, but it is not our primary tool in responding to nationstate attacks. but there is also an increasing volume of organized cyber criminal activity and the consequence of the internet is the criminal gets a creative idea to make a lot of money very quickly and they need to move it through the financial system. that is where many of you come in and play the role for us, spotting the flows of those funds. the new challenge we face involves crypto currencies, which do not flow through the traditional financial system. so, what we are working on now with our cybercrime task force within the department is an effort to develop a comprehensive strategy to deal , where every case increasingly we deal with and that being another cyber case. tools, orcyber the evidence stored electronically. our cyber task force will look at a range of issues, including cyber intrusions and botnets and ransomware, and many of the challenges you are dealing with on a regular basis. moderator: you mentioned crypto currency and some commentators have referred to them as anonymous curr

to nationstate attacks. there is an increasing volume of organized cyber criminal activity and a criminal gets a creative idea can make a lot of money very quickly. they need to move it through the financial system. so, that is where many of you, in. you can -- where many of you come in. you can play an important role for us. a new challenges crypto currency. a lot of these scams involve the ,oin and crypto currencies which do not flow through the system.nal financial we have to develop a strategy to deal with the reality that increasingly every case we deal way ornds up, one another, being a cyber case. either it is executed using cyber tools or proceeds are transferred electronically or evidence is stored electronically. our cyber task force is going to look at a whole range of issues including cyber intrusions, botnets, ransomware, many of the challenges you are dealing with on a regular basis. tim: you mentioned crypto currencies. some commentators have referred to them as anonymous currencies and one of

many of our nationstates, we are not powerless to respond to nationstates that criminal enforcement is not our primary tool in responding to nationstates attacks. there is an increasing volume of organized cyber criminal activity. consequence of the internet is a criminal gets the creative idea can make a lot of money very quickly. they need to move it to the financial system. so that's where what many of y, can play an important role for us being able to spot those flows of funds. but a new challenge we face is crypto currency. a lot of these schemes involve bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies which did not flow through the traditional financial system. what we're working on in our cybercrime task force within the department is an effort to develop a comprehensive strategy to do with that, with the reality that increasingly every case we deal with winds up being in one way or another cyber case, either executed to cyber tools or the proceeds are transferred electronically or the evidence is stored electronically. our cyber task force will look at a whole range of issues, including cybe

and it is aarming way that ideology does not need to belong to a nationstate. it can attract followers from around the globe. that is what makes a tremendously dangerous. china, it is in an interesting position right now relative to the u.s. and russia. a better relationship with both countries than russia and the u.s. have with each other. we are starting to see a greater eurasian alliance as opposed to russia trying to join itself to europe. china is trying its best to walk a fine line between maintaining its status as an economic while facing a demographic crisis in the coming decades. in abelieve that china is unique position. i am curious to see where it goes from here. it is the largest country population wise in the world. raheem: the chinese are declaring victory in what they perceive as a long war but the north korean stuff -- i don't think the media has recognized that president trump in a lot of managed to shut down little rocket man or italy's bring him to the table. have the chinese won? what is lacking? amb. bolton: on the china question, we have

i stick to a world where the nationstate was undisputedly the natural state of affairs, nobody disputede have a programme, iwas affairs, nobody disputed that. we have a programme, i was a member of the programme commission, that the cdu have up until 2005, we are not extremists. that was normal at the time. we did not change, society has changed, especially the perception, the media perception. i'm not talking that the media perception. i'm talking about the perception of significant people. let me quote you, the former president of the council of german jews. she describes your party, the afd, as a destructive power, which endangers democracy. i don't know which crystal ball she has, but she cannot see in the future. crosstalk. you can always put individual was out of context. i do not see a programme as radical at all. out of context. i do not see a programme as radical at allm out of context. i do not see a programme as radical at all. it is absolutely bourgeois. we need to chess children some of the things that make test you. i hope you put it into context. now that the main biggest

as senator klobuchar was saying earlier today, we have proof of nationstate, particularly russian, attacks particularly on our voter registration. we were looking a little more the a part because, department of homeland security contacted me in early july of 2016 and wanted to know what they should be doing. i sort of laid out different kinds of problems that i thought they should be attending to. i'm very happy that they did start paying attention. >> what were some of those recommendations that you gave to dhs? >> i said you should be watching russia in particular. and you need to pay attention to and set up operations that will allow you to be able to discern whether there are probes or a on electiontacks offices or election networks. we need to know early enough so we can put a stop to it. we don't have that kind of capability in most states, certainly not for election jurisdictions. they are so underfunded. they have never had the security , say, a large company would have that would have significant attractiveness to hackers. banks, of course, are highly attractive for also its of cy

there are gangs that are better than most nationstates when it comes to hacking. other law enforcement intelligence officials told us there is roughly 300 people in the world, most of them are russian-speaking, who are at the epicenter of cybercrime, the high end of cybercrime. if you are a criminal, and you live in the west there's a good , chance you'll be caught within two or three years. but he to live in one of these sanctuary states, you can continue to refine your art. the other surprise, the other change, which has been in the press often is north korea. the north koreans develop ed hacking capabilities for political and military purposes. probably about five years ago . they were able to start doing impressive things using malware from the cybercrime black-market. and at some point, some genius in the reconnaissance general bureau figured out, hey, you know what? we can use the same malware. we are breaking into south korean banks to cause annoyance and disrupt services. we can use it to steal money, and so north korea has found cybercrime to be a good wa

established the sovereigns as a nationstate. so while states still have rights, it is the federal government that has extended its individualsple, to through the 13th, 14th, and even to some extent the 15th amendment. was a momenttion -- and some people call the reconstruction another civil war, but it was a moment that people began to experience freedom, however we may define all places. voting for local, state, and municipal offices. people did gain access to land. the terrain, even more wobbly, but it is a bit more even. end of the same time, using the forces against this kind of federal sovereignty beginning to mobilize, right, to come back, the democrats than reclaimed the control of states and local governments of the south. of --cord, if we think but the court, if we think of the war as having brought about this federal sovereignty, then the court is part of that federal sovereignty, including the supreme court, but what we do not have is a federal government that is willing to enforce, right. it is willing to enforce the

we are seeing a lot of attacks from nationstates against nationstates. the gloves will come off yet. there are different signals being set -- sent. emily: there are attacks that are ok? every nation needs to defend itself. every nation wants other nations secrets. there will always be espionage and some ideological differences. i think every nation is developing a modern capability for cyber operations, and we have not figured out as a global community how to operate. you describeuld russia versus china versus north korea and how they have evolved. as defenses get better, the offenses have to get better. the russians are great at this. they know how to be surreptitious and commit operations, but they cannot operate on the scale and scope that the chinese do. the chinese, especially in the united states, have been operating with rules of engagement. they are narrow targeting, but they are more obvious. they are more widespread. north korea is less protectable. they hack for more purposes. a hack for money and espionage purposes, but they have to be destru

we are seeing a lot of attacks from nationstates on nationstates i don't think the gloves will come off, but different things being said. emily: interesting it is happening in this idea of right and wrong given that there are some attacks that are ok? kevin: it depends on perspective, right? every nation wants to defend itself, know every nation's sigrid. there -- s. there will always be espionage and differences. capabilitya modern percent reparations and we have not figured out as a global community how to operate. emily: how would you describe threats from russia versus north korea versus china and how they have evolved? kevin: they are all different. they have gotten better. emily: break it down for me? kevin: the russians are great at this. they know how to be surreptitious and how to commit operations, but they cannot operate at the scale and scope that the chinese do. the chinese recently, especially the united states, have been operating with some rules of engagement. they are a little more obvious. they don't do as much counter forensics, but they are often more widespread. nor

cyber attacks on this country are becoming more complex and they range from not only nationstates, but also cyber criminals and activists. they are becoming more persistent, sophisticated and more dangerous. the digital and connected world has reshaped our lives. common tasks have been weeamlined, in the way communicate has changed. the evil thing digital age -- the evolving digital age has improved our lives, but also has changed the threat landscape and expanded the attack surface to do damage. we certainly have not been resting on our laurels. we have been engaged on the elections that took place last year, the special elections, and certainly the senate and congressional elections in alabama and utah. we are operationally posturing ourselves to on january 16 -- january 6, 2017, the secretary of homeland support from an perspective the state and local elections -- o fficials cyber security efforts going into the primary, special and general elections in 2018. our department has engaged local and state and private sector stakeholders across the infrastructure. spectrum to increase an

and so from our perspective the iranians had to do so within a nationstate which would be a rationalactor that you can do with with respect to international laws and respects to international norms of behavior or if it's revolution that doesn't reckon it's any of the spirit i don't think iranians know what they are. so what do we do? we sat for 35 years that we try to reach out to iran. we tried to engage iran to no avail. all we got was death and destruction in return. our diplomats assassins, our embassies blown up, terrorist cells planted in the country, terrorist attacks committed in a country, recruiting our citizens to cause damage inside and outside saudi arabia. we have to respond. when you try to weaken hezbollah in lebanon in order to strengthen the state, that's a positive. iran is in building hezbollah for 30 years. somebody has to come and hold back to influence a lebanon can become a normal country. we always believed it lebanon didn't exist we would have. >> translator: because you're 16 different religious and ethnic groups living side-by-side in lebanon and abilities

pretty much everybody in the panel has alluded to, if you have a nationstate touches a existential threats three has states, which russia is. attacke trying to certain parts of our critical infrastructure are the foundation of our democracy, which is voting. that is a national security issue, obviously. who does national security? the military, homeland security, and so forth. ok, that is it does national security, but who administers elections? state and local governments. -- ifk the great line is the russians invade, we not going to call out the illinois national guard to fight them off, we're going to be calling nato and everybody else. so if the local election are administering elections, and want to keep it that way, we don't want dhs to administer elections. but where not going to local administers securing threats, and how you make this thing work? i will go to you first, rick. how do you, without imposing, undue restrictions? how do you secure elections? >> is a complex issue, no doubt about it. it is context because the election is so distributed and there are so many coordination

isis has no nationstate sponsor. note state has stood up and said, we are for them, we are there. across europe, they have contributed money or forces, whatever is needed. this campaign whereon is couched that policy of defeating isis. you sought in iraq. after what aside did to his own people -- after what bush our aside did to his own people after they rose up against him. assad did to his own people after they rose up against him. for some reason, without telling the russians, without coordinating with anybody, they came across the river and attacked us. so we will rebuff anyone who taxes, obviously. that is natural. broaden is not going to the war. there will be no mission creep. we will not choose to enlarge that mission. tracks but are you going to defend the lives of -- >> but are you going to defend the lives? sec. mattis: what we do are going to do is use that geneva process to come up with a post-conflict map and post-conflict plan for the way isis 2.0 ensure that does not arise in the middle of all of that and derail everything we have fought for and many people are pai

there is no nationstate saying "we are for isis. there." countries across the world, the middle east, europe, have all contributed money or forces, whatever is needed, and this campaign we are on is couched that policy of defeating isis. where we haveiraq a government we can work with after what thought did to his own people when they rose up against him. luxury int had that syria. however, we are there for one reason only. we will not be deflected. we have the right of self defense. we saw that with the pro-regime force for some reason without apparently telling the russians, withut coordinating anybody, came across the river and attack us. we will rebuff anyone who attacks us. that's natural. we are not going to broaden the war. that is not in our interest. choose to enlarge that mission. >> how are you going to defend of the territory? sec. mattis: what we are going to do is hold that territory, get it back in local leaders tods, use the geneva process come up with a post-conflict map plan for thelict way ahead and ensure isis does not r

we deal with some nationstates that won't accept criminal agents. many people in the body and across the united states may be surprised to know that in countries like cuba there's an individual step that's convicted of armed robbery is illegally present in the united states though they have committed a violent offense typically another brother countries they would have to suffer the consequences of being imprisoned here for their offense and then they would be ported back to the country but cuba does not accept that. though they are illegally present in the united states and they've committed a violent offense they do their time. here and then they are released back to the united states. why would he do that? we need to stop this process to resolve this. that is basically border security and also dealing with naturalization for tonight but we've had individuals that say where is the diversity lottery where the issue of family reunification come into this and let me tell you how it connects. they absolutely do connect. right now we have 4 million peo

we deal with some nationstates that one except a criminal alien spread many people in this body and across united states may be surprised to know that in countries like cuba there is an individual that's convicted of armed robbery that's illegally present in the united states though they've committed a violent offense, typically enough for other countries they would have to suffer the consequences of being inng prison here for their fence and then they would be deported back to their country but cuba does not accept them. they are illegally present in the united states where they commit ahe violent offense, they do their time and then they are released back into the united states. why would we do that? reestablish processes to resolve the spread that's basically border security and dealing with naturalization. we've had individuals who have said where does the diversity lottery and where does the issue of family come into this. let me tell you connects. they do connect. right now we have 4 million people waiting through the process to come to the united states. that is a 20 year backlog. t

these parties will have to become, will have to accept the very idea of the nationstate again, which us sticking to that idea. ultimately, and we should not forget this, your party scored 12.6% in the last election. i am telling you that your poll standing now may be as high as 15% but that is a very long way from becoming the biggest party in germany. if you are to do that or to really gather political momentum, it seems to me that you may have to consider changing some of your core messages and your style and your tone, particularly on issues concerning immigration, the german muslim community, and reaching out in a way that you have refused and failed to do thus far to show that you are not a racist party. how will you do that? i do not recognise your analysis. we are not racist. that is ridiculous and a false allegation. we are not racist. islam is not a race. so being critics of islam does not make you a racist. that is ridiculous. we have nothing against foreigners, not at all, but we have something against illegal people in our country who have no reason whatsoever. this is tr

they give protection of the international cyber norms that nationstates will not attack the critical infrastructure of another nation. it provides for certain level of confidentiality in communication with state election officials. those are the chief advantages and outs for the current congress and current administration to build on that. >> this story raises a fundamental question which is one that has permeated all of these discussions at one level or another which is are you surprised by the level of partisanship that exists? i will date myself to say that there was a uniform view that democrats and republicans despite soviet attempts to undermine american democracy or anything else. in this election was so surprising i think was not only did you have a major candidate who is inviting russian hacking at some levels but also tended to permeate and how state and local officials erred dealing with this even in the discussion of the nunes memo where you have part -- partisanship and polarization around the intelligence process. i guess to step back how difficult was it or how much pa

didn‘t want to lose the power that nationstates had in deciding what influencing that decision.se a emmanuel macron, the french president, has always declared and supported an election process that would be more democratic and he has a lwa ys would be more democratic and he has always been very keen to make europe much more transparent and democratic. it is surprising from him. his position is that the spitzenkandidat would favour the party in the european parliament that has won the most seats which means there epp. we know, he never said it publicly, but clearly we know he doesn‘t like that because it is not his party. funny that. all editions always like an idea unless it doesn‘t go the way they would like to —— politicians. what about directly appointing the president —— electing the president? it might happen some day but clearly not now. the spitzenkandidat itself is already an improvement because the so many years it was decided among eu leaders in backroom deals and the parliament wasn‘t involved. it is a big step forward that the parliament could have the right at some

we are seeing a lot of attacks from nationstates.o not think the gloves will come off yet, but there are different things. interesting this idea of right and wrong, given that there are some attacks that are ok? onin: it depends perspective. every nation wants to defend itself and no other nation's secrets. geopolitical conditions will always have espionage or ideological differences. every nation is developing a modern capability for cyber operations and we have not figured out how the community operates. how would you describe russia versus china versus north a and how they have of all. break it down for me. kevin: the russians are great at this. commitow how to operations, but they cannot operate at the scale and scope that the chinese do. the chinese recently, especially in the united states, have been operating with a broad birth of targeting. they are more obvious. they do not do as much counter forensics. north korea is less predict the bowl. they had to make money and probably for espionage. they also had to be destructive. o

that is the phase we are in my now, we are seeing a lot of attacks with nationstates, i think the glovesng sent. >> it is interesting -- this idea of right and wrong, given there are attacks that are ok. >> every nation wants to defend itself. you can get to geopolitical conditions, there will always be espionage and ideological differences. i think every nation is developing a modern capability for cyber operations and we have not figured out how to operate. >> how would you describe russia verse china and north korea and how they have evolved. >> as the defenses get better, the offense gets better. >> the russians are great at this, they don't have to be surreptitious and commit operations but they can't operation in the scale and scope that the chinese do. the chinese have been operating with some level of engagement. they had a broad berth of targeting what they are a little more obvious. didn't do as much counter forensics. north korea is a little less predictable, they hack for multiple purposes. they hack for money and to be destructive. we have seen vietnam get on and iran is get

nationstate adversaries have expanded their influence at the expense of our own. in north korea, kim jong-un has marched down a path of nuclearization, absent american leadership. he is now on the cusp of obtaining the ability to conduct a successful nuclear icbm strike anywhere in the world, including against the notice states. -- against the united states. this is not acceptable to re-add that is why the again -- have begun to lead a maximum pressure campaign against north korea to compel him to retreat from this destabilizing nuclear ambition. these efforts include working with our international partners to forge a diplomatic solution, to isolate the regime by increasing economic pressure on the north korean economy through sanctions and refusing to take military force off the table , unless kim jong-un reverses course are. further, chinese and russian efforts to undermine national sanctions on north korea at the expense of global security, must not go unheeded. the united states and our partners and national security must confront them head on. --must be clear

trump also thanked the prime minister for being one of the nationst closest partners in the effort tokorea. former miami dolphins jonathan martin taken into police custody for threatening post on instagram. he has faced mental health issues due to bullying in football career. of the image of a firearm seen here, including the name of his old high school, the dolphins and the two former teammates at the center of that bullying scandal that rocked the nfl in 2013. if news breaks out, we'll break. in i'm trace gallagher. now back to sean hannity. ♪ ♪ >> sean: welcome back with this special edition of hannity. joining us now to react to the president's speech at cpac the host of the hit joe justice judge jeanin jeanine pio is with us. she is at cpac 2018. all right, judge, so you got to speak after the president tonight. but to the big dinner which we're so proud of you, and, look, you were there, you saw the speech. the fact that gallup is even saying that optimism has changed. rasmussen now has them at a magic number of approval 50%. results matter to people. and i think results matter

secretary or general, what we talked about in the nationstates, we know they have a capability out there. what are some of these assessments when it comes to the various terrorist organizations in order reporting isis do they have the ability to deliver this type of weapons? >> we understand that both al qaeda and isis are interested in chemical biological. nuclear, they certainly would be if they had an opportunity to acquire the material and the know-how. part is to allow a model made the state on state actors to look at the threats if yo you wl in the vertical column columns n the functional campaign plan crosscuts those so we can observe where the technology transfer may occur between state and nonstate actors and working in a geographical location or functional capacity. so we try to weave that into the translation of the strategy and policy to the tactical application of introduction in order to basically reinforce the larger efforts that are in place. >> thank you very much, senator heinrich. >> i want to go back to the issue that you were talking about and rapid innovation with r

nationst trump told that teachers and students learn that billy mass shooting at a florida high schoolnd fault with the officers who did not stop the gunmen who carried out the massacres, saying they weren't exactly medal of honor winners. question governor was one of two democrats to address the president publicly, expressing his concerns over arming teachers as a way to respond to school shootings, telling the president, we need less tweeting and more listening. handed the court has trump administration a defeat on dreamers for now. and the deportation protections for young undocumented immigrants buys them while congress tries to work out a political solution, but the case could end up back before the supreme court after an appeals court rules on it. post-brexitur party division could face a showdown with prime minister theresa may. opposition leader delivered a keynote speech today in england. >> labor would seek to negotiate a new, comprehensive customs union to an sure there are no tariffs on europe and help avoid any need whatsoever for a hard border. mark: prime minister may ha

other nationstates, terrorist organizations, criminal organizations, are ever more technically capable groups and individuals. they use cyber operations to their objectives. some of these actors are likely to pursue even more aggressive cyber attacks with the intent of the grading our democratic values and weakening our alliances. persistent and disruptive cyber operations will continue against using elections as opportunities to undermine democracy, so discard, and undermine our values. chinese cyber espionage and attack capabilities will continue to support china's national security and economic priorities. penetrate u.s.o and ally networks for espionage and lay the groundwork for future cyber attacks. theh korea will continue use of cyber operations to raise funds, launch attacks, and gather intelligence against the united states. terrorists will use the internet to raise funds and promote their maligned messages. criminals will exploit cyber tools to finance their operations. topic for you is weapons of mass destruction. overall, state efforts to wmds, theor acquire itiverance and

the space industry will expand the naval capabilities and situational awareness to nationstate in commercials say that there is in the coming years. russia and china will continue to expand their space-based reconnaissance, communications and navigation systems in terms of numbers or the capability and applications for use. and both russia and chinese counter space weapons will mature over the next few years as each country pursues anti-satellite weapons as a means to reduce u.s. allied military effectiveness and perceptions of u.s. military advantage in space. the final functional topic is transnational organized crime, which poses a growing threat to u.s. and allied interests. these criminal groups will supply the dominant share of illicit drugs fueling record mortality rate. they will continue a tragic and human life double-dip lead national resources and siphon money from governments and the global economy. i would like now to briefly go around the world on regional topics starting with east asia. if you went out and hired a private plane and launched it from los angeles, he went around t

. >> for the legal tender of the nationstates or the transnational organization. >> you raised a good point. maybe that is hands-down but an asset that is highly volatile. if you agree on number one you expose yourself to significant risk. i do want to associate myself with the remarks of senator donnelly about the risks that are currently posed for the terrorist organizations to make the same shins not just in trading. i've been actively following venezuela and russia and currencies. i asked about this a few weeks ago when she was here before the committee. under what circumstances would the fcc and the cftc have the role in engaging or regulating the new currencies more broadly the cftc to play a role in preventing the use of digital currency to avoid un sanctions? >> our jurisdiction should be very limited in that area. for the fraud and manipulation we thought the instrument was being used. but if you are manipulating to the u.s. sanctions? >> i would have to speak to the enforcement council, bu counsele would certainly look at it very >> i would like to have you back and hear fro

how do we bring this capability in place to convince actors out there in the nationstates, criminal nonstate actors you don't want to engage in this behavior otherwise you're not going to succeed or if you do come at a price that you pay will far exceed any benefit they get. >> thank you mr. chairman. i want to follow up on both senators reid and nelson's questions and then on the action of the administration i just want to be clear as i understand you said the president trump has never ordered the cyber com to take any action to defend or thwart attempts to the elections this fall is that correct? >> i said i'd never been given any specific direction to take additional steps outside my authority. i've taken the steps within my authority to be a good effective commander. >> someone in the administration has asked you to take any additional steps. >> i've been granted any additional authorities, capacity capabilities and that is certainly true. >> i understand that to be a confirmation of what i just said. >> i apologize. >> it's come to my attention the department of defense contracts with i

is,ink our biggest threat for right now, radical islamic ideology, as opposed to a nationstate. because an ideology can go through several different iterations, and when you think or suppose it might have been welsh or stomped out in 1 -- or stomped outed in one region of the world, it pops up somewhere else. it transcends borders and does not require a lot of funding. with how ideology spreads on social media, you can use all kinds of platforms that do not need any monetary backing behind it. it makes messages very acceptable. for instance, one of the greatest issues they are having -- the window, or connection between isis and europe for quite a bit of time from 2015 and 2016 was russia. quite a lot of isis videos and recruitment videos were being done in russian. it is alarming, and it is one of those ways in which ideology does not need to belong to a nationstate, it can attract followers from around the globe. that is what makes a tremendously dangerous and why i zhudi 100%.with china has a better relationship with the u.s. and russia then the u.s. and russia have with each