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Threats, particularly in the area of counterintelligence and counterterrorism. >> mr. chairman, most of my four years in the leadership of the department, both as principal associate and deputy attorney general and assistant attorney general in charge of the criminal division were focused on those issues. counterterrorism and to some extent also counterespionage. importantly during that period of time before 2005 or 2006 even, both the counterterrorism section and the counterespionage section were part of the criminal division. and, so, my oversight responsibilities in the criminal division it...

Careless about how she hand lle classified communications when she was secretary of state. what is your perspective on how the fbi should handle case s in the future with individuals who do not handle classified information? >> this is an issue very important to me. because the counterespionage section had jurisdiction over those kinds of investigations and they reported up to me, we investigated a number of cases involving unauthorized and inappropriate disclosure of classified information. one of the real eye opening things for me coming into the leadership of the department from having been...