Question, first. In terms of the input, my opinion the devil is always in the details. I would want to understand the specifics of what we are talking about. That is a good duck. It just doesnt crack. Lets move on, i want to ask you about the use of encrypted information by terrorist and criminals. The fbi director came before us and gave us stark testimony about going dark and how big the problem was. Did you believe the increased use of this kind of encryption and apps as you pointed out poses a National Security threat . Yes, maam, i am concerned the direction we are going, if we make no changes is minted we have to get together with the government and industry and policy side. This is a complex network and there is no simple answer here. If we put our mind to it, we can come up with a solution that is september acceptable. You dont want me or an Intelligence Organization making those kinds of decision. You dont want us to unilaterally do that. I am the first to acknowledge that. Th
I would like to call this hearing to order. Admiral, welcome. I would like to welcome admiral rogers, director of the National Security agency. Mike, as you know we typically hold hearing in close session so we can review your classified programs. Given the sensitive nature of the programs and the need to protect methods which intelligence is gathered that position is understandable. Today, we want to take time to insure the American People have an opportunity to learn more about the nsa, the mission you workforce is tasked with and what you are doing to combat the increasing cyber threat to the nation. Cyber threats are top priority for the Intelligence Community. Attacks are increasing in scale, scope, and complexity and severity of impact. The office of personal management suffered from one of the biggest Cyber Breaches our government has ever encountered and there are count less other recent examples of attacks in the public and private sector. While the nsa typically works in secr
That see those of culture and compliance that i think it s. Our greatest advantage. Nsa plays a significant role in counterterrorism efforts, discovering terrorists plans, intentions, communications and location toss disrupt or defeat the their attack. Obviously we cant go into great detail here, but to what extent can you discuss it please he will plate on that ns sachlt is doing to combat terrorism and more specifically something that every american is focused on is and isil. So without going into the details of how we do this, we broadly use our ability to Work Communications in the foreign space to generate insights as to what isil and other groups are doing. Largely through our cyber and our signals intelligence expertise. The challenge i would argue in the Counterterrorism Mission set for us, whether its isil, ive seen the same thing in al qaeda and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, for example, ive seen more changes in their behavior in the last two years probably than any othe
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I dont know why you are always an apologist and many of your colleagues apologists for the republicans position. Have multiple notebooks and notes in. Can you hold up what you have been referring to in our questions. Is there anything on it . The letterhead that says the United States senate. Stole the show. Ainsley confirmation hearings yesterday she took all those questions. Her note pad was blank. She didnt take any notes. She knew a tremendous amount about each of these cases. Very impressive. The blanks note pad yesterday from 9 to 8 00 p. M. Yesterday. The senators spent 10 hours and 31 minutes prodding her about abortion, lgbt rights. Asking her if she committed sexual assault. If she condemned White Supremacy and her kids sat through it all. I was impressed. They were there the entire time. Steve she was on tv more yesterday than the my pillow guy. Brian not easy to do. Steve quite a feat. Brian so many ways of making pillows i never tire of them. Steve thats come today. Brian