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Rogers, Michael "Mike" - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
WANT TO WELCOME DIRECTOR CLAPPER AND OUR OTHER WITNESSES MORNING. THEY ARE VERY BUSY PEOPLE AND APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKING THE TIME AWAY FROM THE IMPORTANT...
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| 00:13:27 |
Ruppersberger, C.A. "Dutch" - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland
WE HAVE THE BEST OF THE BEST HERE TODAY. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE JAMES CLAPPER. WITH CIA DIRECTOR LEON PANETTA. FBI DIRECTOR ROBERT MUELLER....
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| 00:23:39 |
Rogers, Michael "Mike" - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
TIME AND IN CLOSE THE SESSION. >> CAN I SAY ONE THING? I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS OPENING. I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL WAY TO START THE SESSION....
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| 00:23:54 |
Schakowsky, Janice "Jan" - U.S. Representative, [D] Illinois
SAID, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW HOW OUR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS WORKING TO KEEP US SAFE, AND THEN HAVE A CLASSIFIED HEARING AFTERWARD IF NEED...
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| 00:24:41 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
IS A COMMUNITY. I'M VERY PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE TODAY WHO REPRESENT LITERALLY IN TOW HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND...
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| 00:38:25 |
Rogers, Michael "Mike" - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
GORILLAS IN THE ROOM IS THIS POINT ABOUT THE LEAD UP OF INTELLIGENCE ON EGYPT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STRUCK ME INTO NIETZSCHE, BEN ALI STILL BELIEVED...
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| 00:39:22 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
COMMENT ON THIS, AS I INDICATED IN MY OPENING REMARKS THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HAS LONG IDENTIFIED THE CONDITIONS THAT EXIST IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHICH...
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| 00:42:34 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Director
TO WORK WITH US TO PROTECT AMERICANS. I THINK YOU FOR ANK YOU FOR THAT. THE PURPOSE OF INTELLIGENCE IS TO MAKE THE BEST POLICY DECISIONS. AS FAR AS...
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| 00:47:33 |
Rogers, Michael "Mike" - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
QAEDA AT'S INTENTIONS TO SECURE RADIOLOGICAL OR DIRTY BOMBS AND OTHER WEAPONS WE MIGHT CONSIDER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION? >> AL QAEDA SENIOR LEADERSHIP...
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| 00:47:47 |
Leiter, Michael - Director
OBTAINING ADVANCED WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION FOR SOME TIME INCLUDING ITS EXPERIMENTATION WITH ANTHRAX IN AFGHANISTAN. WE ASSESS THAT AL QAEDA'S SENIOR...
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| 00:49:26 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
COMMITTEE IS AWARE IN 1994 A STATUTES WAS PASSED THAT REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS TO BE IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS TO THE INTELLIGENCE...
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| 00:51:22 |
Rogers, Michael "Mike" - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
THESE ARE THE PATRIOT ACT PROVISIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UP FOR REAUTHORIZATION. THERE ARE THREE ELEMENTS OF THAT. THE FIRST IS THE BUSINESS RECORD'S...
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| 00:54:47 |
Ruppersberger, C.A. "Dutch" - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland
NOT BEEN FULLY INFORMED OF THE MATTERS ON THE MITT PROGRAM, AND BY LAW, WE'RE REQUIRED TO OVERSEE THAT, AND I THINK WE NEED TO GET THIS RESOLVED, AND...
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| 00:55:23 |
Ferguson, Thomas - Director
YOU, YOUR CHAIRMAN, YOUR STAFF, AND HOWEVER YOU CHOOSE. >> IT'S GOING TO A COMMITTEE, BUT THAT'S OUR ROLE TO DO THIS. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US. SECRETARY...
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| 00:56:21 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
ARE GENERALLY RAISED IN THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION. FACT OF THE MATTER IS, AND I GO BACK TO IT. THIS IS A JUDGE ISSUING A COURT ORDER THAT REQUIRES COMMUNICATIONS...
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| 00:58:39 |
Ruppersberger, C.A. "Dutch" - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland
AMERICANS, AND WE HAVE A CONSTITUTION. I THINK THE CHECKS AND BALANCES OUR FATHERS CREATED WORKS WELL. IT'S IMPORTANT, AND IT'S YOUR POSITION WE MAKE...
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| 01:01:04 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
THEN DIRECTOR MUELLER. >> CONGRESSMAN, IN FULL CONTEXT OF THE REMARKS, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE SECRETARY WHICH IS -- [INAUDIBLE] >> ACTUALLY, JIM...
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| 01:01:18 |
Leiter, Michael - Director
BUT, THE FULL RANGE OF THREATS IS THE MOST DIVERSE AND MOST COMPLEX THAT WE HAVE FACED. IT IS NOT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ONE SPECIFIC THREAT NOW THAT...
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| 01:02:30 |
Ruppersberger, C.A. "Dutch" - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland
THIS THREAT STATEMENT? ARE THERE ANYMORE RESOURCES WE NEED? YOU RUN THE FUSION CENTER, DIRECTOR CLAPPER, YOU COORDINATE THIS. >> CONGRESSMAN, I'LL SPEAK...
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| 01:03:41 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
GET A ROVING WIRETAP ON A CHILD PORNOGRAPHER. THAT'S UNDER TITLE III. THAT'S NOT AFFECTED. IF IT WAS A TERRORIST, WE COULDN'T. IF IT WAS A PORNOGRAPHER,...
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| 01:06:28 |
Wagner, Caryn A. - Undersecretary
FUNDAMENTAL TO ADDRESSING THIS HOME GROWN ISSUE ARE THE JTTS, WHICH ARE FBI LED, BUT IN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE ELSE PARTICIPATES...
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| 01:07:47 |
Ruppersberger, C.A. "Dutch" - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland
CYBERSECURITY. WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, AND WE NEED TO REALLY EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON HOW SERIOUS THIS ISSUE IS. >> THANK YOU. MR. THORNBERRY. >> WELL,...
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| 01:08:12 |
Thornberry, William "Mac" McClellan - U.S. Representative, [R] Texas
OPINION ABOUT WHETHER WE'RE TALKING PRIMARY BY ABOUT ANNOYANCES WITH COMPUTERS THAT RUN SLOWER, OR DEALING WITH CRIME OR THEFT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY...
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| 01:09:10 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
CRIMINAL BE IT DOMESTIC OR ORGANIZED INTERNATIONAL RING. FROM A NATIONAL SECURITY STANDPOINT, I THINK THE THREATS POSED BY CERTAIN NATION STATES IS...
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| 01:11:07 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
AND EXERCISING ITS MILL TEAR MIGHT -- MILITARY MIGHT, YOU HAVE NOT JUST INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS, BUT PROBES AND CAPABILITIES OF INTRUDING INTO NETWORKS...
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| 01:13:01 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Director
THE INTERNET, THE CYBER ARENA IS THIS VASTLY GROWING AREA OF INFORMATION THAT CAN BE USED AND ABUSED IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO NATIONAL...
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| 01:14:17 |
Thompson, Michael "Mike" - U.S. Representative, [D] California
THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE PATRIOT ACT, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE'S STILL SOME...
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| 01:18:08 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
CONCERNS ABOUT MEXICO, AND THEN I'LL ASK MS. WAGNER FROM HOMELAND SECURITY TO COMMENT AS WELL. THIS IS CLEARLY A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. WE HAD RECENTLY...
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| 01:19:33 |
Wagner, Caryn A. - Undersecretary
BORDER. I THINK WE'RE DOING A BETTER JOB THAN WHAT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SPILLOVER OF THE KINDS OF CARTEL VIOLENCE IN MEXICO...
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| 01:21:06 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
VIRTUE OF THE FALL OF THE WALL AND SOVIET UNION, WE DID. THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT TOOK BIG CUTS, AND THEN WITH 9/11, WE RAMPED UP AGAIN. NOW THE PENDULUM...
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| 01:22:52 |
Myrick, Suellen "Sue" - U.S. Representative, [R] North Carolina
DANIEL PATRICK BOYD WHO PLEDGED ON BEING A HOME GROWN TERRORIST. DIRECTOR CLAPPER, I WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT OF CONCERN, AND THEN I HAVE QUESTIONS...
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| 01:25:26 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
AND THEN I'LL ASK DIRECTOR MUELLER TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO IT HERE DOMESTICALLY. THE REASON I DO THAT, OF COURSE, IS BECAUSE THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD...
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| 01:26:57 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
SESSION, BUT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO DO IT IN OPEN SESSION. >> I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION RELATIVE TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH...
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| 01:27:10 |
Myrick, Suellen "Sue" - U.S. Representative, [R] North Carolina
THAT UP BEFORE, BUT THIS, IN PARTICULAR, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE INTERNET AND THE WEB INSPIRE WHICH IS THE 4TH EDITION AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND...
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| 01:28:52 |
Leiter, Michael - Director
TO OUR FACILITIES, UNDERSTAND OUR PEOPLE AND CULTURE, AND IT CAN BE USED AGAINST US. IT'S NOT JUST WATCHING WE DO IN ASSOCIATION WITH OTHERS AND DOING...
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| 01:30:05 |
Schakowsky, Janice "Jan" - U.S. Representative, [D] Illinois
YOU. WHEN PRESIDENT FROM MEXICO WAS HERE AND SPOKE TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS, HE SAID THAT THE -- WHEN THE BAN ON AUTOMATIC WEAPONS EXPIRED THAT...
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| 01:31:22 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Director
REGIONAL IMPACT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN EGYPT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO. THE INGREDIENTS I TALKED ABOUT THAT WERE PRESENT...
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| 01:35:02 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
CLOSED SESSION. >> THANK YOU. I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU. >> MR. MILLER. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. CLAPPER, YOU TALKED ABOUT SELF-RADICALIZATION....
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| 01:35:31 |
Miller, Jeff - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
ASK DIRECTOR LEITER TO SPEAK TO THAT. >> CONGRESSMAN, WHAT HAS CHANGED MORE RECENTLY IS THAT WHERE AS SEVERAL YEARS BACK THERE TENDED TO BE A NEED TO...
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| 01:35:54 |
Leiter, Michael - Director
INCREASING MESSAGING OVER MEDIA, FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, WE HAVE SEEN INDIVIDUALS BE INSPIRED ON THEIR OWN TO A GREATER EXTENT. NOW, I THINK YOUR POINT IS...
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| 01:36:44 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Director
THAT. IT'S A RESULT OF THE WORK BEEN DONE GOING DIRECTLY AT THEM. I THINK WE'VE UNDERMINDED THEIR ABILITY TO CONDUCT THOSE KINDS OF ATTACKS. HAVING...
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| 01:37:57 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
MANTLE OF SOME RADICAL PHILOSOPHY TO JUSTIFY OR REENFORCE TAKING ACTION AGAINST THESE FRUSTRATIONS WHICH MAY HAVE TO DO WITH THEIR UPBRINGS, THEIR...
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| 01:38:47 |
Miller, Jeff - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
RELATIONSHIP OR DEALINGS WITH THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, WHAT IS THIS ADMINISTRATION'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD? >> SIR, I THINK BEST TO...
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| 01:39:05 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT? >> NO RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BROTHERHOOD. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NOT HAPPENING. >> THERE'S NO RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD,...
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| 01:39:43 |
Miller, Jeff - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
AREAS? HOW HAS HE KEPT HIMSELF AWAY FROM THAT? >> I THINK HE BELIEVES DESPITE SOME OF THE ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES AND CHALLENGES IN SYRIA, THAT HE IS...
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| 01:40:06 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
KNOW THAT THAT'S A WISE JUDGMENT, BUT THAT APPEARS TO BE THE JUDGMENT THAT HE HAS MADE. IT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING IN ALL THESE COUNTRIES AGAIN TO...
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| 01:40:48 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Director
SAME INGREDIENTS THAT OCCURRED IN THESE OTHER COUNTRIES ARE PRESENT IN SYRIA, AND I THINK THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT IS THERE AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK...
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| 01:41:16 |
Schiff, Adam B. - U.S. Representative, [D] California
WE CAN GET A WIRETAP ON A CHILD PORNOGRAPHER, BUT NOT ON A BOMBER. THIS IS NOT TRUE. IF YOU HAVE EVIDENCE OF A CRIME IN TERMS OF CHILD PORE NOTHING...
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| 01:42:09 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
THAT IS IS -- LONE WOLF, AND IT IS THE FISA CONTEXT, AND IF THE STATUTE WAS NOT REUP, WE'D LOSE THAT IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY CAPACITY, BUT STILL HAVE...
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| 01:46:43 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
THE OTHER IN EGYPT. PAKISTAN IS A SOVEREIGN NATION WHICH HAS CERTAIN INTERESTS AT HEART. SOMETIMES OUR INTERESTS CONVERGE AND BELIEFS AND VALUES CONVERGE,...
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| 01:47:51 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Director
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LEADERSHIP TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE OPPOSITION, TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THE TEWINGAL CHANGES, -- CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES,...
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| 01:50:03 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
CARE. THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN CARE WHOM WE'VE HAD ISSUES AND CONTINUE TO HAVE ISSUES WITH AND SO I WOULD SAY THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A FORMAL RELATIONSHIP...
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| 01:50:43 |
King, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] New York
IT COULD SPREAD TO THE REGION. COULD THAT EXTEND AS FAR AS MOROCCO AND ALGERIA, FOR INSTANCE. >> WITHOUT GETTING INTO PARTICULAR COMPANIES AND I'M HAPPY...
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| 01:50:56 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Director
NUMBER OF COUNTRIES IN THAT REGION THAT COULD BE IMPACTED IN THE SAME WAY. >> ALSO, AS FAR AS INDIA AND PAKISTAN, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES AT ALL IN THE...
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| 01:51:31 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
RIGHT DIRECTION. >> AND I KNOW NOTHING CAN BE ANTICIPATED BUT IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF RECIPROCATION -- IF THE SITUATION IN
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| 01:51:38 |
King, Peter "Pete" - U.S. Representative, [R] New York
KASHMIR DOES IMPROVE SOMEWHAT, THAT WE GET MORE COOPERATION IN THE FATAH? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY THIS. THAT THE PAKISTANIS WITH REGARDS TO THE...
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| 01:51:55 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Director
COOPERATION AND HAVE GIVEN US, YOU KNOW -- HAVE WORKED -- HAVE WORKED WITH US CERTAINLY IN THE EFFORTS TO TRY TO GO AFTER AL-QAEDA AND I APPRECIATE...
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| 01:52:47 |
Langevin, James "Jim" - U.S. Representative, [D] Rhode Island
A PRETTY ROBUST DISCUSSION HERE THIS MORNING ABOUT -- ABOUT CYBERSECURITY AND THE VULNERABILITIES THAT WE FACE. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME AS SOME OF...
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| 01:54:23 |
Wagner, Caryn A. - Undersecretary
CYBERINTRUSIONS. AS DIRECTOR MUELLER SAYS IT'S NOT ALWAYS CLEAR FROM WHENCE THEY COME OR HOW THEY CAN BE ATTRIBUTED. WE RECENTLY SIGNED AN M.O.U. WITH...
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| 01:55:13 |
Langevin, James "Jim" - U.S. Representative, [D] Rhode Island
DO WE KNOW WHO'S IN CHARGE AND CAN WE ACT QUICKLY TO STOP THAT ATTACK? >> I WOULD SAY THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING RIGHT NOW ON A COMPREHENSIVE...
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| 01:56:06 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
FORCE IN IDENTIFYING AND CORRECTING ATTACKS, BIG, LARGER OR SMALL. YOU HAVE ALL OF THE RELEVANT AGENCIES THERE AND THE EXPERTISE AND THE TIE-IN INTO...
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| 01:57:22 |
Langevin, James "Jim" - U.S. Representative, [D] Rhode Island
DOT.GOV OUR PERIMETER OF DEFENSES. WHAT IS OUR LEVEL OF DEFENSES AND BEING ABLE TO PROTECT AND DEALING WITH THE THREAT AS IT RELATES TO CYBER? >> WELL,...
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| 01:57:51 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
PROGRAM TO ATTEND TO THE INSIDER THREAT, WHETHER IT'S A WIKILEAKS OR ANY SORT OF INSIDER THREAT THROUGH BETTER IDENTIFICATION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ON...
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| 01:59:08 |
LoBiondo, Frank A. - U.S. Representative, [R] New Jersey
SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. VERY OFTEN IN DIFFICULT AND TRYING SITUATIONS, A GREAT SACRIFICE THE NATIONOS YOU AND THEN A GREAT DEBT OF GRATITUDE SO WE...
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| 02:00:39 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
WORLD WHERE THE PIRATES ARE MOST PREVALENT. THERE IS, I THINK, SOME CONNECTION PARTICULARLY WITH al-SHABAAB IN SOMALIA IN RELATION TO PIRACY EITHER DIRECTLY...
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| 02:01:33 |
Leiter, Michael - Director
al-SHABAAB AND SOMALIA AND AL-QAEDA AND THE ARABIAN PENINSULA IN YEMEN. IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE AS DIRECTOR MUELLER STATED, WE'VE HAD A SERIES OF AMERICANS...
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| 02:02:00 |
LoBiondo, Frank A. - U.S. Representative, [R] New Jersey
OF AN ARAB-FINANCED EFFORT TO TRAIN A SECURITY FORCE IN SOMALI RUN SKATE PUTLAND TO FIGHT PIRACY. >> SIR, IT MIGHT BE BEST TO DISCUSS THAT IN PRIVATE...
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| 02:02:39 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
THEM? THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL MECHANISMS FOR PROSECUTING, TRYING AND CONVICTING PIRATES TURNS OUT TO BE RATHER PROBLEMATIC. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY WE IN THE...
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| 02:03:14 |
Chandler, Albert "Ben" - U.S. Representative, [D] Kentucky
MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THAT I WANT TO SAY TO ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WAS MADE ABOUT THE WORK THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE INTELLIGENCE...
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| 02:06:24 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
OBVIOUSLY, WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE TWO COUNTRIES YOU BRING UP AND IT MIGHT BE BETTER IF THE MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO...
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| 02:07:59 |
Leiter, Michael - Director
SAW ON DECEMBER 25th OF LAST YEAR FOR THE CARGO PLOTS. THE SECOND PIECE IS THEIR EFFORTS TO SPEAK TO ENGLISH SPEAKERS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE...
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| 02:09:12 |
Nunes, Devin - U.S. Representative, [R] California
THE LIKELIHOOD OF A BIO TERROR ATTACK IS HIGH AND THE COMMISSION FURTHER BELIEVES TERRORISTS ARE MORE LIKELY ABLE TO OBTAIN AND USE A BIOLOGICAL...
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| 02:09:58 |
Leiter, Michael - Director
OF OBTAINING A BIOLOGICAL WEAPON IS MORE LIKELY THAN OBTAINING OR PRODUCING A YIELD-PRODUCING NUCLEAR DEVICE ALTHOUGH I THINK THE LIKELIHOOD OF USING...
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| 02:10:52 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Director
KNOW, WE TEND TO IN THE LIGHT OF NUCLEAR IN LIGHT OF THE KIND OF SUICIDE ATTACKS THAT ARE CONDUCTED, WE TEND NOT TO FOCUS AS MUCH ON THAT ELEMENT....
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| 02:11:47 |
Westmoreland, Lynn A. - U.S. Representative, [R] Georgia
SERVING THIS COUNTRY, PROTECTING US ALL YOUR ADULT LIFE. AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. MY QUESTION IS GOING TO DEAL WITH THE DEBT THAT WE...
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| 02:12:58 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
A POTENTIAL THREAT TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE ALLUSION -- THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH -- THE FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP...
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| 02:13:48 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Director
A FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE THAT -- THAT THREAT OF THE DEBT AND THE LEVEL OF DEFICITS THAT THIS COUNTRY IS NOW RUNNING AND THE...
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| 02:14:55 |
Goldberg, Philip S. - Assistant Secretary
FOREIGN POLICY AND OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS AND ITS CONNECTION TO OUR ABILITY TO DEAL WITH OTHER COUNTRIES. SO IT IS -- IT IS A TOP CONCERN AND SECRETARY...
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| 02:15:34 |
Bachmann, Michele M. - U.S. Representative, [R] Minnesota
AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO KEEPING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAFE AND NOW AS WE'RE ALL AWAITING TO HEAR WHAT PRESIDENT MUBARAK WILL SAY TO THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE,...
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| 02:17:26 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
MENTIONED, HEZBOLLAH, HAMAS, ET CETERA, ARE ALSO WATCHING WITH GREAT INTEREST HERE TO SEE HOW ALL THIS UNFOLDS, PARTICULARLY IN EGYPT, AND WHETHER OR...
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| 02:18:55 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Director
WE TALKED ABOUT AL-QAEDA, WE TALKED ABOUT AQAP, WE TALKED ABOUT AQI AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF AL-QAEDA. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THERE ARE...
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| 02:20:51 |
Leiter, Michael - Director
I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S A SEPARATE AND DISTINCT PROBLEM THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT I MORE IN CLOSED SESSION. >> AND I WOULD ONLY ASK, AND IT MAY PERHAPS...
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| 02:21:05 |
Bachmann, Michele M. - U.S. Representative, [R] Minnesota
DOOR BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE GETTING MORE INFORMATION AS TO YOUR ASSESSMENT AS TO THE NUMBER OF ROCKET CAPABILITY OF HEZBOLLAH AS WELL AS THE GROUND...
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| 02:21:35 |
Heck, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Nevada
THIS PROCESS IN GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE EVEN THE PERSON WITH THE LOWEST SENIORITY ON THE COMMITTEE GETS TO ASK A QUESTION. [LAUGHTER] DIRECTER CLAPPER,...
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| 02:22:27 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
SERVICES, MEDICAL TREATMENT, THAT SORT OF THING. AND, OBVIOUSLY, THAT DOES ELICIT POSITIVE RESPONSE AND SUPPORT. THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE...
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| 02:23:39 |
Leiter, Michael - Director
WITH MANY IN THAT REGION AND GAINED SUPPORT FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN. IT IS ALSO A TERRORIST GROUP THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING SIX AMERICANS...
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| 02:23:59 |
Heck, Joe - U.S. Representative, [R] Nevada
TAKING ON THE PROVISION OF THOSE SERVICES? >> WELL, OBVIOUSLY, ONE WAY IS TO EITHER DIRECTLY ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE COMPETING SERVICES, OR MORE, MORE RELEVANCE,...
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| 02:24:11 |
Clapper, James R. - Undersecretary
ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THE NATION STATES IN WHOSE AREA THEY OPERATE TO PROVIDE SIMILAR SERVICES. SO THAT -- IN ORDER TO COMPETE WITH THEM. BECAUSE THEY...
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| 02:24:47 |
Panetta, Leon E. - Director
SURE THAT, THAT WE DISABLE THEIR LEADERSHIP, DISABLE THEIR COMMAND AND CONTROL, DISABLE THEIR OPERATIONS. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE GOT TO PAY ATTENTION...
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| 02:25:45 |
Rogers, Michael "Mike" - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
BETWEEN THE ARCANE BUSINESS OF INTELLIGENCE AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING THIS. WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE. WE'RE GOING TO GO RUNNING...
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