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The fbi finds this out in a background check. so rob porter does not get a security clearance. does the white house chief of staff then get told? can he ask the fbi whats the problem with my guys security clearance, is and do they tell him, weve got this, this and this? >> they probably should. and given how long hes been without a regular clearance. its the kind of thing that the white house chief of staff should say whats going on here? is this something we can clear up? is this something that...

You have on one end people saying the going dark problem. meaning you cant get access even if you are law enforcement and a court order to this information is getting worse. thats true. the technology is getting better and encryption is getting stronger and the applications, its uses and its proliferation is increasing. so that makes the law enforcement problem of going dark, the bad guys being able to hide their information a bigger problem over time not a smaller one but the tech companies say...

Wants to move past it, but theres a natural security vulnerability here that a lot of republican national security lawmakers are focusing on. that we need a two-pronged response. one of deterrence and one of resilience. if you dont punish the russians they wont be deterred from doing it again and if we dont bolster our own systems, anyone can do it in 2018 or beyond. those two things arent happening and something that concerns republicans and democrats a s alike. >> the president saying two thin...

Immigration at the southern border has overwhelmed agencies and resources and created a security vulnerability to the united states. that is the key, a national security vulnerability. as you point out they are talking about a lot of things they have gotten done. lots about job creation. they have done that saving taxpayer money. remember the f-35 fracas? trying to get the prices down a little bit, less government, fewer regulations and restoring public safety. as always the case the white house...

Place. you know, with the samsung galaxy tablet when people had concerns about batteries and lithium batteries we saw restrictions put on those as well. so does this now widen the discussion into something beyond just airport security into as you were saying an issue of should we allow guns at the airport, or does this expose this incident does it expose a security vulnerability that we now have to address but can still live with? >> yeah, it certainly highlights a vulnerability. i think its a v...

Electricity subsector coordinating council, the escc. is that something, that comment, are we looking at getting some success out of that? >> i think its emblematic of a lot of work that the intelligence community has done, the department of homeland security, in engaging with each of the i think 16 key infrastructure sectors in this country, and providing what we have embarked on is provided them, tailored to each one of those sector, intelligence estimates of what the threats ad vulnerabilitie...

Government through the electricity coordinating council. is that something were looking at getting some success out of that? >> i think its emblematic of a lot of work that the intelligence community has done and department of home land security in engaging with each of the 16 key infrastructure sectors in this country and providing what we have embarked on is providing them tailor to each one of those sectors intelligence estimates of what the threats and vulnerabilities are in order to help th...

Electricity sub sector coordinating council. is that something -- are we looking at getting some success out of that? >> i think its emblematic of a lot of work that the intelligence community has done, the department of homeland security in engaging with 16 key infrastructure sectors in this country and providing what we have embarked on is providing them tailored to each one of those sectors intelligence estimates of what the threats and vulnerabilities are in order to help them take measures ...

Foreign airports. that means americans flying overseas or even people flying into america. have dangerous gapsus3k security screenings. so, yesterday lawmakers grilling the tsa on capitol hill. >> we have seen a number of attempted attacks against u.s. aviation targets. remains gaps in security which need to be addressed. some airplanes you go to internationally, you have nothing but foreigners, foreign contract carriers to work on the engines. how do we try and fix what i sees a a security vuln...

Much they can do about foreign airports. that means americans flying overseas or even people flying into america. have dangerous gapsus3k security screenings. so, yesterday lawmakers grilling the tsa on capitol hill. >> we have seen a number of attempted attacks against u.s. aviation targets. remains gaps in security which need to be addressed. some airplanes you go to internationally, you have nothing but foreigners, foreign contract carriers to work on the engines. how do we try and fix what i...