Heightened. This was part of the Reagan National Defense Forum in california. This is an hour and 15 minutes. You who were at the breakfast panel, which was , thereed by my colleague you saw the future of cbs news. I am with what the military would call the legacy system. [laughter] war andg the cold repurposed for the 21st century. A couple years ago, i did a abovecalled the battle for 60 minutes. It was about u. S. Space command. Was a time, the commander general, one of the main characters in our story. To get ready for this panel, i went back and reread the transcript online of that story. I made the mistake of continuing on and reading some of the comments. One of the first comments i came across said, shame on you for putting those you interviewed in awkward positions with the questions you asked them. My time is too valuable to waste. Ith people who have no respect on myt redo the comments appearance and i queue. I also want you redo the one ran said general hyten circles around
This was part of the Reagan National defense for him forum in c rally, california. Simi, val in simi valley, california. I want the military would call a legacy system. [laughter] built during the cold war and repurpose for the 21st century. The 21st century. A couple years ago, i did a abovecalled the battle for 60 minutes. It was about u. S. Space command. Was a time, the commander general, one of the main characters in our story. To get ready for this panel, i went back and reread the transcript online of that story. I made the mistake of continuing on and reading some of the comments. One of the first comments i came across said, shame on you for putting those you interviewed in awkward positions with the questions you asked them. My time is too valuable to waste. Ith people who have no respect on myt redo the comments appearance and i queue. I also want you redo the one ran said general hyten circles around me. Now, i get a second shot at him. He has been promoted. Commander he is
Thank you. [applause] how lucky are we . I think i may be the first moderator in this programs history who has the joy of saying that she has the joy of being on this panel. So im going to try to make you proud. Heres what we are going to do. We will take a walk through their history and perspective from the tenures to see if we cant bounce back and forth. First question for each of you. Can you look at us when you address us back yes sir. [laughter] i love that. The first question for each of you what i is the greatest threr issue that consumed your tenure and what do you see the greatest threat or issue facing the nation today from the security perspective . Its one of the challenges that i had when i was the director. It did not highlight just what the cia did for so many years to keep this country safe, so that consumed a lot of my time and i think there was a lot of partisanship that went into that. One of the challenges i faced in this administration is facing is there are so man
And general michael hayden, the honorable porter goss and the honorable judge webster. Thank you. [applause] ms. Gordon how lucky are we . I think i may be the first moderator in this programs history who has the joy of saying that she worked for everybody that was on the panel. [laughter] gentlemen, im going to try to make you proud. This is remarkable. Here is what we are going to do, take a little bit of a romp through their histories and perspectives from their 10 years tenures, and comment on the issues of today and then see if we can bounce back and forth. Can you look at us when you address us . Ms. Gordon yes, sir. [laughter] ms. Gordon i love that. We are getting it back echo. Ms. Gordon i love that. First question for each of you, what was the greatest threat or issue that consumed your tenure, and what do you see is the greatest issue or threat facing the nation today from a security perspective . John, you get to go first. Congress is an answer . [laughter] ms. Gordon we wi
At the same place at the same time, speaking on the record. I would like to welcome to the stage our moderator, Principal Deputy director of national intelligence, the honorable sue gordon along with the honorable john brennan, the honorable general michael hayden, the honorable porter goss and the honorable judge webster. Thank you. [applause] how lucky are we . I think i may be the first moderator in this programs history who has the joy of saying that she has the joy of being on this panel. So im going to try to make you proud. Heres what we are going to do. We will take a walk through their history and perspective from the tenures to see if we cant bounce back and forth. First question for each of you. Can you look at us when you address us back yes sir. [laughter] i love that. The first question for each of you what i is the greatest threr issue that consumed your tenure and what do you see the greatest threat or issue facing the nation today from the security perspective . Its on