the f.b.i. and sf ed have multiple information and nothing bars cooperation in the most important cases. those where there is a reasonable basis to suspect somebody is breaking the law. more importantly, jttf participation is no cure to communication breakdowns. the boston police department was a trade participant when the f.b.i. received warnings that it was a terrace that. information in that case was not properly shared among jttf members before the boston marathon bombing. the orlando police department was a jttf member before twice investigated, committed mass murder and in the local nightclub. the department of defense investigators a review of the 2,009 fort hood shooting determined that the data explosion within the f.b.i. hindered proper identification and sharing a information. participation in jttf does not reduce the risk of communicator breakdown. san franciscans are safer when law enforcement resources is not evidence and not bias. certainly innocent victims of abusive jttf activiti

floris: the f.b.i.'s interested in any criminal violation as relates to foreign influence so long as there is that foreign angle for foreign influence operations. mr. hickey: i'll give the same answerdy before. i don't know on the appropriateness but i am focused on enforcing the criminal law. mr. hovland: i think it's important to understand what occurred with our election so election officials have the information they need to prepare for future elections. mrs. lesko: thank you, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: -- chair nadler: the cheal yields -- the gentlelady yields back. gentleman from tennessee. mr. cohen: this is a question anybody on the panel can answer. in 2016 i understand there were reports that i think were found that russia tried to interfere th a lot of state election roles. maybe all of them. anybody here aware of those reports? mr. masterson, you seem to be first -- mr. masterson probably foolishly, sir. thank you. the d.h.s. in coordination with the f.b.i.

the f.b.i. wanted to. the f.b.i. wanted to send agents into the white house itself to interview senior officials send agents into the white house itself to interview a senior official you would work through the white house counsel and the discussions and approvals and it would be there show you would work through the white house counsel and the discussions and approvals and it would be there and i thought it's early enough let's just send a couple guys over so who did and i thought it's early enough let's just send a couple guys over so who did call me send on over agent peter struck who was fired for sending. me send on over agent peter struck who was fired for sending messages to his f.b.i. girlfriend funny enough it's those messages that shed some light on how to just who is f.b.i. girlfriend funny enough it's those messages that shed some light on how flynn's 3 o 2 was apparently tampered with i'm a jew and it's flynn's 3 o 2 was apparently tampered with. i'm a jew and it's and something to joe i also emailed you

the f.b.i. wanted to know if lin had ever discussed. the f.b.i. wanted to know if flynn had ever discussed sanctions with the russian ambassador he said he wasn't sure he had spoken to many i'm best sanctions with the russian ambassador he said he wasn't sure he had spoken to many investors and didn't really keep a tally although the record showed he said this years and didn't really keep a tally although the record showed he said this flynn stated he did not see the narrative of flynn the lifes. flynn stated he did not the narrative of flynn the liar was born but that wasn't the only problem with the interview some of which were there from the get go or was born but that wasn't the only problem with the interview some of which were there from the get go. the f.b.i. . the f.b.i. wanted to send agents into the white house itself to interview c. wanted to send agents into the white house itself to interview a senior official you would work through the white house counsel and the discussions and approvals and it would be in your official you would wo

testament to the f.b.i. and. its full debilitates to have a chance to pronounce its full debilitates have a chance to pronounce on the deal to replace this dysfunctional comment on the deal to replace this dysfunctional parliament. the british prime minister is the attempt to get in the election is rejected by parliament once the british prime minister is that attempt to get in the election is rejected by parliament once more that is the e.u. gives the u.k. until the end of january to get more that is the e.u. gives the u.k. until the end of january to get breakfast if. it does. it. feel. good morning welcome just on 11 o'clock am. local morning welcome just on 11 o'clock here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now the pentagon says it's not ready to go you're watching r.t. international the pentagon says it's not ready to release video evidence to back up its claim that the leader of islamic state has been killed to release video evidence to back up its claim that the leader of islamic state has been ki

the f.b.i. wanted to see. the f.b.i. wanted to send agents into the white house itself to interview senior official send agents into the white house itself to interview a senior official you would work through the quite a few accounts work through to the risk white house counsel. between who was there and approvals and who would be there and i thought it's early enough let's just send a couple guys over so who did call me send an over age and peter rock and. it's early hired for enough stuff left and they sending a couple guys over. call me send on over agent peter struck who was fired for sending messages to his f.b.i. girlfriend who in the south beats the auto like it was a girl friend does that shed some often lets light though on how it was in messages that shed some light on how flynn 3 o 2 was apparently tamplin with 3 to. what it says it's apparently tampered with. i'm a jew and it's and something to joe i also emailed you the day 23. and something to joe i also emailed you the 3. it's all up to the judge now to s

the f.b.i. uses 30 tuesday keep an official record. the f.b.i. uses 30 tuesday keep an official record of their interviews in flynn's case the form was used by the f.b.i. to claim he lives heard of their interviews in flynn's case the form was used by the f.b.i. to claim he lied but did he really it's not so clear anymore flynn's defense team just really but did he really it's not so clear anymore flynn's defense team just released a court documents suggesting something very different happened that the f.t.c. a court documents suggesting something very different happened that the f.b.i. actually significantly changed the meaning of what he actually said i actually significantly changed the meaning of what he actually said. the f.b.i. wanted. the f.b.i. wanted to know if flynn had ever discussed sanctions with the russian ambassador he said he wasn't sure it's a no with flynn had ever discussed sanctions with the russian ambassador he said he wasn't sure he had spoken to many investors and didn't

so if the f.b.i. has a fine really. well joining us to discuss this documentary is its director filmmaker arceo and our we she is based in los angeles but speaks to us today from her hometown in bridge view illinois where both she and i grew up together also with us we have a love for all senior staff attendee at the center for constitutional rights in new york of the lawyer on a law suit to compel the government to hand over f.b.i. surveillance documents of the movement for black lives and finally camille rashad the founder and president of the muslim wellness foundation that's a nonprofit focused on the mental health of american muslim communities can you lead joins us from philadelphia pennsylvania we also reached out to the f.b.i. to be part of this program they would respond we have got a contact for them selves which then not part of this program but we will be talking about them and they do feature in this discussion. i want to start with the community people online tweeting about this after getting a chance to s

fairings it appears that our good friends at the f.b.i. were found to be in appropriately using and abusing the data collected on them toria section 7 o 2 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act ars technica reports that the united states foreign intelligence surveillance court actually ruled back in october of 2018 that the f.b.i. misused surveillance data to look into american residents including other f.b.i. employees and other family members making large scale queries that did not distinguish between u.s. persons and board intelligence targets and that the f.b.i. the actions were a major violation of the 4th amendment to our constitution that protect citizens from under reasonable search and seizure these revelations even caught the eye of n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden who tweeted wow the f.b.i. is running a warrantless internet surveillance program so flag really unconstitutional that even the secret rubber stamp court that approved 99.967 percent of the surveillance aircraft over 33 years felt they couldn't turn a blind eye

the f.b.i. the f.b.i. wanted to know if flynn had ever discussed sang with iran wanted to shoot an arrow with fat less than had ever heard it discussed he said sanction he wins with the russian ambassador he said he wasn't sure he had spoken to many investors and didn't really keep a tally although i wasn't sure he had spoken to many investors and didn't really keep a tally although the record showed he said this. stated he didn't he said this. flynn stated he did not the narrative of flynn the liar was born but that wasn't the only problem with the interview not the narrative of flynn the liar was born but that wasn't the only problem with the interview some of which were there from the get go. some of which were there from the get go. i wanted to send and age and agents into each of them to one of the white house itself to interview as your senior 15 official if you should work through the white house counsel works and will work through the white house counsel and the discussion on the beach and schools

on a lawsuit to compel the government to hand over f.b.i. surveillance documents the movement of black lives and finally coming to the founder and president of the muslim wellness foundation of the nonprofit focused on the mental health of american muslim communities can you lead joins us from philadelphia pennsylvania we also reached out to the f.b.i. to be part of this program to send us a comment that comment wells no comment when you start i want to start with the community people online tweeting about this after getting a chance to see it streaming here in the u.s. at least this is a tweet from someone who's handle is no child for the f.b.i. several people are turning their heads that way and we'll discuss why in a minute but they write this stock human jury shed light on a pervasive yet almost invisible manifestation of every day islamophobia and i am grateful for aasiya for validating our experiences r.c.i. of course i will give this one to you because i feel similarly it's the community that you and i grew up in since kindergarten 1st

the f.b.i. who they will have to take why they went into this particular community and they will say this is why we didn't i'm going to play a little comment from them in just a moment but from your perspective what do you saying is the reason why the f.b.i. would go into a community that has no history of terrorism and then start to look for it. well i think you know the reason why i'm nodding is because the government always needs a convenient villain and in order to sustain some narratives about communities of color about american muslims they need to sort of manufacture reasons why this is something that will protect national security and because so many americans cling to this myth of meritocracy of the partiality it sort of lends itself to this notion that while of course of the government is looking into a certain community it must have its reasons and i think sometimes even as the community that's being targeted we also begin to believe that like well if we haven't done anything wrong ri

he said i would turn him into the f.b.i. because he destroyed the left. >> they didn't do the left any favors certainly. >> right. one of the interventions that you make to this story is that you demonstrate that, yes, after this terrible accident that happened in a townhouse in lower manhattan, in march of 1970, several members of the weather underground blew themselves up accidentally, you point out that that moved the weather underground to a policy of only undertaking bombings that would only damage property and not people. but that prior to that, they had a very different idea in mind. >> that's been the central myth of the weather underground for the last 45 years is they never intended to hurt a soul because after the townhouse, that's the path that they embarked upon for six years. they did fairly conventional protest bombings. issuing -- >> in bathrooms. >> the f.b.i., after a while, began to take them less seriously and called them the terrible toilet bombers, because bathrooms was where most of these bathrooms were

the f.b.i. and the deep state to face by the f.b.i. the f.b.i. and the deep state. to find maria this is a billionaire now seeking out maria bettina i would say this is a billionaire now seeking out maria to tina and be friending her and maybe the relationship carried further we don't really know but and be friending her and maybe the relationship carried further we don't really know but he admitted that the person that told him to do this or at least it's his opinion of the he admitted that the person that told him to do this or at least it's his opinion of the person that gave this order was none other that peter struck so we can see this and that gave this order was none other peter struck so we can see a lot of dots connected for maria tina to the russia gate hoax you know examine what a lot of dots connected for maria bettina to the russia get hoax you know examine but it didn't work out all of the allegations made against her you know honeypot didn't work out all of the allegations made against her you know honey she was trying to infiltrate the n.r.a. trying

on a lawsuit to compel the government to hand over f.b.i. surveillance documents of the movement for black lives and finally coming to the founder and president of the muslim wellness foundation that's a nonprofit focused on the mental health of american muslim communities can you lead joins us from philadelphia pennsylvania we also reached out to the f.b.i. to be part of this program to send us a comment that comment wells no comment when you start i want to start with the community people online tweeting about this after getting a chance to see it streaming here in the u.s. at least this is a tweet from someone who's handle is no child for the f.b.i. several people are turning their heads that way and will discuss why in a minute but they write this documentary shed light on a pervasive yet almost invisible manifestation of every day islamophobia and i am grateful for aasiya who are validating our experiences r.c.i. of course i will give this one to you because i feel similarly it's the community that you and i grew up in since kindergarten

town halls and said it and she stood up in a town hall and said this and she meant when the f.b.i. come to your door you don't have to open the door and let them in and serve them tea and prove to them that you're a good american citizen and look at about nothing to hide that this idea of you know respectability politics this idea of presenting ourselves as a good american citizens and that is what will keep us safe from these types of profiling and investigations is actually a fallacy and that's what that notion of be i stands for and you know it's also this idea you know there's a lot of pushback in our community also that like we can't be letting the f.b.i. in through the front door of the mosque while they're still sneaking in through the backdoor that you know our engagement with law enforcement as a muslim community cannot be won rooted in this idea of respect to realty politics which so that you know as long as you have a seat at the table that's alright let me show you audience some of the community i'll come right to really what to you will i do about healing but i want to

for instance, i still ask the f.b.i., where is the server? how come the f.b.i. never got d.n.c.?er from the where is the server? i want to see the server. let's see what's on the server. so the server, they say, is held by a company whose primary ownership, individual, is from ukraine.

without the f.b.i. looking at the server you have assad right now rotting in a you cape without the f.b.i. looking at the server you have assad right now rotting in a u.k. prison writing for what for being a journalist yet exactly or isn't writing for what for being a journalist yep exactly you know it is exactly what i think is really sad is going back to maria's story and you know it is exactly what i think is really sad is going back to maria's story is that in her interview on our t.v. after everything is that in her interview on our t.v. after everything she's gone through the miss the the miss justice she saying she's gone through the miss the the miss justice she still talks about improving u.s. russia relations and it's really amazing still talks about improving u.s. russian relations and it's really amazing here. and i give her a lot of courage for wanting to do that here. and i give her a lot of courage for wanting to do that but the penalty of wanting to do something is nominally a good idea b

the f.b.i. if a foreign government offered damaging information about a political foe. that's why it's critical that we pass this legislation, to protect the integrity of our elections. the underlying bill requires public officials, candidates and campaigns to report to the f.b.i. when foreign governments and their agents contact them, and holds them responsible when they fail to report. madam chair, my amendment strengthens this legislation by requiring the f.b.i. to confirm receipt of any notification of possible foreign interference operations. additionally, the f.b.i. must also notify both the house and senate intelligence committees, guaranteeing that congress, as a co-equal branch of government, is made aware when foreign agents and hostile nations are attempting to undermine our democracy. finally, my amendment would require the f.b.i. to submit an annual report to congress related to all the notifications it has received and the corresponding actions the bureau has taken in response. the

the f.b.i. and the deep state he was placed by the f.b.i. the f.b.i. and the deep state. to find maria this is a billionaire now seeking out to find maria this is a billionaire now seeking out maria and be friending her maria and maybe the. area and be further frequenting her and maybe the relationship carried further we don't really don't really know but ok but he had he edited the myth that it per cent per person that told that whole to do it to please you it's this or at least it's his opinion of the person or its writer because he was not you know the other person in that piece of the order was none other peter struck we. see a lot a lot of acted out from areas connected up with for material. the rush to get you know exists you know examine it and but it what it worked it out what worked out all i wanted to. hear you know honey pot she was trying to infiltrate the n.r.a. honeypot she was trying to infiltrate the n.r.a. trying to infiltrate into g.o.p. circle in circles and that if it were my trying to infiltrate into a g.o.p. circle and circles that if it was true the

whistleblower edward snowden who tweeted wow the f.b.i. is running in warrantless internet surveillance program so flag really unconstitutional that even the secret rubber stamp court that approved 99.967 percent of surveillance requests over 33 years felt they couldn't turn a blind eye. my friends when you're surveillance scandal runs so deep that you can get a wow from edward snowden then you know you've reached a pretty obscene new low which is why we must always be watching the hawks. like you that got. with that we. would. be a little. early to tell you. well the woman watching the excitement i robot and out of the us . while there was no as as he'd sort of gone through the f.b.i. was searching for information involving large number numbers of americans with no individualized basis for suspicion of anywhere.

just look the other way around or we can go after the f.b.i. we can't go after the surveillance community the intelligence community and all that kind of thing and when we do they just seem to go around in this case i mean that's i mean we've we've heard about this forever about 10 years of listening to they're looking at that they're searching anything they want they're searching themselves they're searching their friends or searching their axes they're abusing the system that they have access to and when you think about the fact that you have you know a 1000000 people with security clearances that can do that and have access to these databases that it becomes a little scary because a very large number of people and you can't prove it on the other side if you're in the middle of a divorce and your x. is using our resources like these databases and are going to find information on you there's no way for you to prove or even request information to prove that. that's an interesting angle i never even thought about that when you're sitting there li

citizens who sit and don't even think about it you wonder why the f.b.i. the n.s.a. the cia the u.s. government everybody else the femina homeland security as a reason all of them they all their whole job is digging into our stuff to try to catch us in something before we do it because it's easier to catch things before they happen than deal with the actual problem or do what you're supposed to do which is investigate the crime once it's happened it's a brilliant point that is a very brilliant point and it's really at this point in time i really do think that we need to take a realistic step back and really look at how these agencies are operated what is put in place to prevent this from happening again and also look at the repercussions of the fact that no one ever seems to go to jail whenever they're caught for these things no one's ever really punished at the end of the base so that's what allows people say well hey we get a slap on the wrist and a few bad lines will be ok the next time we want to do it. like dominoes falling in a game nobody wants to play turkish

waiting game by the f.b.i. was devastating for the absolutely devastating you know sometimes it didn't even stop with them searching like you know. all these americans searching for sources 1 march 2017 search actually more than 70000 identifiers linked to surprise surprise the f.b.i.'s all in the workforce identifies with things like e-mail address and things like that in one case and they will use the database to search for information on himself his relatives and other f.b.i. personnel it's like they're using this database like you use google. i mean it's just absolutely blows my mind it was kind of interesting because their reaction to the story u.s. representative just. said this is $702.28 and i led the charge against the establishment to stop this program president attacked my efforts and signed it into law with the support of ryan palosi mccarthy. it's an outrageous violation of our constitution and are. really all comes down to this like they constantly. we cannot rely at times on congress to actually

the f.b.i. section. the u.s. attorney section. the shar shall section, the now defunct independent counsel batse and the bureau of section. the provision 533, that's in the middle of the f.b.i. section. right? the very clear, especially since you've got a separate independent counsel section, that're not talking about appointments of officers. even if you were, that would lead to the remarkable conclusion, because there's nothing in 533 that limbs its scope, could the attorney general use 533 to hire 12 more assistant attorneys general, nine more solicitors general, eight more deputy attorneys general, and 277 more u.s. attorneys all without senate confirmation? under the authority of section 533? that is insane. which is why the government doesn't argue it. that doesn't stop some courts from using it. but the government doesn't argue it for that reason. in sum there's no statutory authority to hire a special counsel to replace rather than assist a united states ttorney. i think the capper for all of this, capstone for all of this

whistleblower edward snowden who tweeted wow the f.b.i. is running and warrantless internet surveillance program so flag really unconstitutional that even the secret rubber stamp court that approved 99.967 percent of surveillance requests over 33 years felt they couldn't turn a blind eye. my friends when your surveillance scandal runs so deep that you can get a wow from edward snowden then you know you've reached a pretty obscene new low which is why we must always be watching the hawks. like you that i got. with that we. would prefer to deal with this. because. while the women watching the robot turn out of the islands. well as a.