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Revelations of last year. Of those 60 , 39 of those had taken active steps to improve the security of their privacy of communications online. And it was interesting how the media interpreted this. Because they said, well, this is a minority. People must not care that much. Nobody is really making changes. But when youre actually doing of ath on what 39 of 60 the worlds Global Internet users is, thats 702 Million People around the world who are now safer today than they were just a year and a hal...

Thats important because metro now gets control of its tracks once again, can start making repairs and get Yellow Line Service restored. As far as what happened learning more about that too. The ntsb makes a number of key points about yesterdays frightening and confusing episode. This was an electrical issue involving the third rail and power supply cables to the third rail. Some sort of electrical arcing incident which is essentially a big spark and pop happened. It happened in a tunnel about 80...

Republican side concerning the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and in this case it is iran. No shortage of distrust in that room. Reporter yes, del. Both Global Concerns were one was the Ballistic Missiles and the nuclear threat. So very clearly this is more about iran than even isis right now. Its almost like isis has a fate with its defeat and the question is what happens when it is over. There doesnt seem to be any testimony that isil will not be defeated. Thats pretty much again a given at t...

I am the codirector of the liberty and National Security program at the Brennan Center for justice. Welcome to the days Panel Discussion on government secrecy and the fourth estate. The impetus for the event is a publication of rich schwarzenegger new book. Democracy in the dark. And the said you can of government seek see. This is achieve council and so much more than that. And for he has had a fascinating career in and out of public service. No part of that career is more important, and more i...

Their intent. I only ask them to think about the consequences to our greater goal. With that, mr. Chairman mr. President , i yield the floor. Mr. Corker mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from tennessee. Mr. Corker id like to ask unanimous consent in a moment but first i want to thank the distinguished senator from new jersey who has as much as anybody in this entire congressional body, both house and senate actually he and senator kirk, lead stalwarts on iran and without his effo...

This forum on u. S. Customs and Border Protection. And this event is being broadcast live by cspan. And as many of you may know customs and Border Protection is the largest federal Law Enforcement agency and also it provides the second largest revenue collecting source for the federal government. On a typical day, cbp seizes over 10,000 pounds of drugs, 650,000 dollars in undeclared or illicit currency, and 3. 4 million of products with intellectual property right violations. So needless to say ...

Screeria nigeria. Eric can for and health and human secretary kathleen sebelius. Whistle blowers from the Veterans Department spoke about retaliation used against them for reporting wrongdoing. Employees told members of the House Veterans Affairs subcommittee that they faced demotions and public embarrassment for their actions. U. S. Special counsel carolyn learner was also a witness and spoke about the number of whistleblower protection claims. This hearing is two hours. Good afternoon. I would...

Congress reacted to snowden and theyre saying hmm, maybe it is not quite so scary as we thought to go against the government. I want to move on because of the time. But, mieke, i thought you might have the best view into how might this ruling influence the politics of this, the congressional will . I think that the court the Second Circuit clearly put this back in congress lap and said, look, congress did not explicitly authorize this Bulk Collection Program under 2150 and if they want to be exp...

Come together to address a serious challenge. We all took an oath to protect the nation and its interests but to do so we must Work Together. I know everyone on this Committee Takes the isil threat seriously. Everyone at this table does as well. We encourage a serious debate. I ask you to pass the president s amf because it provides the authority and flex wage and recurrent campaign and because it will demonstrate to our men and women in uniform that all of us stand behind them. Thank you, mr. C...

Fact that this is only in the press right now. I eventually, there will be an actual indictment if we see what has been reported to be true. Susan thank you both for being our questioners on newsmakers this week. And, secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary Ashton Carter at a Senate Hearing on combating isis. Then, we will show you King Abdullah speech to the european parliament. Then, cia director john brennan talks about his committees intelligence gathering efforts. Tonight on q a...