male-dominated environments and careers and national security alexandria virginia and training at quantico but we both had a dream at a very young age and i wanted to ask you because you talk about it in your book how did that come about in your book? like kentucky, you knew deep down you wanted something else. can you talks about that quick. >> i have to say is a little girl growing up on a big farm, that i discovered the rest of the world through books and to me, books are everything i learned through books there is a lot out there and i was determined to see it. so the w stories take me to other places and that is what gave me the adventurous about and for some reason, probably my mom watching her and the fact she didn't have many choices she grew up in a time there were no choices. i wanted choices in my life so i was determined i would do something that other women did not get to do or what to do one —- want to do and apply to the state department that i just missed testing date because i was told that working for our government and i dids go out very patriotic because my father was i

we have lived in some of the same place as alexandria virginia went through training at quantico. we both have the dream at a very young age. i wanted to ask you because you talk about it in your book, you sort of knew white kentucky? you knew deep down you wanted something else. can you talk about that? >> i have to say is a little girl i grew up on a big farm. i discover the rest of the world through books. to meet books are everything for a learn through books. there is somethingrm else. there's more out there and i was determined to see it. stories did take me too other places. i think that's what gave me the adventurous bug. and for some reason, probably my mom watching her and the fact she did not have many choices. she grew up in a time when there were no choices. and i wanted to have choices in my life. so i was determined that i was going to do something that other women did not get to do. that other women did not want to do. and i ended up applying to the fbi and the secret service andnd the cia. it's going to fly to the state department but i just missed the testing dat

security and we've lived in some of the same places alexandria, virginia went through training at quantico, but we both had this dream at a very young age, and i wanted to ask you because you talk about it a little bit in your book. how did that come about you? you sort of knew. that while you sort of like, kentucky. you knew deep down you wanted something else. can you talk about that? you know, i have to say as a little girl i grew up on a big farm, but i discovered the rest of the world through books. and to me books are everything i learned through books that there's there's something else. there's a lot more out there and i was determined to see it. so, um stories that they take me to other places and i think that that's really what gave me the adventurous bug and for some reason probably my mom watching her and the fact that she didn't have many choices. i mean she grew up in a time when she had there were no choices and i wanted to have choices in my life. so i was determined that i was going to do something that other women didn't get to do that other women didn't really want to do

she was taken to kuwait, and then they sent her to quantico, which was even worse. was a marine facility. that's the first thing you need to know. marines have their own thing, as it were, and i'm sure they did not like the bradley manning who came in, and they treated her very badly. first of all, she was in solitary for 11 months, and they would--made her stand at attention naked. michael: while manning was detained in a military prison, wikileaks was still holding a huge cache of files she had delivered. michael: the big media companies wanted to get their hands on whatever else assange might have. alan: on the basis of collateral murder, you thought, "well, if he's got access to that kind of material, then, of course, we would like to see more of it." michael: why do you think he decided that he would cooperate with you? alan: i can imagine there were a number of reasons jostling around in his mind, so i think it would've occurred to him that there he was on his own. i mean, he was sort of metaphorically a fugitive. he was, when we first met him, he carried all

. >> i only half joked that this will be a case study for agents in quantico for years to come on allhings you shouldn't do. it was trouble from the start. you had case agents involved that were discovered to be charged with domestic violence. one was running a side business which you can't do in the fbi. one was suspected of perjuring himself in another case. it was a calamity of errors. now you have got the perception based on what we know from trial transcripts and that type of thing that perhaps the bureau was a little bit zealous in using the undercover techniques to further the case. i think attitudes and perceptions in the fbi have changed the last few years mainly because of our leadership in the fbi involving the fbi in political investigations. people are worried. so these cases are getting higher level scrutiny. there were disturbing facts, that would give people pause and hopefully we'll learn from this. >> you have always been -- i read your work a lot. you have been a truth teller about the fbi. you wrote a piece on the hill criticizing the doj for becoming a political a

and dedication of the marines who were involved at quantico in welcoming and aiding refugees there. most of them had never served in either afghanistan or iraq and this was their deployment so to speak. they love doing it and they provided a real american welcome as new americans and i think we can all be proud of the work that was done by her military in providing that first american experience to afghan refugees and i hope the same is done with ukrainian refugees. thank you. >> thank you senator blumenthal. senator rounds please. >> i began by thanking both of you for your service to our country great effect to begin with general van herck. with regards to your mission and your role in keeping our country safe could you share with us what the tube these honors of importer and the challenges that we face on our southern border right now with regard to transnational criminal organizations, violent extremist organizations and so forth and the poorest miss of that order right now. can you share with us what the impact is that might have on your responsibilities and roll? >> currently

. >> i was tremendously impressed when i visited quantico, which is only one of those eight, with the enthusiasm and dedication of the marines who were involved at quantico at welcoming and aiding the refugees there. most of them had never served in afghanistan or iraq. for them, this was their deployment, so to speak, and they loved doing it and provided a real american welcome to these new americans, and i think we can all be proud of the work that was done by our military at those bases in providing that first american experience to the afghan refugees, and i hope the same is done with respect to the ukrainian refugees. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator blumenthal. senator rounds, please. >> thank you both for your service to our country. i would like to continue with general vanherck. with regards to your mission and your role in keeping our country safe, could you share with us what activities our southern border and the challenges we face at our southern border right now with regard to transnational criminal organizations, and the violent extremist organizations and so forth a

i want to quantico high school, i know the culture and ethos in the marine corps very well. i think the primary reason was what's wife said. he wanted to write to the sound of the guns. do the right thing, in his view. strike a blow for democracy. i salute him. in terms of the mechanism by which he got there, alex, pretty murky at this point. i've seen a number of veterans including a good friend of both of ours, senior chief malcolm nance, formally a con man tighter here. he's dropped his commentating and actually gone to ukraine. he's done that on his own. i think we're going to discover it this former marine is that he was part of a contracted effort, and perfectly legitimate for the creighton government to go to any number of camp tractors -- the iraqi government did that, the afghanis government did that. i'm sure the ukrainians make use of those resources. he probably was under contract, there. we don't know, we're gonna find out as time goes by. we have to simply put our arms around his family and say that he went because he wanted to do what he saw was the right thin

what the evidence or circumstance by which you see different types of individuals, the fbi down at quantico, they have groups that look at this. i'm sure they're starting to put together some pieces. ultimately, you still have to have a minimum amount of information about the shooter beyond just this description as you said, busy on subways, people looking at their phones, it was crowded, smoke and confusion. no one know who is they are looking for. maybe the eyewitnesses maybe didn't get a glimpse as they normally would. you're talking about a smoky, confusing moment. i'm sure officers will come up with details pretty quickly. but the other big worry we should have is the shooter is still on the loose. and why wouldn't they undertake another attack or do something similar? or what i worry about in these circumstances, within hours or days you look at copycats doing something similar. it's a pretty dynamic situation. i'm sure nypd is pushing as quickly as they can on this. any and all evidence i think will be helpful for law enforcement. >> as konrad pointed out, of course covering far too

he came here for his baby shower, drove all the way from quantico to here to the baby shower and wenthave supported this effort. if you guys stay tuned here in a little bit, we'll have legendary actor tom berringer and i think presley o'bannon himself may show up and welcome some of the visitors today. >> we are all marines today, joey. i mean, it traces back to thomas jefferson sending o'bannon to go fight the pirates in tripoli and that sword you showed in the tease is the sword marines carry as a result of that fight. the legacy to today. can't wait to check back in with you, joey. thanks so much. we'll see you next hour for sure. speaking of next hour, the final hour of "fox & friends" on this wednesday starts right now. >> you've been briefed on the hunter biden investigation. >> attorney general merrick garland is facing new pressure to appoint a special prosecutor. >> we're learning of eight additional visits by hunter biden's business partner. >> this would lead one to believe that joe biden was, in fact, a partner. >> extremely important. >> elon musk is not backing down on h