That morning, i knew what it was like to belong to an Intelligence Agency that had been ringing the bell for many months about the plans to attack. Thatf us were devastated al qaeda operatives were able to carry out such horrific attacks in simultaneous fashion. While i remit or walking the halls of cia that day to ensure as many agencies as possible had left the building. They work through that day and that night in the following days in the following nights to piece together the clues as to what plans are underway to carry out more attacks. Their cia brothers and sisters who were dispersed around the globe many in dangerous environments to the same thing only 15 days after 9 11 under it was cia who put the First American boots on the ground in afghanistan. Less than two months after arriving the United States suffered its First Casualty what a 32yearold cia officer was killed in action november 25. Ciae his death, 20 other officers have lost their lives around the world the events of
Castros revolution. We had an ambassador who worked very hard in 1959 and 1960 to see if he could findni Common Ground for coexistence. That didnt work. Bonds were broken. After the missile crises there was an opportunity because the cubans were upset with the soviet union and president kennedy opened secret channels to see if there was a possibility of normalization. That dialogue ended with kennedys assassination. Rose mike rogers, William Leogrande and Peter Kombluh when we continue. Rose additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services world wide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose joining me now from washington is mike rogers. Since 2001 he has represented michigans 8th congressional district, chair of the House Intelligence Committee for the last four years. In that role heseqis over swea broad sweep of investigation to some of the most urgent matters fac
Castros revolution. We had an ambassador who worked very hard in 1959 and 1960 to see if he could findni Common Ground for coexistence. That didnt work. Bonds were broken. After the missile crises there was an opportunity because the cubans were upset with the soviet union and president kennedy opened secret channels to see if there was a possibility of normalization. That dialogue ended with kennedys assassination. Rose mike rogers, William Leogrande and Peter Kombluh when we continue. Rose additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services world wide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose joining me now from washington is mike rogers. Since 2001 he has represented michigans 8th congressional district, chair of the House Intelligence Committee for the last four years. In that role heseqis over swea broad sweep of investigation to some of the most urgent matters fac
The committee will come to order. We meet today to consider two of president obamas nominees in the Intelligence Committee. Mrs. Caroline dianne krass, nominee to be the general counsel of the cia, and ambassador Daniel Bennett smith, nominee to be assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research. As we would say, inr. Welcome to you both, and to the family and friends with you today. I also understand that senator bennett will be introducing ms. Krass and should arrive shortly from another hearing. When he does come in, i will give him the opportunity to make his remarks, and then we will go back to whatever we are doing. We have received answers to our prehearing questions from both nominees, and those can be found on the committees website for anyone whos interested. And we look towaforward to hear both of your opening statements. This committee has the jurisdiction over all nominees requiring Senate Confirmation within the Intelligence Community, and we try to move that p
Contributions to the Intelligence Community analysis over the years, but i do have concns about whether i do have concerns if it is doing enough independent analysis, especially with terrorist attacks on u. S. Facilities overseas. I hope that he will be at the forefront of intelligence issues that concern the policymakers on matters involved in the state department. We have many embassies and missions and consulates that frankly, as we have found, they are no doubt unsecured. And i know that that is not directly under you in this position, but its an issue that we are looking at with your experience. And ca has worked with covert action that is vital to National Security and it carries risks, especially with the leaks of classified information. As you noted in your responses to the committees questions, unauthorized disclosures and requests for information can compromise sources and damage our relationships with one partners and decrease the effectiveness of intelligence activities. An