Committee in january of 2019 and i quote, the United States and the world will remain vulnerable to the next pandemic where large scale outbreak of contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability, severely affect the world economy, strain international resources, and increase calls from the United States for support. We must ask ourselves what are the warnings and what can we do right now to protect the American People from other threats. Before the unthinkable happens in the future, how can we exercise strategic and precisive foresight to the best of our ability today to ensure are a nation prepared for tomorrow. That same worldwide threat assessment Cyber Attacks is a top global threat with china, russia, iran, and north korea. Raging a silent war capable of shutting down with such Information Systems and critical sectors in america. The report states, and i quote, our adversaries and strategic competitors increasingly use the Cyber Capabilities including
Hi i am Suzanne Spaulding director of the Democratic Institution project and the International Security program at the center for strategic and international studies. I want to welcome all of you to part one of a twopart conversation, connecting the issues of racism, National Security, and Civic Education and empowerment. This conversation is part of a broader Strategic Dialogue with civics as a National Security imperative. The Broader Program and todays program are generously funded by the Craig Newmark philanthropy. We are very grateful for his support. Todays amazing lineup of speakers will focus on the ways in which systemic racism in addition to being a fundamental violation of our commitment to human rights, is also a National Security issue. From sidelining essential voices and talents and National Security to undermining our influence around the world to presenting an all too tempting targets to exploit. address the inequities in the National Security threat. All of us must be
Andy hird is a special assistant to the noras university provost, he talks about expanding to students so that you may learn what it is like to travel abroad. He has done a tremendous amount of things, part of that has to do with him being stationed here for rotc and his hopes in helping each of you become better leaders and meeting here today is moderator of this panel. His bio is extensive. I could spend a lot of time writing about the things he has done but i will keep it short. He is retired, United States air force, went to the air force academy, university of north carolina. s. Eric career includes 3 commands. For those that will be aviators, 6000 flying hours and combat missions in four conflict. Please welcome colonel andy hird. [applause] or smack thanks, travis. Thank you for attending the North University military writer Symposium Panel of warfare in the 21st century. Future battlegrounds. My name, andy hird. You and i are privileged at the peace and war center to organize t
So it is important to keep that comparison in mind. Something more extensive on the National Security side than on the criminal side. I want to make that clear theres nothing special. You took a lot of my time. A brief question but a good question. Let me raise one last issue. The solicitor general, donald borrelia, assured the Supreme Court any criminal defendant who was being prosecuted losing evidence directly or indirectly through surveillance authorized by section 702 of the fisa amendment would receive notification of that fact. That kind of notice is essential, and the lawfulness of surveillance. And after mister borrelia made that representation. Is not informing, the defendants when surveillance was used to build a case against them. They have changed since then. Hope it is an easy one for you. The department of justice always in forms, the defendants in the case against them build on evidence gained through 702 surveillance. The standard in the statute is evident, obtained or
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Thank you all for being here. I would like to thank Ranking Member whitehouse, my friend and collaborator. Its great to be here at doing this together. I was just saying to him, i told him i would tell you it would bt nice to them in his edges because hes a top question. He will take you to test. I would like to thank the witnesses for their attendance today. I would also like to highlight two empty chairs today, which i say for saved for two and find witnesses who apparently dont show your commitment to discuss these issues. One chair is for tik tok. If you dont know what tik tok is, you should. Its a chinese owned social media platform so popular among teenagers that Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly spooked. For facebook, that fear is lost social media market share. For the rest of us, the fear is somewhat different. A company compromised byif the Chinese Communist party knows where your childrenws are