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So, unfortunately im constrained in what i can say, of course, about it. But what i can say is as in the Amnesty International case and in the Supreme Court, its plaintiffs burden to demonstrate and they failed to do so here, not only because their theory as subscribers of Verizon Wireless, which they cannot substantiate the District Court acknowledged theres no evidence that Verizon Wireless participated, but also because the injury that they assert is not based on the mere collection of metada...

The end of the fiscal year. With that i yield back. I thank the Ranking Member. Pleased to have three distinguished witnesses before us today to discuss this important topic. First, the honorable francis taylor. Became the undersecretary for intelligence and analysis at the u. S. Department of Homeland Security in april 2014. Hes held a variety of senior level positions over his 35year career in government service. Most recently undersecretary taylor served as the assistant secretary of state fo...

Its sitting over in the senate and now its time for the senate to do their job. Good morning, everyone. As we continue to advance an opportunity economy, today i wanted to highlight just one of the things that makes america exceptional. And that is the spirit of generosity that we see all across this country. We see it in homes, in schools in hospitals, in hearts. And yesterday kevin mentioned that we had the chance to visit d. C. Central kitchen right here in the heart of the nations capital. A...

Theyre also saying if the organization is if deep trouble why did we just close 22 embassies and consulates in 17 different countries. And i think both statements are true. I mean an organization that is in deep trouble can still talk to each other and make threatening statements that we pick upment does it mean that theyre operationalizing something, does it mean they have the capability, thats a whole different question. And as a factual matter the last time they attacked successly in the west...

Theyre also saying if the organization is if deep trouble why did we just close 22 embassies and consulates in 17 different countries. And i think both statements are true. I mean an organization that is in deep trouble can still talk to each other and make threatening statements that we pick upment does it mean that theyre operationalizing something, does it mean they have the capability, thats a whole different question. And as a factual matter the last time they attacked successly in the west...

Regards to the res, if the president or candidate donald trump or businessman donald trump was engaged in any illegal activity in communicating about it with michael cohen, the special counsel knows? >> well, exactly. and, of course, now that, you know, michael cohen transitions to be -- to be a cooperating witness, when you have evidence of -- empirical evidence of the communications patterns, that enables some pretty pointed questions that investigators could ask michael cohen once he became c...

Intelligence community is looking at a number of things we now know looking for clues. let me tick through some of them for you. of course, they are increasing surveillance by drones and satellites overhead. looking for any possible unusual activity, any targets. if they find them we are told they will go after them. they are also scouring the intercepts we have heard about. communication intercepts by the national security agency looking for any unusual communications patterns. and theyre even ...

Potential for enormous amount of actionable intelligence directed toward individuals that perhaps before now we didnt have a lead on, understanding of their financial issues, communications patterns, training and safe house locations. there is a lot of information that could ultimately make us much safer because it will lead to a speedier takedown of al qaeda as an organization. >> do you think, mike, we would have learned anything farther had osama bin laden been taken alive or was he the kind ...