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Validating all the points so that you know what we've put in there is exactly right. i believe the numbers from those cases are 134-g that we can publicly reveal and all publicly talk about. what we are concerned, as the chairman said, is going into more detail on how we stop some of these cases as we are concerned it will give our adversaries a way to work around those and attack us or our allies. and that would be unacceptable. i have concerns that the intentional and irresponsible release of information about these classified programs will have a long ander reversible impact on our nation's...

Been looked at by the fbi, cia and other partners within the community and national counterterrorism centers validating all of the point so you know what we put in there is exactly right. i believe the numbers from those cases are something that we can publicly revel and all publicly talk about. what we are concerned is the chairman said is going into more detail on how we stop some of the cases as are concerned it will give our adversaryes a way to work around those. and attack us or our allies. and that would be unacceptable. i have concerns that the not tensional and irresponsibility releas...

Under the patriot act and other kinds of surveillance you think might have continued. so i guess the biggest question many of us would have right now, have counterterrorism tools weakened in an era that we thought the tide of war was receding. jon: there are no full-body scans or tsa pat-downs via the internet and it seems these days a lot of communication with agents in this country, witness nadal hasan, for instance, are taking place via the internet? >> there is no doubt there is a lot of radicalization and planning and other kinds of activity that is going on by the internet. of course eve...

Going to be happening about security in the wake of usama bin laden's death. my first question to you is have you had a chance to see the treasure trove of information that was taken from his compound? >> no, i have not. that's been held by a very small group. actually a small group. there's many translators and analysts looking at that. i don't know if there's anyone in congress has had access to it. there's people working 24/7 on this information trying to finalfind out, number one, if there's an immediate attack and what the relationship is between al-qaida and the pakistani government, if ...

Members of congress have intervened and imposed restrictions balking the administration from bringing any guantanamo detainees to trial in the united states. those unwise and unwarranted restrictions undermine our counterterrorism efforts and could harm our national security. they have taken one of the nation's most tested counterterrorism tools off the table and tied our hands in a way that could have serious ramifications. the reality is, though, i know this case in a way that members of congress do not. i have looked at the files. i've spoken to the prosecutors. i know the tactical concerns...