mr. willis, you have five minutes. thank you, sir. >> good afternoon, chairman broun, ranking member edwards, distant wish there is of the subcommittee. i'm honored to appear before you today on behalf of the department of homeland security science and technology director to discuss our evaluation of the transportation security administration's screening passenger by observation technique or s.p.o.t. referral report which is a checklist of predefined behavior, and indicators used by tsa could invite potential high-risk travelers but for the purpose of snt studies, high-risk travelers are defined as those pastors in possession of a series prohibited or illegal items, or individuals engage in conduct leading to arrest. for background purposes, the s.p.o.t. validation effort began in 2007 as a result of the component lead snt people screaming process that identified and prioritized capability gaps and dhs operational customers. as an active participant in this process, tsa identified the s.p.o.t. referral report and its a

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now i recognize mr. willis. our next witness, mr. very witness program manager homeland security bans research projects agency and technology director of the department of homeland security. you mr. willis you have five minutes. >> good afternoon chairman six six -- broun distinguish members of the subcommittee. i'm honored to appear before you today on behalf of the department of homeland security science and technology to discuss her evaluation of the transportation administration screening passenger observation technique which is a checklist of checklist of predefined behavior, indicators used by tsa to identify potentially high-risk travelers. for the purpose of s&t's studies irish travelers are defined as those passengers in possession of serious prohibited and/or illegal items or individuals engaging in conduct leading to arrest. for background purposes the s.p.o.t. effort began in 2007 as a result of the component lead s&p managed people screening cap down team process that identified and prioritized dhs operational customers.

but you could argue, and i don't know if mr. willis, dr. willis would, that if this validity study holds up to scientific scrutiny, to everyone that's looked at it, to this committee, is it as successful as the report is, you got to be doing something right to get that kind of success. so maybe it's a scientific interest. >> thank you, dr. ekman. mr. lure, he's chomping to the bit here. >> i want to respond to dr. ekman's point. that was the conclusion of the may, 2010, report was to have a study of this a.i.r. validation effort. we think it's very important for a panel to be established that has no ties to the current program, that's not an advocate of the current program, to help weigh in on this very issue. i think that's very issue that the panel today shows a lack of consensus which was the basic point i made to my earlier statement. there is no scientific -- >> well, a subject like this you expect to be a broad range of disagreements. has the panel like what you're recommending been suggested in one of the budgets or lined out somewhe

>> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to follow up, mr. willis. my understanding is you shared with our staff that there is a pool of video available of suicide bombers and the like that could be used to study. and i would expect that if t.s.a. were operating the right kind of way that would also be used for training. so, i'm a little confused by your answer and i want to be clear. do we have video, both from ourselves and perhaps from our international partners, that we could use to assess the techniques that have been developed and the questions, the assessment questions that have been developed so we can make sure we have a program that is working as effectively as we know it can work? >> we don't presently have a sufficient number of videos to conduct scientific tphaplanalys. we are attempting to work with our partners in the u.s. and internationally to gather them. but being a research we do not have the ability to compel operational organizations much less international ones to provide with us that video. what we are doing is attempting to c

mr. willis is our next witness. program manager, homeland's security, science and technology director. you have five minutes. >> that afternoon, chairman brown. distinguished members of the subcommittee. i am honored to appear before you today on behalf of the science of ecology center discuss our screening observation techniques. it is a checklist of preachified behavior indicators used by tsa to identify high-risk travelers. high-risk travelers are defined as those passengers and possession of serious illegal items or individuals engaging in conduct leading to an arrest. the spot validation effort began in 2007 as a result of the people screaming integrated product team process that identified and prioritized capability caps at the -- of the customers. as a participant, tsa identified the spot referral board and its associated indicators as a candidate for the validation study. the report contained a discrete list of observable indicators that have been distant -- designated. trained toers are identify these indic

mr. larry willis of the program director for suspicious behavior. science and technology directorate home much security. your business card must be a big one with all of that. detective lieutenant -- how do you pretend turning? -pronounced brown. -- line is part of brown. i am, bridget cottbus and the pronunciation. he is employed by the boston university police where he heads the detective division. before he was a police officer and director of security policy at boston logan international airport where he developed anti-terrorism programs. doctor paula is a professor

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[applause] >> mr. davis, thank you very much for that kind introduction. mayor li, mirrored jordan, others assembled here in, those associated with the foundation and with this application and this event, you know good and well the spirit of the general award is given to that individual who exhibits extraordinary commitment to making san francisco general hospital what it is. this year, the recipient is one of whom all of you know very well. you know her because, i suspect you will hear, because she ask you to come. there is nobody that she has encountered in the last several years that she has not said, you have to do something for the general. when i see her coming now, i go the other way. i have given all i can give to the general. [laughter] that is the nature of who our recipient is. she came on the board of the foundation, some 11 years ago. by 2003, she had been elevated to the president of the board. and in that capacity, she guided the general from being a place that most of us looked at as a place for the disadvantaged and poor people only, into

. -- willie brown jr. [applause] >> mr. mayor, thank you very much. i am just delighted that you were in position to be able to present this to me, and i will work and see if i can win it next year, and i will ask you to stick around. and present it to me next year in your capacity as mayor of san francisco. mayor lee, you have to note that the women of san francisco that you gave an opportunity to in your capacity as head of the department of public works and your capacity as the chief administrative officer for this city, even to this day, persons that you designated to replace you, you have allocated women to positions of importance and side of the mayor's office. i saw them out there, one of your deputies. i don't think they call them deputies any more. every mayor has his impression of what happens in this city, but i am delighted. i am excited working with many of you here on the women's summit, when we did those over at the bus going. -- at the bosconi. when i think of all the other women who headed the maersk summit, i hope that mayor lee will

this year's man of the year award goes to willie brown, jr. [applause] come on up. mr. mayor, thank you very much. i'm just delighted that you are in a position to be able to present this to me. i'm going to work and see if i can win it next year and i'm going to ask you to stick around. [laughter] [applause] and present it to me next year in your capacity as mayor of san francisco. [applause] mayor lee, you have got to know that the women of san francisco that you giave an opportunity to in your capacity as the chief administrative officer of the city -- even to the state, the person you designated to replace you, a woman. you elevated women to positions of importance inside of the mayor's office. i saw naomi little out there. one of your deputies -- i do not think they called them deputies anymore. every man has his impression on what happened in this city. i am delighted. i'm going to tell you. many of you on the women's summit when we did those -- when i look around and i see jackie and i think about susan and all the other women who headed the mayor's summit -- i h

>>pam: mark kelly willis have his wife by his side for the launch. he is the commander of the mission the bomb wapresident obama and mrs. obama are expected to also attend that launch. gabrielle giffords has been given the green light to also attend. >>pam: the secret military documents from wikileaks describe the intelligence of the detainees in guantanamo bay. if there were released how much of it impact safety they would have to be done it states. there would also describe what are some of that a lot and and other al qaeda leaders were going before and after the 911 attacks and osama bin laden

>>pam: mark kelly willis have his wife by his side for the launch. he is the commander of the mission the bomb wapresident obama and mrs. obama are expected to also attend that launch. gabrielle giffords has been given the green light to also attend. >>pam: the secret military documents from wikileaks describe the intelligence of the detainees in guantanamo bay. if there were released how much of it impact safety they would have to be done it states. there would also describe what are some of that a lot and and other al qaeda leaders were going before and after the 911 attacks and osama bin laden and there impact on the safety of the united states population. >>pam: also the virginia attorney general would like that he's thrown out of the appeals courscourts but that decision was reversed. details coming up on your forecast. (music) >> jacqueline: a live look from golden gate sunny skies but we are seeing lingering clouds mainly over the hills this afternoon. early morning rainfall was not that impressive in most locations but mill valley received on

i will speed up mr. president. [laughter] just fiddling. let's go. get it moving. [laughter] it is nice to go back to texas and national isn't it? one of the things i don't have any sort of message today, but one of the things you do hope to do even if you are just renting space like we as senators and members of the house is that you leave something here, a hint of something that makes it a little bit different or that shape said in a way or maybe makes it better, and i hope -- what i hope that karen and i have done left the senate with a mere suggestion, the hint of return to this concept of the citizen legislator, someone who comes to the senate from a regular job, heart transplants are a regular job, but they are not a political job to come for the purpose of time with no intention for making a career of a politics he just had, you are just renting time whatever you're doing look at it that way. you never own at. and then voluntarily leaving and entering hopefully another more productive phase of your life. i think we've moved to far away from the non-career po

well, mr. chairman, the internet is not broken and this bill will ensure that the f.c.c. does not break it. george willis said most of the people think that the government doesn't work so well and the internet is. why are we putting the government in charge of the internet? some of my colleagues criticize the use of the c.r.a. let me remind my critics that they have overturned previous f.c.c. rulemaking. mr. waxman, ms. eshoo, mr. markey, ms. schakowsky and mr. dingell co-sponsored h.j.res. 72 in 2003. mr. waxman, ms. eshoo, mr. doyle, ms. schakowsky, and ms. baldwin co-sponsored h.j.res. 7 9 in 2008. senator harry reid helped create the disapproval process in the c.a. to give congress a straight up or down vote on this kind of regulatory overreach. that's why this statute itself provides the language of disapproval resolutions and which is why there are no amendments. president obama has said that his priority is to focus on jobs. he's also said that his administration will void owner us and unnecessary regulations that stifle investment and innovation. on january 18, th