A specific fashion, not in oblique mention in wind up statement or some generality. There needs to be specific requests made so that we can engage whether or not vietnam is about to move in the right direction or continue its deterioration when it comes to human rights. There are a number of areas where Human Rights Violations are worsening, human trafficking, religious freedom and administration could, today, designate vietnam as a cpc country, country of particular concern, the facts are warranted and they also could be known as a tier three country when it comes to egregious violations of sex and labor trafficking, especially labor trafficking in vietnam. So the president has tools in his tool box, the president of the United States, we hope that hef us he uses them. Well send per your request and your testimony your strong appeal backed up by our strong appeal, well do it immediately. I hope its specific some general statement about human rights. It hasnt in any other country aroun
The subcommittee on Government Operations and the subcommittee on National Security will come to order and without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Were here today to discuss incorporating social media into the federal security clearance and Background Investigations. Having a security clearance means by definition you have access to information that would hurt our National Security if it got out. And that is why we perform Background Investigations on individuals who want a security clearance. The goal of our Background Investigations must be to find out if an individual is trustworthy. Back in the 1950s, that meant talking to neighbors and family. Today, with more than a billion individuals on facebook, what a person says and does on social media can often give a better insight on who they really are. Since 2008, various federal agencies have conducted studies on using social media data in investigations and they all find the same thing, that there
Federal governments role in funding state transportation projects. The federal government will start checking social media soon as part of background checks for employees seeking security clearance. White house and Counter Intelligence officials testified on the new policy at a recent House Oversight hearing. This is an hour and a 15 minutes. The subcommittee on Government Operations and the subcommittee on National Security will come to order and without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Were here today to discuss incorporating social media into the federal security clearance and Background Investigations. Having a security clearance means by definition you have access to information that would hurt our National Security if it got out. And that is why we perform Background Investigations on individuals who want a security clearance. The goal of our Background Investigations must be to find out if an individual is trustworthy. Back in the 1950s, that m
Build a backdoor in our products. And we feel this could undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect. Nypd Police Commissioner bratton not only enforced the matter, but he is calling on congress to help get more access. Going forward, we are increasingly blind, for terrorism purposes and for general Law Enforcement purchases with the new devices. New york senator Chuck Schumer said congress is ready to listen. And i have urged the head of the Internet Companies to sit down with comey, bratton, many of the others, and come up with pass it. If they put their desire to make profits ahead of the safety and security of the something wrong. Reporter Police Commissioner bratton sort of laughed at apples claim, that if they follow this order, it security of its customers. Rather, he added that the terrorist and criminal threat is a much more serious threat to their Customer Base than this federal order. Meanwhile, apple isnt backing down. Were live in lower manha