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Assistant director for counterintelligence at the fbi and national security analyst. your task force recommended a lot, the hiring of more than 850 people, including specialists in charge of intelligence gathering. in addition, you called for rapid response groups on duty, a police force to break up crowds and retractable fencing around the capitol. where does the security stand at this point? >> most of that recommended through the house supplement it, it went to the senate. most of that was not approved for funding. the senate -- senator leahy pared back 2.9 million. but most of that money d...

In 2009 alone, U.S. authorities foiled at least six terrorist plots against the United States. Since September 11, 2001, at least 30 planned terrorist attacks have been foiled, all but two of them prevented by law enforcement. The two notable exceptions are the passengers and flight attendants who subdued the "shoe bomber" in 2001 and the "underwear bomber" on Christmas Day in 2009. Bottom line: The system has generally worked well. But many tools necessary for ferreting out conspiracies and catching terrorists are under attack. Chief among them are key provisions of the PA...

Activity in the name of national security? because michael rubin, a former pentagon official, after all of this, particularly the diplomatic cables which upset him so much, he said, "manning not only burned the sources of hundreds of diplomats around the world, she effectively dissuaded foreigners from ever trusting a future american official." well, on the other hand, you have robert gates who basically says that this is nothing. this has no impact on the diplomatic relationship with the united states. this is the secretary of defense. it's not quite what he said. he said, in the end, we will...

Fundamentally, i'mjust asking you whether you believe or whether you care that you might have compromised important aspects of us national security and intelligence gathering, not least because... no. ..for example, one cable... well, for intelligence gathering, i don't think so. because the us intelligence apparatus is a large apparatus, it's one in which, you know, there are many sources and methods that haven't been made public, that aren't, that weren't even available to me. just a final one on the cables, there was one list of the most important national security sites around the world li...

Talking to us, but, fundamentally, i'mjust asking you whether you believe or whether you care that you might have compromised important aspects of us national security and intelligence gathering, not least because... no. ..for example, one cable... well, for intelligence gathering, i don't think so. because the us intelligence apparatus is a large apparatus, it's one in which, you know, there are many sources and methods that haven't been made public, that aren't, that weren't even available to me. just a final one on the cables, there was one list of the most important national security sites...