have to work hard to get wha and where she wanted after's high school, she worke security at came our, an hashed a long term plan to become a cop but she needed a college degree, and that meant money so maribel ramos became privat first class ramos. she joined the army hoping t use the g.i. bill. her first day was august 8th 2001 and just 34 days later, th whole world changed. >> as we all sort of recoile in horror, but you probabl also thought, that's going t affect my sister >> yeah. i turn on the tv and the tower are crumbling. as the first thing i saw was oh my gosh, my sister's goin to war >> lucy worried. their mother worried but maribel was like a rock. >> what admirable say abou going overseas >> she didn't express he feelings about it. she just said well, --
so my last question to you is, do you believe that -- one of th things you talked about was explt. you said that even though the election is over, putin and the russians are still exploiting us. what did you mean by that? >> i mean that -- again, this has been a pattern of russian intelligence services, to try to take advantage of the openness of western societies, free press and other things, and political parties and systems, to find opportunities and vulnerabilities they can use to advance their interests. they will continue to do this. they're probably taking lessons make them at all recoile. and not engage in theesz type tf things. i think they'll further refine their ty c successful as possible in the future. >> thank you. >> five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> director brennan, thank you for being here today.