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next in this. >> china has decided to try to imposes will on the world. >> our economic security is connected to china whether we like it or not. >> imagine a missive flying so fast that you cant pick it up on radar. >> weve seen behavior by the ccp, purchase of agricultural lands, strategic lands around military bases. >> china is the most challenging national security threat that the u.s. has faced in 30 years. >> martha: with that, we bring in general jack keane, fox news strategic ...

i am ali velshi. we know more this weekend than ever before about the fbi. and the search of the mar-a-lago estate. new details just released to the public, the possibility of criminal prosecution of the twice impeached ex presidents so plausible, now, that some federal prosecutors are actually seeing it out loud. less than 24 hours ago we got our first look at the affidavit used by the fbi to convince a federal judge to greenlight the mar-a-lago search. the document is heavily redacte...

Believe that the situation we have and why were here this morning is because this case is unique and unprecedented. So why are cases normally not handled out in the public . All the other cases that came before either this committee or the Senate Committee whether or not they met the criteria of urgent concern were forwarded because they involved members of the Intelligence Community who were in organizations underneath the dnis authority and responsibility. This didnt come that way because it i...

I gave to it senator capito and senator lummis who argue that they too could be good members of the commerce committee. >> lets go back to this chinese spy craft, spy balloon, whatever you want to call it. the "wall street journal" today sort of with tongue in cheek on the editorial page says sunni other spy balloons lately? an $850 billion defense budget and we cant detect a chinese airship. were learning that there were ten similar chinese spy flights that made it in to american territorial wa...

See a shift in what it is we can collect. the relationships that we can create and the information that we can garner from them. however, there are places throughout the world where we do not have a significant or presence of great existence and over the horizon efforts have been valuable tools to not just combat terrorism locally but also understand the ongoing threat. so i think that were in a place where -- before i make any grand assertions of how prepared we are or what shortcomings may exi...

Pentagon and twin towers were struck. i always intended to move home and idealize the idea of serving my country, thats when it came into stark, really, my desire to serve in the intelligence field. i worked counterterroism for the entirety i was with the agency. so much of what weve seen has really struck me. i think the important aspects of what went wrong in afghanistan, what has occurred evaluating what weve seen is theres 20 years worth of decisionmaking that we ultimately need to be lookin...

Most rigorous processes to get any warrant in the intelligence field. the problem in this case with leadership and quality control, the leadership did sign offs and either didnt read is or made sure it passed through. you cant legislate that or create rules and procedures that address the problem of people not doing their job or having bias. you have to hold them accountable and that is not happening yet. heather: if i was correct in listening to him as i understood it, he was saying there is no...

There are instances where material about diplomatic issues are compartmented there. the example, during my time in the white house where the most early stages that senator kerry was having with the sultan of amman. >> jump in if you would. >> so far, larry, we have one anonymous whistle-blower who worked in this field, in the intelligence field. in looking at what we see in terms of how information might have been mishandled and who might know about conversations that they want to keep hidden, i...

Life who work and deal with other countries, ambassadors, secretaries of state, many in the intelligence field, theyre vetted. they go for approval before the senate. they have to get clearance. and you understand the policy reasons for that, correct? >> yes, congressman. >> do you have any issues with civilians without approval, without vetting, without clearance taking on those roles? >> yes, i do, congressman. >> and why would you have those concerns? >> in order to be able to handle sensitiv...

And for being here. as you know, those in public life who work and deal with other countries, ambassadors, secretaries of state, many in the intelligence field, theyre vetted. they go for approval before the senate. they have to get clearance, and you understand the policy reasons for that, correct? >> yes, congressman. >> do you have any issues with civilians without approval, without vetting, without clearance taking on those roles? >> yes, i do, congressman. >> and why would you have those co...