you accountable for how this money is being spent? >> i confess i haven't gone that deeply into the weeds of that particular provision, but i will say this. as i said here, we are deeply committed to translators patients si, the way to build public trust is transparency. as a result, every single state plan has to be put online so you can comb through every detail of every plan to see where every penny goes and i think that's really important. >> thank you so much. >> [indiscernible] >> thank you, guys. >> c-span is her unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these telev

national security. the liberty council legal aid group that is representing the navy seals says if their religious exemption is denied, they could be court martialed, or involuntarily separated. the clash is already starting in the air force and the space wars that have announced that anyone who doesn't get the vaccine will be discharged. 40 service members have already been given the boot and the military is preparing to discharge thousands more. now that the deadline has passed, there is a clear line to begin holding people accountable. now the overwhelming majority of the air force is fully vaccinated, but there are thousands who have not implied and could soon be returning to civilian life. and it's not just the military customs and border protection agents are also at risk of losing their jobs. authorities are now calculating worst case scenario situations in which the country loses half of its border patrol. you're going to take an agency that's already gone through an unbelievable catastrophic crisis on the southwest border and the plates. it's was sources, fava, tens of thousands are all going to re

national security in order to impose that. >> on the broadband question, congress exempted the infrastructure bill, the $4 it billion pot of money that you have from the administrative procedure act which requires a number of things in terms of public notice -- >> i'm having bad flashbacks to law school. administrative law. >> it's not important for journalist, we use the freedom of information act to get information on how government is spending money that might be going to private sector companies. since we don't have that, how do you expect us to hold you accountable for how this money is being spent? >> i confess i haven't gone that deeply into the weeds of that particular provision, but i will say this. as i said here, we are deeply committed to translators patients si, the way to build public trust is transparency. as a result, every single state plan has to be put online so you can comb through every detail of every plan to see where every penny goes and i think that's really important. >> thank you so much. >> [indiscernible] >> thank you, guys. i hope you get out to enjoy the weather. >> ok, going to be an interesting b

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national security issue. this is an issue that affects all of you and us globally. i think thinking about a delay or an exemption for the i.c. until the u.s. supreme court decides on this makes sense. i yield back. chair schiff: that concludes our questions for today. i do want to say because so much time was devoted to mr. ellis at a hearing on diversity, equity inclusion which really has nothing to do with the subject matter of this hearing, do i not associate ate myself with the remarks of the ranking member. i think he was a terrible choice. a political and partisan choice for a serious position of general counsel at n.s.a. i think the security issues, class fight information issues are serious. classified information issues are serious. i do not associate myself with any of the comments made about mr. ellis by members of the minority. i want to thank you for your participation today and the effort you are taking to make the i.c. a more diverse workplace. i share the conclusions i think you all do that this will improve the quality and capabilities of the i.c. that's vital to the mission of the i.c. we look