Transcripts For CSPAN Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20140922 : v

Transcripts For CSPAN Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20140922

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Im hoping you will do your share to build the Education Opportunities we need for our children. That wraps up our debate for tonight. Thank you to our sponsors. [applause] cspan debate coverage continues tonight with the pennsylvania governors race. Thesday night at 9 00, debate between nebraska representatives. Debate. E i was a live picture from the White House Briefing room this afternoon. We expect to hear from the white house spokesman. A number of topics that could come up today, the president travels to new york for the Climate Summit. Response torations the Ebola Outbreak in west africa. We could hear questions about the intruders that got onto the white house lawn over the weekend. In ariefing is coming up few moments. We will have it live for you on cspan when it comes up. , this iswait for that from todays washington journal. Her coverage is been focused on National Security issues. We want to start with what we learned about the issue of homegrown isis threats in the u. S. There is a lot of attention to this on capitol hill. It came out of those with big eyes saying they had never seen such a threat since the months after 9 11. We learned a lot. There are two different types of homegrown threats. One of those are people who are called out to syria. They seem to be recruited by isis. There are many terrorist organizations operating in syria. One of them is isis. They go over there and they train it to be suicide bombers and they are trained to fight with them and then they come back to the United States. That is the main state when they concern when they come back. Some are radicalized locally. They are reaching out to the internet and social media. Isis is very wellfunded. They have a very Sophisticated Media operation. There is fear that they would go out and use their passports and visas. What is the scenario that lawmakers are more worried about . Another 9 11 style attack . Oneore of a lone wolf person carrying out an attack . I think they are scared of both at this point. There is a group in syria. It is not isis. It is a cell from al qaeda. They are operating in a serious. It is solely devoted to focus on western attacks. This is a new threat. We saw peter king talk about it in the Committee Hearing last wednesday. Jeh johnson just shut down completely when he started talking about it. Talk about that in an unclassified setting. They are a subdivision of al qaeda. They are completely different from isis. They are coming from all over the place. Think it is mainly from yemen and saudi arabia. New, we have so not fully reported on it. I think people on capitol hill are worried about it because they would not speak about it openly. Speaking of homegrown terrorism, you talked about recruiting efforts. Can you talk about how those efforts work . What the recruiting scenarios are to get upwards of 100 americans that a been recruited at this point . We are learning more about this. We had a man in rochester. He was operating a convenience store. There was a grand jury indictment of him. It was unsealed last week. The attorney general announced it on tuesday night. He was recruiting different people. 600 1100 of his own money. He sent these guys over to syria. Was recruiting a local new yorkers to go to syria. He was also planning attacks. They were planning u. S. Military coming back from iraq. He is now under indictment. It seemed like they discovered him through twitter. They were looking at his twitter account and it was interesting. He was tweeting radical jihadist statements. Not seem that they could catch on to him. Host they are concerned about half again that campaigns. This is jeh johnson talking about isis and their propaganda campaign. We will play that and come back. I think it is important that in our efforts we not enable the enemy to recruit faster than we can capture or kill the enemy. When it comes to the homeland, along with the efforts of our military and along with the efforts of our partners overseas to take the fight directly to isis, there has to be an effort to counter their propaganda and their social media. There has to be an effort at engaging potential violent extremist threats here at home. As has been pointed out, these groups in the current age are very good at propaganda and recruitment. They dont have to and doc indoctrinate them in a terrorist training camp. We are focused on counteracting the literature and the propaganda, the notion that isis is an Islamic State. That is false eeriest it is not a state and it is not islamic. It is a group of murderers and kidnappers. It they are a group of depraved individual that have captured the worlds attention. I think i am addressing the premise of your question. It has to be a comprehensive agent effort. Host how does that work . What are the strategies to do that . Guest theyre trying to get different imams to stand up and say this is not part of our religion. This is a radical extreme version and we denounce it. They have been releasing statements over the last weeks showing different leaders of the muslim faith that are standing up against isis and saying it is not legitimate. Host is this something new with isis . Is this not true of al qaeda . Guest i think it is more aggressive. This is even more barbaric. People are taken aback on capitol hill. Dan feinstein says this is a completely different version than what we have seen before. We felt like there might be something happening but we did not know what the threat was. We know what the threat is. We know they are declaring us a strategic enemy and are plotting attacks. Host we are talking to susan crabtree. If you have question or comments for her, phone lines are open. Susan crabtree, the u. N. Is meeting this week. There is going to be a meeting held specifically on isis threats. What do we know about that meeting question mark guest we have a wednesday address from president obama. There are 15,000 from even European Countries to syria to fight with isis. They want to know how we can stop this. Do we need to revoke passports . Do we need to make it illegal for people to go to syria . Britain has arent taken steps to stop their citizens to go to syria. There is a movement that is building steam on capitol hill to make it illegal for americans to travel to syria. That is very difficult because you can go to turkey and jordan and they are our nato allies. I expect the president to speak about this on wednesday and hold a big assignment with other World Leaders. Host we want to get to your calls. Dakota is in oregon on the republican line. Caller good morning. I have several questions for you. I study Foreign Policy at the university of portland. I listened to your comments and the videos that were given by cspan as examples. I follow with great enthusiasm statements given by the Prime Minister of britain and the president of the United States. The statement of we have no strategy for isis was sort of used as a flaming the fire, he was trying to be honest and genuine with the press. I want to get your opinion on how certain statements could the used as a defensive weapon in terms of mocking us. Guest i wouldnt say we have a strategy to defeat them. We have the fbi has been tracking different people. A florida man went to syria, trained with isis, he came back to the United States and went to see his parents. This was an americanborn a person who was raised in the United States. He felt like the fbi was tracking him. This is according to videos he released on youtube. Syriaas somewhere around he blew up a restaurant with soldiers in it. He fell at the fbi was on his trail. You also have the Justice Department unsealing an indictment against a man in rochester, new york. That case was being developed late last year. Its not like our government is not doing anything. I dont want to send that message. They are having trouble tracking people who have traveled to syria. You have jeh johnson and the Homeland Security committee saying last week we have a reasonable degree of confidence that we know when people are traveling to syria. We dont have a high degree of confidence that we know whos traveling. That is of deep concern. You have resident obama has a strategy with arming the syrian rebels. I want to emphasize there is not a direct we do not have a specific threat that we know about right now. The homeland secure department and others are working very actively to detect and really track as many people as they can who are fighting over there. David is in maryland on our line for independence. Good morning. I have a question. We heard jeh johnson and the. Resident they stated very clearly that the Islamic State is not islamic. Knownk some of us dont any better and dont understand how it is not islamic. Muslims that i know arman earned and peaceful. Recruiting, how is this entity doing such a better job of recruitment then al qaeda was . Are theyon is radicalizing muslims that are otherwise from moderate backgrounds . How are they doing that . Insistence among our leaders that these guys are not islamic, is that away to prepare us for going to war with them . You might get to dds question from twitter. You had john kerry last week what you justay said. They are not islamic and he said they are the spawns of hell. I was taken aback. Is a diplomat and he knows what it means to say that. How are americans and other westerners supposed to take this . All we see are these beheadings. That captures the public. Of course we will associate that with the muslim religion and islam in general. I think this is something muslims need to consider and start taking it greater stands to denounce this. Are more interested in holding our and Holding Territory then talking about their religion or doing all religions are supposed to be aspiring to help other people. If you look at what people on capitol hill are saying, that they are more interested in power and Holding Territory than they are their religion. Explaining the term radicalization question mark how you go from a kid in florida who is 22 and a college dropout, howd you go from playing basketball for your High School Team and talking about how you like a goes on facebook to going to fight for syria. It is a process. How can it happen . It is because of social media right now. It is different than what we had 13 years ago before 9 11. The intelligence agencies are very concerned about how quickly people are becoming radicalized. You are reaching out to people in syria, these terrorist groups. They are giving you information about how to build alms. There is a magazine that teaches people how to build bombs. It is readily available on the internet. You have youtube videos. It it seems that people in this country are looking for a cause. They have some strongly held opinions from their background. They are looking for a way to join forces. 22yearold, he was promised a wife over there when he got there. He would be martyred. He would be in heaven. It is something that we needed to learn more about. What are the estimates of numbers of westerners who have gone over to join isis . We know there are at least 100 americans. I believe there are 1500 or more , around 2000, from the west. That does not include all the other countries. What i have seen on a map with recruits shows the from every country in europe, russia, they are coming from everywhere. It is up to 15,000 people. Lets go to virginia for our line for independence. Youre on with susan crabtree. The other factor is our prison system. There are so many muslims in our prisons. They are angry and bitter to begin with. Jails. Ow these guys in they are recruiting people all the time. Do you know anything about the 100 americans that have gone over . Were you able to track who these people are and what their background is . We have certain cases that are coming forward. There are a lot coming from minnesota. Has a huge population. John kline was concerned last inr when you have somalis st. Paul and minneapolis going over to somalia. They were involved in the nairobi attacks. In the mall. This is been a growing concern. Like jeh johnson said last week, we dont know exactly. We dont have a high degree in confidence at we know everyone who is going over there. Springfield, massachusetts for our line for republicans. Good morning. Lets start with the battlefield at home. It should be one language. They are registered to vote. Instantaneous citizens. This article one section eight two bypass the president the border states can. Section eight. Happy monday. I dont have any announcements at the top. We will go straight to questions. How was an intruder able to get all the way into the white house . Your reporting on this topic over the weekend. Glad to hear it. Let me say couple of things. The secret service has indicated that they are conducting a review of the incident that occurred on friday night. That review will include a wide variety of things. I refer you to the secret service. It will include a variety of things including the positioning of tactical assets inside and outside the fence line. It will include review of technical security enhancements that may be necessary. It will include a question of ongoing staffing an assessment of whether or not staffing is needed. It they will review policy and procedure regarding to the assessment of threats. A review of include previous interactions with the subject. Providing security at the white house is complicated business. Is one of thee more popular tourist destinations in our nations capital. Thousands of tourists on a typical day will tour the white house. Thousands of tourists and members of the public will watch walkout that front door at the conclusion of their tour. The white house is essentially a big office building. People show up every day to do their work. Security is an important priority. Right outside the front gate of the white house is lafayette park. It is one of the more prominent laces where people will gather to make their First Amendment fully views known. Servicens the secret has the challenging task of balancing the need to ensure safety and security of the first family while ensuring the white house is the peoples house. Balancing those is challenging work. It is clear a review of that work is warranted. That review will be conducted. What was the president s reaction . I had the opportunity to talk with them earlier. He is obviously concerned. President has complete confidence with the secret service. President is confident that this will be conducted with the highest amount professionalism. He is confident this will be necessary. You talked about striking the right balance, is the president favoring expanded the perimeter or restricting tourists from being in the immediate area . Are highly experienced professionals in the secret service. They will conduct a broader review about security at the white house. Ourquestions you are asking. Hat will be included kerry said they expected other nations to have nations in this coalition. Is that still the case . Is the president looking to press countries to broaden the coalition western mark it will be ongoing. Members of thend cabinet including the secretary of defense and the secretary of state and other senior members have been actively engaged with their counterparts in countries around the world. This is a high priority. We have we have seen important amendments from individual countries around the globe indicating their support for the goal the president has laid out for this rotor coalition. This broader coalition. I dont anticipate reaching a where we sort of stand up from the desk and say our efforts to build this coalition have been completed. This will be ongoing work. There is this important task that general allen is principally focused on which is assessing the needs of the coalition and those needs will change over time. He will also be assessing the capabilities of individual nations who are committed to being part of the broader coalition. And matching up those capabilities with the needs of the coalition will be work that is ongoing. I anticipate that when the president is participating in activities associated with the United Nations General Assembly this week is that he will have the kinds of conversations with cand leaders about how they contribute to the broader International Coalition. That is work that has been going on for weeks in advance of the United Nations General Assembly and it will occurred during the General Assembly and the efforts of the resident and other members of this team to build this coalition will continue long after the United Nations General Assembly has been closed. And iranian officials said they will work with america and their allies but they want more flexibility on the clear program. Im wondering what would be the u. S. Response to linking those issues. The conversations related to 1 talks have to do with the International Communitys concerns about the Iranian N

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