So now, that information would go immediately to that person from the embassy?
Give us an explanation of that in plain language. In other words, what did not happen with Abdulmutallab which would happen now under the ch...
I do think, ultimately, in these cases, security has to be given much more weight than privacy because of all that is involved.
I appreciate the opportunity to appear before the Committee to discuss intelligence reform and interagency integration.
Please let us know if there is anything we can do legislatively to expedite that process for you.
So we have the equipment to do that kind of search now across the databases?
I thought--it may have been because of his personal background, too--he was asking reasonable questions.
It seems to me in these cases, that the great weight has to be given to security.
These questions do come up and it does seem to me, though there clearly is a problem of false positives.
I mean, at some level, frankly, I say, too bad that the airline has to do that extra work to stop somebody from getting on a plane who might...
Tell us what IAP is.
Senator Lieberman, Senator Graham, and I are working on legislation to try to address this very important issue.
America is the indispensable Nation in the world.
I applaud that initiative. I think this has been a failure of the U.S. Government as a whole to deal with this very tough problem.
I want to just go back to last week's first hearing in this series of hearings before I focus on this one and say that I very much appreciat...
It is imperative, in our view, that the DNI and the NCTC be successful in their vital missions.
Is there a filter applied--I am going to give you a little extra time. I apologize.
I want to thank you--incidentally, just to say in public session, I know it is controversial.
