the c.i.a. will embody the best of america and can best defend our interest and values in a very complicated world. thank you very much. >> chairman schiff, ranking member nunes, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss the very important topic of diversity and inclusion within the intelligence community and at the national security agency, specifically. as the director of the national security agency, i recognize the critical importance of ensuring that the highly talented workforce we rely on to help secure our nation every day reflects the diversity of our country now and into our future. equally important is providing a fair, reregarding and inclusive work fighter for our onboard talent. without that, diversity will not flourish. director makasone: one of the programs is the queer and visible engagement -- clear and visible engagement across this work. another is our 11 employer resource groups with more than 42 chapters and over 6,500 members a

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in a preliminary report, the c.i.a. says the symptoms can be explained by environmental causes, undiagnosed medical conditions, or stress. well, tonight, a 19-year-old pilot is inspiring a new generation of women to fly. zara rutherford set a world record today as the youngest woman to fly solo around the world. her five-month, 32,000-mile trip took longer than expected because of weather, visa, and equipment issues. she says, if you don't try and see how high you can fly, then't you'll never know. that's pretty impressive. all right, coming up next, a long-overdue honor for members of the tuskegee airmen. en. # s just very important. she's my sister and we depend on each other a lot. she's the rock of the family. she's the person who holds everything together. it's a battle, you know. i'm going to be there. keytruda and chemotherapy meant treating my cancer with two different types of medicine. in a clinical trial, keytruda and chemotherapy was proven to help people live longer than chemotherapy alone. keytruda is used

the fiba and c.i.a. were involved hand and fist in these all intelligence gathers during these meetings at guantanamo bay. and we're hiding off of that behind the secrecy of classified information. >> i think what the key problem here is ms. justin described it is this continuing effort to keep this horrible secret is interfering with our ability to process these cases because we don't want the information to come out and in return for hiding the horrible secret, we have to cut deals with the the the the -- the detainees. what would that do in terms of speeding things up and allowing greater clarity? >> thank you, senator. in the case of my client mr. khan, we were able to negotiate a guilty plea whereby he agreed to enter his plea that provided the clarity and the mode come of -- modicum of closure. so in that respect through negotiate ago guilty plea we were able to assure a clarity and closure for the victims. in terms of his torture, it was years of negotiations with the government. you know, at -- p

. >> wertheim: what you describe, it almost sounds like these were precursors to c.i.a. agents. >> frey: they were, in fact. some of them were trained as spies and some of them went on to careers as spies. >> victor brombert: my parents were pacifists, so the idea of my going to war was for them calamitous, however they realized that it was a necessary war, especially for us.icombert now 98-years-old, is a former professor of romance languages and literature at yale, and then princeton. he was born in berlin to a russian jewish family. when hitler came to power, the bromberts fled to france, and then to the u.s. eager to fight the nazis, he, too, joined the army. after recruiters found out he spoke four languages, they dispatched him to camp ritchie, where strenuous classroom instruction was coupled with strenuous field exercises. >> brombert: there were long and demanding exercises and close combat training. "how to kill a sentry from behind." i thought, "i'm never going to do that," but i was shown how to do it. >> wertheim: so physical combat training as well as intel

this suggests if the c.i.a. felt at some point they couldn't ever be released, some might be released. the best one not charged is a man who's had a hearing, never been charged with a crime and there are some expectations we'll hear about whether he can be located to another country. >> reporter: let me walk you through the time line for anyone catching up on how this has been opened for 20 years. january of 2009 is when president obama and one of his first executive orders ordered the closure of guantanamo bay detention facility within a year. that wasn't able to happen during his presidency. congress put up a number of hurdles that kept him from being able to move people out. january 17, president trump takes office, reverses the closure order. february 2021, president biden comes into the office the month before and launches a review. he has committed to closing it. carol, you followed this more closely than anyone. do you see those steps being taken? could this facility be closed under president biden? >> so

he should be asked about this. >> harris: buck sexton former c.i.a. analyst and co-host. buck sexton and clay travis show in "focus" now. buck, what first of all goes to the very top of the heap of things that you want to know? jesse watters asked a lot of great questions. number one for you. >> i just have to say you have to ask if this is someone that doesn't get stopped from getting into the country who does? we have a tremendous amount of what feels like security theater and covid theater on to have of that when it comes to what's going on in airports and the situation of security when it comes to international and domestic flights. if they aren't going to stop someone like individuals what exactly are the procedures able to do other than harass a lot of folks? clearly this is somebody who slipped through the cracks. a known criminal. somebody on the radar of law enforcement. i would want to know from the mi5 u.k. side of things was he on the security radar over there and known as somebody who not only had a mental health issue and criminal history but possibly a desi

mike morel, the former acting director of the c.i.a., says it comes down to american c credibility. we have been talking about the president's pol ratings being on decline since that withdrawal from afghanistan. this is about the president's ability to set bright lines for adversaries. >> look, i'll leave the political analysis to you and others. here is what i'm focused on: will the united states and nato and our allies emerge from this, whatever happens, in a stronger strategic position? and will russia emerge in a weaker strategic position? that is the test. and that test doesn't get passed tomorrow or the next day or the day after. that test gets passed over weeks and months and years. and if russia does move, we will take measures that go at their economy, that go at their strategic position in europe, that strengthen the solidarity of nato. and what we just saw this past week in brussels, at the nato headquarters, was 30 allies speaking as one after years under the previous administration, where nato was fractured and beginning to lose focus. so we actually believe we have mad

joining us to discuss it, gordon chang, former c.i.a. chief who served in moscow, dan hoffman and rebeccah heinrichs. go to what is happening with russian invasion of ukraine, the threat, obviously you heard greg palkot say kiev has been told to possibly evacuate. dan, you know the area quite well, what should we perceive is the situation on the ground there? >> well, it's a very dangerous situation on the ground. russia made extremely unrealistic demands, they have a veto over nato membership, which nato would never allow. they have a loaded gun aimed at ukraine. they have lots of options, blockade of the sea and attacks to kiev. this is a serious situation. russia is trying to demonstrate that the united states and nato do not have the wherewithal to defend a sovereign nation in what russia considers to be own sphere of influence, that is the heart of what vladamir putin is doing and key requirement for intelligence community as far as whether he will push for additional military engagement inside ukraine. >> griff: bipartisan group of

it was the national endowment of democracy, an extension of the c.i.a., which organized a coup in ukraine. they were caught talking about it on the phone, all right, and there was a coup organized and a democratically elected person was overthrown and a pro-american regime was installed there. it seems to me the objective there was to take away that naval base, which is the russians' only strategic court that they were leasing. if you can have a country organizing a coup and the national security of russia is at stake without that naval base, that is a pretty dangerous provocation and it seems to me putin had to take crimea for that reason. secondly, you didn't mention the treaty that we unilaterally withdraw drew from in -- withdrew from in 2002. we put missile defense in romania. that is as provocative an action to destabilize nuclear parity. it gives us the ability to shoot down their neuk be leer missilen case there was a crisis. we were trying to gain nuclear superiority over them. that is highly provocative, sir. host: go ahead and respond, john. guest: ok. first i think you need to

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. >> they asked for help help help former c.i.a. officer who runs a website helping people find stolen vehicles. >> very easy to steal that year range. >> he advised them to look near homeless camps in oakland, and sure enough, they rounded near one on east 12th street. video shows someone else was living inside it. the couple says the interior is severely damaged and their valuable items are gone. we reached out to oakland police and are waiting to hear back. the couple says they plan to make repairs and use the bus once again to travel. >> we have some mechanic work that needs to be done. we have a lot of possessions we need to replace. definitely some cleaning we are working on now, but it is starting to look a lot better. dion: nice to see those positive attitudes. in other news, three teens have been arrested in connection with a new year's day shooting. the victim, a 20-year-old man from oregon. police say his car and his three-month-old puppy were stolen during the attack. they were arrested yesterday. a 15-year-old and two 1

you know, bob gates, the former defense secretary and c.i.a. chief, wrote a column in the f.t. last week. he made the point when you unsheathe the sword like this, you can do anything but sit on it. and so he's either going to have to invade or he's going to have to pull them back. i think the second interesting possibility, rosemary, is that he may just settle for some kind of agreement that ukraine would not enter nato any time soon, any time in the next decade or two. president biden's already sort of said that. but my guess is if he's going to settle for that, he would have done it by now. >> yeah, so do you see any off ramp at all here so that putin can save face during this, this diplomatic process as they try to thrash out some possibilities here? >> i do. so, first of all, the ukrainians who are upset with the united states and britain for coming out and making public all of this data and creating, in their minds, a sense of crisis, might negotiate something on their own with the russians. they've certainly had some back channels going. the second possibility is that an

. >> you know why the bush crime family a the c.i.a... >> and they can push that message to millions of people. >> you know why the big cfr takeover... >> the interesting thing about the internet is that it builds community. you can find people who feed in to your negativity, or your fears, or your bigotry. and so that's what alex jones has been able to do. i mean, he's been able to mobilize people based on their fears; for many, their ignorance. >> narrator: as the tech giants grew-- facebook, twitter, spotify, instagram, google's youtube-- so did alex jones. >> information that you would have been very hard to get before, it suddenly became easy. >> we're on the right side of history. >> he wasn't really my cup of tea; it was young men who liked him because he was wild and he was funny. >> nellies, going, "ah, kill everybody." >> narrator: his audience was mostly white men-- it became known as "dude radio." every week millions watched his programs... >> i mean, it's just like scum, nazi filth... >> narrator: ...and his conspiracy movies. ("carmina burana: o fortuna" by carl orff pl

. >> you know why the bush crime family and the c.i.a... >> and they can push that message to millions of people. >> you know why the big cfr takeover... >> the interesting thing about the internet is that it builds community. you can find people who feed in to your negativity, or your fears, or your bigotry. and so that's what alex jones has been able to do. i mean, he's been able to mobilize people based on their fears; for many, their ignorance. >> narrator: as the tech giants grew-- facebook, twitter, spotify, instagram, google's youtube-- so did alex jones. >> information that you would have been very hard to get before, it suddenly became easy. >> we're on the right side of history. >> he wasn't really my cup of tea; it was young men who liked him because he was wild and he was funny. >> nellies, going, "ah, kill everybody." >> narrator: his audience was mostly white men-- it became known as "dude radio." every week millions watched his programs... >> i mean, it's just like scum, nazi filth... >> narrator: ...and his conspiracy movies. ("carmina burana: o fortuna" by carl orff pl

the c.i.a. has concluded that most cases of so-called "havana syndrome" were not caused by a foreign government attack. investigators studied reports of headaches, dizziness and nausea among u.s. officials starting in cuba, in 2016. they found most resulted from environmental factors and other medical conditions. two dozen cases are still under review. the first disaster relief arrived in tonga today, five days after an undersea volcanic eruption. flights from new zealand and australia were finally able to deliver much-needed drinking water and other supplies. they had waited for ash to be cleared from the south pacific nation's main airport. >> the runway being open and able to accept flights in with essential relief items is one of the very good news stories of this disaster response. we had hundreds of volunteers come out and manuay clear the runway of debris and ash to ensure that those flights could land. >> woodruff: across the pacific, peru declared an emergency as it battles a huge oil s

and it was a tough decision, the director of the c.i.a. told everybody to buckle up because she knew that we might have tremendous fallout, and what happened, it was a very weak response from the iranians, said we are going to shoot at you one time and then done, and did and it was done, a right decision at the time. secretary pompeo is correct. >> sandra: and backed it up saying soleimani was actively plotting against america, and american leadership now has the responsibility to keep every american safe against the threat from iran. what does all this mean big picture finally, general, we know a new nuclear deal is trying to be hashed out. >> i think what it means is when we were operating, president trump was operating, operating from strength and he knew the iranian government, supreme leader knew he was next on the list, super escalated. not just tit for tat, we went up very high and that means america has to understand that when we work in the middle east, especially with the iranians, we have to come from a period, a position of str

i just come from the school, you know, a c.i.a. officer and pentagon official, under promise and over deliver and we haven't been doing that. >> i mean, cleve, she's not wrong, i don't think, i don't think. do discrete things well. the question is from your reporting, is there appetite within congressional democrats to actually follow through on that? >> yeah, well, two things. i understand under promise and over deliver, but i think one of the problems that democrats and joe biden specifically have had is not delivering on the promises that they've made, especially with things regarding black folders, voting rights. criminal justice reform. so, you know, i understand wanting to take smaller, you know, steps, but i've talked to a considerable number of people who just feel that, you know, the time for those steps is sort of over and there needs to be more of an effort to deliver on the reasons that people put, put joe biden in office. the second thing is there is just a sense among a lot of the people that i talk to, you know, in t

it was the national endowment of democracy, an extension of the c.i.a., which organized a coup in ukraine. they were caught talking about it on the phone, all right, and there was a coup organized and a democratically elected person was overthrown and a pro-american regime was installed there. it seems to me the objective there was to take away that naval base, which is the russians' only strategic court that they were leasing. if you can have a country organizing a coup and the national security of russia is at stake without that naval base, that is a pretty dangerous provocation and it seems to me putin had to take crimea for that reason. secondly, you didn't mention the treaty that we unilaterally withdraw drew from in -- withdrew from in 2002. we put missile defense in romania. that is as provocative an action to destabilize nuclear parity. it gives us the ability to shoot down their neuk be leer missilen case there was a crisis. we were trying to gain nuclear superiority over them. that is highly provocative, sir. host: go ahead and respond, john. guest: ok. first i think you need to

it was the national endowment of democracy, an extension of the c.i.a., which organized a coup in ukraine. they were caught talking about it on the phone, all right, and there was a coup organized and a democratically elected person was overthrown and a pro-american regime was installed there. it seems to me the objective there was to take away that naval base, which is the russians' only strategic court that they were leasing. if you can have a country organizing a coup and the national security of russia is at stake without that naval base, that is a pretty dangerous provocation and it seems to me putin had to take crimea for that reason. secondly, you didn't mention the treaty that we unilaterally withdraw drew from in -- withdrew from in 2002. we put missile defense in romania. that is as provocative an action to destabilize nuclear parity. it gives us the ability to shoot down their neuk be leer missilen case there was a crisis. we were trying to gain nuclear superiority over them. that is highly provocative, sir. host: go ahead and respond, john. guest: ok. first i think you need to