i'll defer to odni on the federal details of this policy. but as you know, o.m.b. chairs the interagency security, suitability, performance council, p.a.c., to ensure oordination. and the new policy will reflect, i believe, an appropriate balance of a number of considerations, such as protecting national security, ensuring the privacy of and fairness to individuals seeking security clearances and associates of that individual, the veracity of the information collected from social media and the resources required to process the collection, adjudication and retention of the relevant data collected. as the policy is implemented, the administration will continue to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the policy. to do so, the government must keep pace with advancements in technology, to anticipate, detect and counter external and internal threats to the federal government's personnel, property and information. this need must also be considered with the full legal and national security implications in mind. i'm confident this new policy will strike the correct ba

i will for to odni in the further details of this policy. but as you know a limb be chairs the interagency security and suitability performance accountability counsel or pack to ensure interagency coordination. the new policy will reflect that belief an appropriate balance of a number of considerations such as protecting national security, ensuring the privacy of, fairness to individuals seeking security clearances and associates of that individual, the voracity of the information collected from social media and the resources required to protect the process of the collection of adjudication and retention of the relevant data collected. as the policy is implemented the administration will continue to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the policy. to do so the government must keep pace with advancements in technology to anticipate, detect and counter external and internal threats of the federal government personnel property information. this need must also be considered with a full legal and national security implications and mine. i a

it is encouraging to see that odni announced this morning in advance of today's hearing, a new policy that will follow -- will allow federal agencies to review publicly available social media information as part of the clearance investigation process. we will continue to work with the agencies to ensure that the social media data of people with security clearances is used in a safe and responsible way. i'd like to thank the witnesses for coming here today and i look forward to their testimony. with that, i would recognize ranking member of subcommittee on government operations my good friend, mr. connolly. >> i thank my friend, the chairman, for holding this hearing to examine the youthfulness of social media and other crucial enhancements to federal background investigations process. on january 22nd, the administration announced to former entity of opm would transfer its functions to new national background investigation bureau. the department of defense assumed responsibility of designing and operating all information technology for the new. i think it's abundant sense to task the e

would be remarkable if something as prominent as presidential campaigns weren't subject to it and the odniirector said sadly they're not immune. >> there you have it. peelt willia pete williams, thank you very much. >>> presumptive republican nominee donald trump picked up a big win in oregon. the big question is whether he can benefit from the growing discord within the democratic party. donald trump tweeted bernie sanders is being treated very badly by the democrats. the system is rigged against him. many of his disenfranchised fans are for me. trump is also raising eyebrows with new comments on foreign policy and north korean dictator kim jong-un. he was quoted as saying he has no problem speaking directly with the north korean leader to try to stop that country's nuclear program. that move would mark a sharp shift in diplomatic policy. no serving u.s. president has ever met with the north korean leader. joining me now, "washington post" opinion writer jennifer ruben, howard fineman. jennifer, you and i both know the reaction early on in the obama administration that he dare say that so

which many of my colleagues say is very important to them, by the director of national intelligence, odni, and the department of justice, there's a lot of oversight here and a lot of of the to try to minimize the impact on american citizens. although the fact of the matter is, as i understand, under 702, that the only american citizens who will be impacted by this process without a court order will be those who are communicating with a known terrorist target overseas. now, that's not exactly an innocuous purpose it seems to me. so, mr. olsen, i want to briefly talk a little bit more about what of thes have been built into this program to minimize the breadth of the sweep of this program in a way that might otherwise pick up american citizen communications in a way that really frankly the intelligence community could care less about. >> thank you, senator. as you mentioned, one of the hallmarks of the legislation all three branches of government play a central role in ensuring that the law is implemented in a way that protects privacy and civil liberties. certainly the executive branch age

many of my colleagues say is very important to them, by the director of national intelligence, the odni, the department of justice. there's a lot of oversight here and a lot of effort to try to minimize theic pact on american citizens, although the fact of the matter is, as i understand under 702 that the only american citizens who will be impact eed this process without a court order will be those who are communicating with a known terrorist target overseas. now, that's not exactly an innocuous purpose, it seems to me. so, mr. olson, i wonder if just briefly you could talk a little bit more about what efforts have been built into the program to minimize the breadth of -- the sweep of this program in a way that might otherwise pick up american citizen communications in a way that really frankly the intelligence community could care less about. >> thank you, senator. and as you mentioned, one of the hallmarks of the legislation is that all three branches of government play a central role in ensuring that the law is implemented in a way that protects privacy and civil liberties. certainly