National Intelligence Director Speech

Sep 15, 2009

Commonwealth Club of California

Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence, delivered remarks at the Commonwealth Club of California. In his remarks he said that employment of current intelligence gathering and dissemination techniques could have prevented the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S.
Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence, delivered remarks at the Commonwealth Club of California. In his remarks he said that employment of current intelligence gathering and dissemination techniques could have prevented the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S.

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00:00:03 Unidentified Speaker SUPREME COURT WEEK STARTING OCTOBER 4 ON C-SPAN. AS A COMPLEMENT TO THIS ORIGINAL PRODUCTION C-SPAN...
00:00:18 Unidentified Speaker IN SAN FRANCISCO, NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR DENNIS BLAIR SAID THAT TODAY'S INFORMATION GATHERING...
00:00:39 Unidentified Speaker GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA. YOU CAN FIND...
00:03:28 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THANKS VERY MUCH, DOCTOR DUFFY, FOR THE INTRODUCTION. IT IS AN HONOR TO BE INVITED TO SPEAK...
00:04:36 Unidentified Speaker I BELIEVE IT IS A MARK OF A TRULY OPEN-MINDED GROUP THAT YOU INVITED ME. I DO LIKE TO TURN LOOSE A...
00:06:45 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S NOT QUITE RIGHT. LET'S CHECK SOME OF IT GETS. A FIT, AND WHY THAT IS NOT CUT ITS TEETH. NOT...
00:07:02 Unidentified Speaker EVEN WORSE.
00:07:04 Unidentified Speaker IRONIES AND CYNICISM HAVE THEIR PLACE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO COUNTER SOME OF THE CYNICISM THAT BY REMOVING...
00:12:49 Unidentified Speaker WHICH IS AN INDICATION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. BUT PRESIDENT, AMBASSADORS, AND LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...
00:22:44 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENCY THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY. IT HAS AN UNMATCHED UNDERSTANDING...
00:36:11 Unidentified Speaker THANKS VERY MUCH TO DIRECTOR DENNIS BLAIR. THEY HAVE HIRED FOR THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL." THESE ARE...
00:37:59 Unidentified Speaker THE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION OF THIS QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE ORGANIZATION THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITIES...
00:41:39 Unidentified Speaker I THINK TO ASK IF THE BUREAUCRACIES DO SHARE INFORMATION. MIKE CON FELLLY SAID THIS NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED....
00:42:01 Unidentified Speaker I CAN GIVE YOU A GOOD EXAMPLE OF -- BASED ON THE SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE DEPLOYING TO AFGHANISTAN. AFGHANISTAN...
00:43:22 Unidentified Speaker THAT RELEASES ANOTHER QUESTION WE HAVE. IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO AFGHAN. CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE TYPE OF...
00:43:41 Unidentified Speaker I'D SAY THE PRIMARY -- TO THINK ABOUT IN THE PAST, THE INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD OBTAIN FROM OUR VERY...
00:44:46 Unidentified Speaker SOME CYBERSECURITY QUESTIONS, AN INTERNET QUESTION. HACKERS ARE BREAKING INTO PROTECTED NETWORKS. ...
00:45:14 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T THINK THE -- FROM WHAT I'VE LEARNED ACT THE CYBER OFFICE AND CYBER DEFENSE AND THE ADVANTAGE...
00:47:20 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS FOR OUR RADIO AUDIENCE. YOU'RE LISTENING WITH THE CALIFORNIA RADIO PROGRAM. YOU'RE SPEAKER...
00:48:00 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU COUNT THEM UP, MOST OF THE FACTS AGAINST AMERICAN CYBER SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES SHARE...
00:48:57 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING ON THE INTERNET AS WELL. THIS IS A QUESTION FROM ONE OF OUR INTERNET...
00:49:18 Unidentified Speaker BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY OTHER DETAINEES. YOU'LL BE TALKING WITH DIRECTOR HERE SHORTLY...
00:51:08 Unidentified Speaker WITH HAVE --
00:51:13 Unidentified Speaker NICE QUESTION. I THINK THE -- ONE THING I DID NOTICE AND PANETTA NOTICE THED ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS AGO...
00:52:11 Unidentified Speaker CAN YOU TALK TO US MORE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CIA? HERE'S AN INSTITUTION THAT HAD CUT ITS...
00:52:42 Unidentified Speaker I TALK WITH LEON ALL THE TIME. WE'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING ON THE SAME ISSUES WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY THAT...
00:54:27 Unidentified Speaker YOU'RE VIEW PLEASE ON THE NSA'S DOMESTIC CALIFORNIA SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM?
00:54:35 Unidentified Speaker AS I SAID ON MY REMARKS, THE JOB OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY TO GATHER FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE WHEN...
00:55:29 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE A BUDGET QUESTION FORS. YOU THE WRITER TAKES NOTE OF THE LARGE BUDGET INCOME THAT YOU ANNOUNCED...
00:56:07 Unidentified Speaker I NEED TO MAKE THE FIGURES CLEAR. THE BUDGET OF THE LAST YEAR WAS $48 BILLION. THAT IS THE MONEY...
00:57:02 Unidentified Speaker A SIMPLE QUESTION FROM ONE WRITER. WHAT KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT?
00:57:14 Unidentified Speaker IT'S THE -- IT'S WORRYING ABOUT WHETHER WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO STOP THE TERRORISTS GROUPS...
00:57:50 Unidentified Speaker MANY DEPARTMENTS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL BE FACING LARGE NUMBERS OF BABY BOOMER RETIRE. S....
00:58:41 Unidentified Speaker THE DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF THOSE 100,000 PEOPLE IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY THAT I MENTIONED IS...
00:59:53 Unidentified Speaker KIM JONG IL. [LAUGHTER]
00:59:55 Unidentified Speaker IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS MORE EFFECTIVE. THE FURTHER YOU GET FROM WASHINGTON, THE YOUNGER YOU...
01:00:16 Unidentified Speaker WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR TIME IS SPENT DEALING WITH TERRORISM? AFTER TERRORISM WHAT IS THE NEXT MOST...
01:00:31 Unidentified Speaker THE TWO -- OUR TWO TOP SORT OF OVERARCHING THREATS ARE VIOLENT EXTREMISM, PEOPLE WANT TO KILL A LOT...
01:01:33 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE A QUESTION ALONG THOSE LINES ABOUT PROLIFERATION. ONE OF THE THEM THE COUNTER THE WEPONS...
01:01:55 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM WITH A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THAT. BUT IT'S HARD WORK. COUNTRIES AND ESPECIALLY...
01:03:32 Unidentified Speaker ARE THE RUSSIANS AND THE CHINESE IN YOUR MIND PARTNERS IN THAT EFFORT? OR DO THEY SEE ALLOWS AN IRANIAN...
01:03:48 Unidentified Speaker THE CHINESE AND THE RUSSIANS DON'T LIKE NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION ANY BETTER THAN WE DO. THEY GENERALLY...
01:04:30 Unidentified Speaker NORTH KOREANS BUILDING A NUKE PLANT, BOATS SHIPPING OUT HEADED TOWARD MYANMAR.
01:04:49 Unidentified Speaker THAT WAS A GOOD INTERNATIONAL EFFORT. I DON'T THINK I'LL COMMENT A LOT ABOUT THE SYRIAN PROGRAM. ...
01:04:58 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. I HAVE ROOM FOR ONE LAST QUESTION BEFORE THE TIME IS UP. THEN YOU WOULD COMMENT ON THIS. IS...
01:05:11 Unidentified Speaker NO, IT'S CORRECT THAT I TRIED, IT'S UNCORRECT THAT I SUCCEEDED.
01:05:18 Unidentified Speaker IT'S A VERY LARGE PROPELLER. WE'RE GLAD YOU ARE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU TO DENNIS BLAIR, DIRECTOR OF...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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