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National guard and then when we included mr. Stanger, the three of us discussed the specific issue as to whether the intelligence warranted the troops and the answer was no. The collective answer was no and then mr. Stanger put forth his recommendation to have them on stand by. And my recollection was mr. Sund was very satisfied with that, in fact he briefed the following day that he was satisfied and i heard no concern anytime thereafter. Were you concerned, this use of the word optics, the app...

Made up to the top levels of the Capitol Police Intelligence Units to the head of the Capitol Police force, given that raw intelligence, what would you expect them to have done differently . You know, i really want to be careful not be an arm chair quarterback. See, that is the problem. Because i dont know how to answer that question myself. Because you could capture stuff today that may foretell an attack tomorrow but how much this is a problem i dont want people to run down the road, there is ...

Lets play that out a bit and say it made it up to the top levels of the Capitol Police Intelligence Units to the head of the Capitol Police force, given that raw intelligence what would you have expected them to have done differently . You know, i really want to be careful not to be an arm chair quarterback here. Thats the problem because i dont know how to answer that question myself because you can capture stuff today that may foretell an attack tomorrow but how much this is a problem. I just ...

I want to hear what steps were taking to protect the capitol on march 4th from any more violent extremists. Thank you. Okay. Talk to him about that later. Senator warner has arrived via video. And senator peters will work with us for restroom breaks and the like. We dont want to take a long break, but i could imagine you need a break at some point here. Senator warner. Thank you, madam chairman, and thank you to the witnesses for appearing today. You know, weve talked a little bit about the depl...

Taking to protect the capitol on march 4th from any more violent extremists. Thank you. Okay. Well have you talk to him about that later. Senator warner has arrived via video. I also just want to mention that senator pieters will work with our witnesses for a break and the like. We dont to want take a long break, but i imagine you could use a break somewhere in here. Senator warner . Thank you, madam chairman, and thank you to the witnesses for appearing today. You know, weve talked a little abo...

That they are getting close to arresting that person or at least identifying that person because its a big outstanding question. Also i think with the hearing one of the things were going to see come up again and again is a clash between First Amendment rights and what the fbi is able to do in its investigation, Congress People will want to know why the fbi did not act on speech and the fbi is going to have to explain again and again that in the United States you can speak about things like atta...

I guess ill start with you, mr. Sund, when a critical Intelligence Report is received by the Capitol Police, from an Intelligence Community source like the fbi, who usually would receive it and i guess ill start with did you receive this report . Thank you very much for the question, maam. I actually just in the last 24 hours was informed by the department that they actually had received that report. It was received by what we call it is one of our sworn members that is assigned to the joint Ter...

Athletes, heads of state and celebrities from around the world along with hundreds of thousands of spectators, even the somewhat winter games offer a tempting target to killers who want to get the worlds attention and make a political point. Palestinians knew it, and in the modern age every host city has had to worry as much about security as weather, tv rights, accomodations and traffic. With the winter games just a few weeks ago, putins russia knows the steaks are high and the threats are real...

Attack that killed the leader of the taliban in pakistan. Hakimullah mehsud. The pakistani government is concerned about the fallout. We go live to washington with more on this. What can you tell us . Well, apparently the meeting between the u. S. Ambassador to pakistan, robert olsen and members of the Pakistani Ministry took place in islamabad. The u. S. Is refusing to comment if the meeting took place, and what message ambassador olsen took to the pakistanis. Theres a loft anger in islamabad a...

The Olympic Games gather athletes, heads of states from all around the world. And it is a tempting target for killers who want to create maximum damage, get the worlds attention and make a political point. In the modern age every host city has had to worry as much about security as weather, tv rights, accommodations and traffic. With the winter games in sochi just a few weeks ago and the recent bloody terror attacks just a few weeks ago, president Vladimir Putin know the threats are high and rea...