director robert mueller you think that it's been he's been doing a good job the last couple of years and i think you give him a lot of praise but you think he might be a little too easy on him because if we think about what's happened in the last ten years right since the war on terror and we think of what the f.b.i. has done and in the sense that they still are serving you know they're surveilling people in massive ways on many levels and there's a lot of monitoring going on not just by the n.y.p.d. also excuse me not to buy them at the f.b.i. but also the n.y.p.d. but they're also supporting things like the patriot act you know what do you say about all that well look when the f.b.i. went down the guantanamo two thousand and two and saw it with the cia and the military we're we're doing a person there's about the fall called war crimes and the f.b.i. show was happening in the cia's secret prisons and that abu ghraib they reported it all the way up the line and when robert muller the current director determined how deep president bush's electronic surveillance was going spawning on

. >>> fbi director robert mueller last month testified before congress about his agency's $8 billion budget request for next year. he also talked about the automatic spending cuts that were part of last summer's debt ceiling agreement. he said $600 to $800 million would be cut from the fbi budget, causing agents to be furloughed and investigations to be delayed. >>> good morning, everybody. the subcommittee will come to order. today we're taking the testimony and engaging in a conversation with our director of the fbi, the federal bureau of investigation, with director mueller. this will be a two-part hearing. one will be here in open and public session. and then because of the sensitivity of issues and budget involved for the fbi's fight against the global war against terrorism, we will have a classified briefing. so upon the conclusion of this phase, we will recess and reconvene in a classified environment at the visitors center. and all members are welcome. and this is where we can have an additional in-depth conversation. today the subcommittee will hear from the director of the

. >> today's "new york times" article quotes the director of the fbi, robert mueller, talked about -- is the agency's number one concern. how should we deal with this threat, thank you? >> the question was about cyber, sort of the eclipse in terrorism, in a sense. as we go forward. and that's our belief, is that as time goes on, terrorism -- rather, cyber issues, cybercrime's, which by the way cyber tens to overlap many of the programs counterterrorism, counterintelligence and criminal programs. but that you will see a greater prevalence of cyber related offenses, including cyber terrorism i would imagine. so what we are doing to a test that, -- to address that, within the fbi there is much more cross programmatic coordination. so gordon's people who work of cyber issues, and my people who work terrorism, now worked together. now, we have not had a significant terrorism related attack on this -- or terrorism related, or terrorism cyber related attack on this country, but that's not to say we are not referring for that, that potential. -- we are not preparing for that, that potential.

here's how fbi director robert mueller described the brotherhood last year as egypt was in the throes i can say elements of the muslim brotherhood here and overseas have supported terrorism. to the extent i can provide more information, i would be happy to do so in closed session. >> representatives of the muslim brotherhood met with the deputy to secretary of state hillary clinton and white house officials including steve simon, a high-level national security adviser to president obama. amid concerns by some the brotherhood will turn egypt into a fundamentalist islamic state, the white house defended the outreach. >> we believe it is in our interest to engage with egypt, in part in an effort to encourage egypt to maintain its commitment to its international obligations and to maintain its -- to maintain a positive role in the region. >> the brotherhood controls the new egyptian parliament and could win the presidency. and since egypt is a linchpin for peace in the middle east, the u.s. is keeping the lines of communication open. eric trager for the washington institute for near yves

director robert mueller recently explained there are only two types of companies, those that have been hacked and those that will be. even more trench interly, the mack afee report -- mcafee report on the rap attacks similarly stated it's possible to divide the entire set of fortune 2,000 firms into two categories. those that know they've been compromised and those that don't yet know. kevin mandia has explained, this is another quote, in over 90% of the cases we have responded to, government notification was required to alert the company that a security breach was underway. in our last 50 incidents, 48 of the victim companies learned they were breached from the federal bureau of investigation, the department of defense, or some other third party. the national cybersecurity investigative joint task force let by the f.b.i. told me the same thing. more than 90%. time, the corporate victim -- 90% of the time, the corporate victim had no idea. what we can conclude from this is improved sharing of cybersecurity threat information is necessary but is not sufficient to protect our nation's cy

on december 12, he was appointed by robert mueller as assistant director of the fbi's counter- terrorismn his keynote session this morning, the assistant director will highlight the top priorities of the fbi in regard to terrorism threat and various ways the fbi mitigate potential threats. he will also share with the audience some recent successes the fbi has had in stopping terrorist attacks. please give a warm welcome to ralph boelter. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. can i be heard? very good. if i tried very hard, i can almost see the back row. thank you for coming today. i know we are now 10 years-plus after the tragic attacks of 9/11, in 2001, so i often wonder there is terrorism fatigue out there in the country. i am pleased to see we have quite the crowd today to listen to my address and my colleague's address, which will follow. good morning to all. it is a pleasure to be here today and to speak to you about the fbi at's continuing efforts to address the persistent threat of terrorism to the united states and her interests around the world. terrorism, as i like to say, is t

davy roberts, 2004, stealing second base. bill mueller hitting the ball, double.st the history of this ballpark. i have tickets right up in section 29 for the last 30 years. and i come to this ballpark a lot because it's great memories here. great team. and a great spirit when you come to fenway park. and it's so close to the fans too. >> yeah. >> there's no ballparks -- most ballparks you need binoculars to see the field. here, no. spectacular place. >> don't you love, sam stein, how fenway has been here for 100 years but history didn't start until roberts stole second base? >> you're right. the seats are on top of the stadium. you can get a seat and you are literally this far away from being in fair play. it's amazing. it's fantastic. also kind of dangerous. i feel like a foul ball could come right at you. >> yeah, it understancould. and it might just hit you right in the head. >>> all right. i want to talk about politics with sonia. you made history here. the first latino state senator representing your area. >> yeah. >> and watching the presidential election a