Given those numbers, would you agree that establishing control of our border with Mexico has serious implications for national security?

In your personal judgment, are you concerned about our ability to execute effective counterterrorism with a troop presence at zero?

If that plan is carried out, what will be our capability to engage in counterterrorism operations?

Thank you for being here, thank you for your testimony, and thank you for your service to our country.

An EMP would essentially shut down our communications network, would be one of the more significant outcomes of EMP.

My expectation is that all of them would be adversely affected.

The Fourth Amendment protects the privacy of law-abiding Americans.

the Government collecting metadata or even more so the content of communications between law-abiding citizens is an issue that the Constitution I believe speaks very directly to.

Given that over 50,000 unaccompanied children have illegally entered the country this year, do you think it is clear that international terrorist organizations are fully aware of our vulnerabilities along the border?

The magnitude of the threat on the border, the southwest border in particular, continues to grow.

I am concerned that the sweep of the surveillance has been far too broad with respect to law-abiding citizens.

I assume you would agree that a commitment to jihad would not qualify as a religious view and, indeed, would be a political position and embrace of violence that merits very close scrutiny to prevent that violence from being carried out.