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A tremendous amount of fear. fear that's still being felt. in my world, the security world, a significant number of clients calling in, asking for information. the nypd does a great job. they have 19,000 subscribers to their shield program set up by my predecessor, commissioner kelly after the 9/11 events, to alert and keep informed with as much intimacy as possible information about threats. and today was a clear example of the benefit of that. 19,000 security directors getting information including pictures, descriptions of the devices, what to watch for, and procedures to follow. >> frank f...

Back in 2001. commissioner, as you well know, because we've been through anthrax, our building here is very well equipped for this kind of thing with machinery and detection. i need your assessment of what you witnessed today and what are you looking for? >> well, i think certainly the response was exceptional here in new york city. that seeing that firsthand on the part of the federal government agencies, fbi, et cetera very quickly identifying these devices, they're now all down at the fbi lab if i understand it. >> we have a live device at columbus circle in new york city. >> that's correct...

A tremendous amount of fear. fear that's still being felt. in my world, the security world, a significant number of clients calling in, asking for information. the nypd does a great job. they have 19,000 subscribers to their shield program set up by my predecessor, commissioner kelly after the 9/11 events, to alert and keep informed with as much intimacy as possible information about threats. and today was a clear example of the benefit of that. 19,000 security directors getting information including pictures, descriptions of the devices, what to watch for, and procedures to follow. >> frank f...

Our ability to know what the russians are up to? >> just because you have a back channel, if indeed that's what jared was after, it doesn't mean that he then keeps everything secret. i mean, he shares that. but the back channels, as i understand it and of course every administration has had it forever. back channel communications with people are ways to communicate with people, again, not in front of the press as an example, but that information is not necessarily kept secret from the rest of the government. >> does jared kushner have the same level of security clearance that you do? >> i don'...

Of the, you know, press as an example, but that information is, you know, not necessarily kept secret from the are rest of the government. >> does jared kushner have the same level of security clearance that you do? >> i don't know. >> on intelligence front? is that something you should know? >> not necessarily. everything we do in the security world, classification world, of course, before i would start talking to anyone, i would make sure they had the requisite security clearances. i'm cleared for top-secret compartmented fbi, that kind of thing. >> is jared the same kind of thing? >> i don'...