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so what -- representative ruppersberger was say being the culture is correct. about limiting the numbers of people that know given things. sing correct. we have ideas and discussed them today. you will certainly know where we have points of agreement. >> i'm not going to pre-judge what the fbi is charged with responsibility of doing. and we are going to meet with director mueller this afternoon. we know that an investigation has already begun. and it is going to be done very thoroughly. and, you know, we have been through this before. and the -- in the bush administration. and -- wherever the responsibility falls out, that's where it is going to be. and if it is in the administration, fine. if it is not in the administration, fine. this is not meant to be a political exercise. this is too critical to the future of the intelligence community of the united states. and it is our intention just to get to the bottom of the these leaks. as we move forward to make sure we put measures in place that not only make it more difficult for future leaks to occur but the cons

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dutch ruppersberger is on the house intelligence committee.an editorial from the newspaper in his hometown -- now we know about the programs and that gives the opportunity to say do we like them what are your thoughts the editorial sums things up quite well it leads us into uncharted territories in terms of the new type of war that obama is overseeing it is largely a covert war, which means it is secret at the same time, the president has felt compelled to justify it morally he has directed some of his top people to speak about it. his counter-terrorism made the justification. the previous two years they had refused to talk about it. the feeling they need to talk about it in order to make the case of why it is necessary -- you run into the contradiction that diene -- dianne feinstein talk about -- intelligence and classified information are secret for a reason. programs are more effective that way. when they are revealed, lives are put in danger. reporters think about this all of the time. they will make decisions about not printing details be

so what representative ruppersberger was saying about changing the culture really is correct. about limiting the numbers of people that now given things. is correct. so we have some ideas. we've discussed them somewhat today, and you know, you will certainly know where we have points of agreement here. [inaudible] >> i'm not going to prejudge what the fbi is charged with responsibility of doing, and we are going to meet with director mueller this afternoon. we know that investigation is already begun, and it's going to be done very thoroughly. and you know, we've been through this before and the bush administration. wherever the responsibility falls out, that's where it's going to be. and if it's in the administration find, if it's not in the administration, fine. this is not meant to be a political exercise. this is too critical to the future of the intelligence community of the united states. and it's our intention just to get to the bottom of the issue, of these leaks. and as we move forward to try to make sure that we put measures in place, that not only make it more diffi

the ranking members of democrat, dutch ruppersberger and i love him. we get along great. i get along with every person on this committee. it's just marvelous. i think it's important that people know that. the committee that really don't hear a lot about because all of our work is behind closed doors, very bipartisan. we are getting a lot done but we are equally outraged about the leaks, the national security leaks that hurt americans, our safety and can get people killed, innocent people killed. so we are trying to get to the bottom of these leaks to make sure they stopped. >> host: will "the new york times" story? guest: i was extremely upset. >> host: just tell her viewers about the cia monitoring or working on weapons for syrian rebels. guest: that's right. this is unprecedented. we have never before seen, as a matter fact two weeks ago i was at the general who said michele and 55 years and they both ran being connected with the military, i've never seen this level of national security secrets being leaked. this is just unprecedented, so that was just within the last w

the ranking member is a democrat, dutch ruppersberger. we get along great. i get along with every person on the committee. it is marvelous. i think it's important people know that. a committee that you don't hear a lot about, because all of our work is behind closed doors, a very bipartisan. we're getting a lot done, but we are equally outraged about the national security leaks. that hurts americans, our safety, and it can get innocent people killed. we are trying to get to the bottom of that make shortstops. host: today's lead story in the new york times -- guest: i was extremely upset. host: the cia working on getting rebels to this -- getting on weapons to the syrian rebels. guest: two weeks ago i was with a general who said to me in 55 years in the military i have never seen this level of national security secrets being leaked. this is unprecedented. in the last week alone -- i don't want to repeat what been going on out there, but this is very concerning. it has to end. i just want people to know that this is another area where you can feel good, becaus

dutch ruppersberger is on the house intelligence committee. the's is an editorial from newspaper in his hometown -- now we know about the programs and that gives the opportunity to say do we like them what are your thoughts the editorial sums things up quite well it leads us into uncharted territories in terms of the new type of war that obama is overseeing it is largely a covert war, which time, the president has felt compelled to justify it morally he has directed some of his top people to speak about it. is counterterrorism coordinator gave a speech some weeks back at the wilson center, in which he attempted to make that justification. the previous two years they had refused to talk about it. the feeling they need to talk about it in order to make the case of why it is necessary -- you run into the contradiction that diene -- dianne feinstein talk about -- intelligence and classified information are secret for a reason. programs are more effective that way. when they are revealed, lives are put in danger. reporters think about this all of t

"dutch" ruppersberger, member of congress. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the >> such rights will be protected. racial profiling will not be tolerated. senate bill 1070 is equally committed to upholding the rule of law, while ensuring that the constitutional rights of all in arizona are protect including prohibiting law enforcement officers from sol considering race, color, or national origin in implementing this provision. in fact, under my direction, senate bill 1070 was amended to strengthen and to emphasize the importance that civil rights ar protected. arizona is prepared to move forward. to enforce this law that we have fought so hard to defend ever mindful of our rights, ever faithful to the constitution. and ever worthy of the blessing of god, who has given us that. that we share together as arizonans and as americans. thank you. >> you mentioned -- [inaudible] and i appreciate there. there were three other sections of the law that you signed