And I understand that, I testified in closed hearings over eight years because there are intelligence matters, there are sensitive matters that should not be held in a public hearing. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I am sure that in Canada the people appreciate this principle, and the general intelligence which prevails over that country is such that I am sure there is no danger of a reactionary policy ever finding a response in the hearts of any considerable number of our people. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
We worked to develop our own operations to advance U.S. counterterrorism objectives by penetrating terrorist safe havens and collecting intelligence that would inform policy and enable our own operations. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The plan we developed to deal with al Qaeda depended on developing sources of human and technical intelligence that could give us insights into his plans at the tactical level. This is easy to say but hard to accomplish. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Affairs of state tend to drive most presidents toward the center on both foreign and domestic policy, no matter where on the political spectrum they begin, and especially so in the areas of intelligence and law enforcement. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
That U.N. Security Council resolution requires getting Syrian troops and intelligence officials out of Lebanon so that the Lebanese can have elections here this spring that are free and fair and free of outside influence. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Another factor is the decision, made in 1976, to sharply divide the FBI and the foreign intelligence agencies. The FBI would collect within the United States the foreign intelligence agencies would collect overseas. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The intelligence community, for the most part, has no accountability at all to the Congress, to us the American people, and so they feel that they above the law. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
So, you know, I think that Democrats are being more successful in Congress and I'm really going to be proud of the role I will play tomorrow as ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee when this bill passes. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>