always there. public and politicians are targets of disinformation, and so are basically ever made trees ever major story in the news. there s been a copious amount of disinformation about abortions, some experts are worried about abortion misinformation and intentional disinformation will only increase and make it harder for people to receive care. there are national security applications to disinformation all around the world, that is why the u.s. department of homeland security recently tried to create an advisory board and called it a disinformation governance board but that board quickly collapsed, it came under fierce criticism including from fox and right wing media, the government did a horrible job of explaining what the board was supposed to do, and so it put it on pause, which the government speaks for it is going away and will never come back. so if the government can t even have a real conversation about disinformation, can t even have an advisory board to talk about it,
that were being made about how to talk about the board remade above my pay grade, and above my level of decision-making. i was the executive director but there were a lot of people that were involved that didn t take advice frankly that i had given them. and i had hoped that i would see things go down differently. even just the name. it sounds overwhelming, and any pr professional would say don t call it that. they were dumb mistakes made. right, that belies the fact that it was meant to be an internal governing mechanism, governing how the department of homeland security did its work on disinformation, not governing the internet. that was one of the reasons that i ended up making the choice to resign, right? i felt like the government had just rolled over, to the critics, who had completely spun this narrative out of control based on absolutely nothing and reality and the fact that they weren t able to defend me, the person that they had chosen, the experts that they had chosen to
wouldn t have taken the job. the sympathetic view, to you, is that the disinformation board was the victim of disinformation. is that how you feel? it absolutely was the victim of disinformation. all of these narratives, that the disinformation governance board was going to be this ministry of truth and all of the harassment and disinformation that was directed against me, was based on that falsehood. based on that falsehood that was knowingly peddled by many people in the conservative media ecosystem and on capitol hill. that is true, if that is true, what the heck was the homeland security department doing? why didn t they defend you? why didn t the government explain what the heck it was doing? yeah, i have a lot of misgivings about the way things went down and i think the first thing to point out, brian, is that there was a disproportionate focus on me, given my level of power within the department. i was not allowed to speak on my own behalf, and frankly, all the communica
guatemala, el salvador, nicaragua, costa rica, and peru gross crossing in groups in la jolla, a mix of single adult males, family unit and unaccompanied children. this comes as the u.s. department of homeland security implements a new rule effective today. establishing a process to expedite credible fear in asylum claims faster in the u.s. to reduce existing backlog. cbp sources tell fox news there were 4,000 n 84 migrant encounters over the memorial day weekend in the rio grande valley sector alone. with the border patrol chief tweeting: a recap of activity this last weekend, which includes the seizure of 43 pounds of narcotics, as well as the apprehension of two sex offenders. former border patrol chief rodney scott says the administration is at fault for the crisis. there is no effort to actually secure the border. and to figure out who and what is come in. when you create a day 00 particular situation like this and they have created this through their policies.
right now. good morning, welcome, everybody. our stastarting point this mor is day four of the jerry sandusky sex abuse trial with three victims set to take the stand. the prosecution is moving at a rapid pays. the state is expected to rest tomorrow. cnn susan candiotti is live at the courthouse in bellafonte, pennsylvania this morning. good morning. three more alleged victims are expected to take the stand today and tomorrow before prosecutors wrap up their case. among them, we expect to hear from one youngster, back in 1988, her mother went to police after she discovered her boy had been showering with jerry sandusky. charges were never filed in this case, but the mother said the little boy was naked, jerry sandusky had bear hugged him and she was worried he might have touched some of his private areas. charges never filed in this case, however, police did eavesdrop on jerry sandusky and they said he told them this, quote, i understand i was wrong. i wish i could get f