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Ok… riddle solutionreplace NICHOLAS RASMUSSEN name where ever NO NAME is in sequence.

Who is he? He is son of Gary and Mary Jo from Wisconsin. Interesting: there is exact name match in Wisconsin…possible fake family? Wife: Maria A Rasmussen teaches at Naval Postgraduate Studies in Dept of National Security Administration… supervises thesis by military personnel on terrorists! She is blank slate otherwise .. no wedding photos.. nothing.. looks very similar to Paddocks girlfriend.

Nicholas was under Dick Armitage - Armitage and Bush and Helms were tied up with Five Star Trust funds .. trillions… CIA slush money for deep State.. see Eliahi Priest intel dump the other day.

Nicholas works on Arab-Israeli peace, North Korea, and has his hands in all kinds of goodies.

He helps merge CIA and FBI counter-terrorism groups (Peter Strzok) Post 911.

NCTC gets created in response to 911 commission report.. first Director: John O Brennan! Other names are familiar people crying about their clearances!

In 2012 Holder gives NCTC authority to look at massive amounts of NSA data… to spy on US citizens .. same year that Nicholas becomes Deputy Director.

When his boss (someone who worked closely with Mueller at DOJ) leaves to start Cyber Security firm .. he become Director in 2014. (See pic of wife.. only one we can find).

He writes opinion for FISC along with Brennan and Comey and Clapper urging FISC to renew 90 day certification even though Adm Rogers audit uncovered massive irregularities in collection and storage and to/from/about queries.

Nicholas leaves NCTC and goes to work for McCain Institute 12/17… but he is also hired as NBC / CNBC analyst just like Brennan!

It isn’t McCain who visited WH! It’s Nicholas Rasmussen! Between 10/2016 and 1/20/17… to cover their asses on FISA abuse!

Now.. this guy and his wife look like spooks.. and the parents maybe spooks or Manchurians too.

I am sure he still has clearance and well as his wife.

Dig this SOB! The Brennan / Rasmussen / Mueller / Strzok connection to McCain is all right here!

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Nicholas Rasmussen wife looks similar to Paddock girlfriend … mole on her forehead

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McCraven approves of this guy in 2014 nomination … yeah that McCraven!

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NOTABLE

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Dicka Armitage CIA leak case…. Rasmussen tied in

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/30/washington/30armitage.html

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Novak and Woodward were tied up in this CIA leak…. all goes back to Uranium …and reason for war with Iraq

Rasmussen was key aid for Armitage and was involved in the entire Mideast peace … and the North Korea desk at State.

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Rasmussen testimony for confirmation. McRaven vouched for him // shows he worked for Armitage at State. This guys fingerprints on everything.

https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/news_documents/hearing_to_consider_nomination_nicholas_j_rasmussen.pdf

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Gary W. vs Gary J… two different people.

But odd how both wives are named Mary Jo

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/us/politics/counterterrorism-center-director-rasmussen.html

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By Greg Miller

, Reporter

December 22, 2017

His tenure as a top U.S. counterterrorism official coincided with the rise of the Islamic State, a wave of attacks in Europe, and a surge in terrorist recruiting through online propaganda.

But as Nicholas Rasmussen approached the end of his five-year run at the National Counterterrorism Center this month — including three years as director — he voiced concern that efforts to protect the United States from mass casualty attacks are being undermined by the nation's policies on guns.

"We find ourselves in a more dangerous situation because our population of violent extremists has no difficulty gaining access to weapons that are quite lethal," Rasmussen said this month. "I wish that weren't so."

His remarks represent a moment of rare candor by a senior U. S. intelligence official on an issue that is politically charged. Rasmussen, who has often tempered his public comments to avoid controversy, made the statement during a final briefing with reporters before his scheduled departure from NCTC on Friday.

[The jihadist plan to use women to launch the next incarnation of ISIS]

Rasmussen, who is retiring, was among the few high-ranking holdovers from the Obama administration to remain in place for the first year under President Trump. He held senior positions at NCTC and the White House in both Republican and Democratic administrations during a 27-year career in government.

The Trump administration has not signaled who will replace Rasmussen at NCTC. The job will be held on an interim basis by the center's deputy director, Russell Travers, officials said.

The center was created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks amid sweeping reforms aimed at helping to improve coordination among spy agencies and the sharing of critical information about terror plots.

Those changes — combined with new laws, the war in Afghanistan, covert CIA operations overseas and massive investments in airport security in the United States — are widely credited with degrading al-Qaeda and reducing U.S. vulnerability to attacks of 9/11 magnitude.

The past decade, however, has brought new dangers driven by a surge in gun violence in the United States, including several high-profile attacks classified as acts of Islamist terror, without any comparable mobilization of resources or response. Counterterrorism officials have quietly voiced frustration about the matter for years.

"We definitely talked about it a lot," said Matt Olsen, who was Rasmussen's predecessor at the counterterrorism center. Rasmussen served as his deputy before stepping into the director position in December 2014. "For some it was a source of frustration that we couldn't do more."

Aspects of U.S. policy seem "irrational" when viewed from the counterterrorism perspective, Olsen said. Individuals who appear on the terrorism-related "no-fly" list are barred from boarding aircraft, Olsen said, but not purchasing a gun.

Agencies that scour databases for clues that radicalized individuals might be close to committing violence would probably be more effective if they could monitor weapons purchases, Olsen said. "But we really don't do that, because guns are just a third rail issue."

Gun rights proponents argue wider possession of firearms can help stop terrorist attacks. Some of the deadliest shootings in the United States in recent years, including the October attack in Las Vegas, were carried out by gunmen with no apparent tie to terrorist groups.

[Las Vegas: Six teens and the wounds they carry]

Rasmussen emphasized he could not offer any political solutions and law enforcement and national security agencies need to remain focused on preventing the spread of violent ideology — a mission he said has been complicated by anti-Muslim rhetoric.

Recent terrorist attacks in Europe and the United States have been built around crude plots using vehicles or other means to achieve mass casualties. Still, Rasmussen said, the connection between the abundant availability of weapons and the potential for violence is a simple calculation for counterterrorism analysts.

"More weapons, more readily available, increases the lethality of those that would pick them up and use them," he said. The United States' security measures and more integrated Muslim population are often credited with helping the country to avoid attacks like those in Paris and Brussels in recent years.

But Rasmussen said his overseas counterparts are sometimes astonished by the United States' approach on guns. He described a recent conversation with a security official in a country — presumably in Europe — with a significant radicalization problem.

"If we faced our terror threat with your level of access to firearms," the official said, according to Rasmussen, "We'd be in big trouble."

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Nick Rasmussen surfaced yesterday in this article. He is a paid NBC / MSNBC analyst like Brennan before him.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-admin-intentionally-slowing-fbi-vetting-refugees-ex-officials-say-n903346

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Nick Rasmussen's leak interviews!!

https://www.emptywheel.net/2015/02/18/nick-rasmussens-leak-interviews/

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Nick Rasmussen’s Leak Interviews

February 18, 2015/in Leak Investigations /by emptywheel

This is a detail I’ve meant to post on for some time, but the discussion of ODNI’s latest on leaks has finally prompted me to point to this detail.

As part of the standard questionnaire for Intelligence Committee nominees, Rasmussen was asked if he had been interviewed in the last 10 years in a leak investigation (question 42). He responded that he had been interviewed in two investigations:

In 2013, for a FBI investigation concerning compromise/leak of classified information related to a disrupted terrorism plot in 2010

In 2014, in connection with an FBI counterintelligence investigation.

The latter one is likely to be the 2014 investigation into who leaked a terrorist watch list document to the Intercept. Rasmussen would clearly be among the (as he describes it “large number of people who had access by virtue of position to the information that was reportedly compromised.”

It’s the other investigation I’m interested in. The best known “disrupted” terrorist plot in 2010 was the AQAP toner cartridge plot. And while it could be a different thwarted plot (like Faisal Shahzad’s attack, though not much got leaked about it except from Pakistan), no one has ever reported an investigation into that, even though aspects of that leak largely resembled the UndieBomb 2.0 leak that DOJ subpoenaed the AP over.

But I’m just as struck by Rasmussen’s silence about the UndieBomb 2.0 leak investigation. Rasmussen remained at the same counterterrorism position in the White House until June 2012, through the UndieBomb 2.0 leak. Unless those investigations merged (which might explain why they were investigating a 2010 leak in 2013), it would seem to suggest that Rasmussen was not read into the UndieBomb 2.0 infiltration, in spite of its significant similarities to the Toner Cartridge infiltration.

By way of comparison, here’s how John Brennan answered the same question (he was going to be interviewed on the UndieBomb 2.0 leak during his confirmation process).

MD USA: Possible unauthorized disclosures of information to reporters about cyberattacks against Iran.

DC USA: Possible unauthorized disclosures of information to reporters about a foiled bomb plot tied to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (scheduled for February 1, 2013)

The comparison raises the same questions: There’s no way Brennan wasn’t read into whatever 2010 thwarted attack got compromised, because he would have been read into everything (he was a key point person on both the Faisal Shahzad attack, and did a big dog-and-pony show around the Toner Cartridge plot).

Were Rasmussen and Brennan just discussing the same investigation, into how details of double agents in AQAP kept getting exposed (in large part, by our Saudi and AQAP allies). In any case, was Rasmussen not interviewed in the latter part, in which case it would suggest the compartment for the latter was much more closely held?

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Nck Rasmussen upset over McCabe firing… CNBC analyst talking to Morning Joe…

https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/counter-terrorism-expert-sad-upset-over-andrew-mccabe-firing-1190252099548?v=railb

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Nick Rasmussen has been collecting data on US Citizens. Raw NSA data access.

https://magazine.wesleyan.edu/2017/08/01/threat-assessments/

White House Situation Room, May 1, 2011, 4:00 P.M. EDT: Presiden Barack Obama and his inner circle anxiously watch aerial footage of one of the highest-stakes and riskiest operations ever carried out—a team of elite Navy SEALs raiding a fortified compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The leaders back in Washington don’t know for certain whether their target—terrorist leader Osama bin Laden—is actually in the bunker that President Obama has just sent the SEALs into. They also don’t know if the troops will make it out alive. It’s a moment that will forever after define a presidency.

You probably didn’t notice Nick Rasmussen’s right shoulder peeking out from behind John Brennan, President Obama’s assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism, in the famous photo from that tense evening. But in another photo, now framed on Rasmussen’s wall in the director’s office at the National Counterterrorism Center in McLean, Va., he is shown briefing President Barack Obama while the nation’s top political and national security figures—Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and CIA director Leon Panetta, among others—listen intently.

Rasmussen has staked out an increasingly influential position at the center of the nation’s counterterrorism conversation since the 9/11 attacks thrust the issue into the forefront of American consciousness. His assessments of the intelligence on bin Laden’s whereabouts contributed to one of President Obama’s biggest foreign policy successes. He has helped break down barriers between intelligence agencies that obscured a full picture of Al Qaeda’s operations and points out that no such mass-casualty attack by a foreign terrorist organization has occurred in the United States in the more-than-15 years since. He is now helping to modernize the country’s counterterrorism arsenal yet again, to counter emerging threats from nimble, Web-savvy organizations such as ISIS.

But Rasmussen and his team have also adapted to the new reality. They consider traditional sources of intelligence as well as the vast expanse of publicly available information, including social media. To supplement human analysis, they are experimenting with advanced computational techniques known as machine learning to comb vast quantities of data for meaningful patterns. They work with social media companies to identify how terrorists are using their platforms and what new methods they are using for dissemination. They also work with communities to help them identify the signs of radicalization. Still, he says, determining what information is relevant is a perpetual challenge. “It’s not just a haystack; it’s a mountain of haystacks,” he says. “We can’t hire enough analysts; technology also has to be part of the equation.”

Rasmussen and his colleagues continue to look for ways to share and aggregate more information—always moving “toward a more perfect union,” he says— and have built collaborations with partners around the globe facing similar threats.

Nevertheless, Rasmussen admits that he and his colleagues don’t have all the answers. After Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded 53 at an Orlando nightclub in 2016, Rasmussen and others pored over intelligence they had received but could not identify what they could have done differently to identify the threat. In another recent interview, he named two worries that keep him awake at night: the possibility of a shadow terrorist network escaping detection inside the U.S. and the continued challenge of keeping weapons off the thousands of airplanes that fly every day.

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https://www.gettyimages.com/event/security-chiefs-testify-at-house-hearing-on-worldwide-security-threats-606856319#national-counterterrorism-center-director-nicholas-rasmussen-federal-picture-id512247292

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Cozy family! Brennan and McRaven and Rasmussen will all be together!

https://intelligencestudies.utexas.edu/events

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Brennan to Join McRaven and Rasmussen on TribFest Panel

Friday, Sep 28, 2018 - Friday, Sep 28, 2018 | 8:30 - 9:30 am | The Paramount Theatre

UT Distinguished Scholar and ISP's Senior Advisor John Brennan will be in Austin on the morning of Friday, September 28, to participate in "The Threat Assessment" event. Brennan, a former CIA Director, will be joined on the panel by former UT System Chancellor William McRaven, Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Nick Rasmussen, and NBC's Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel. This panel's discussion will be moderated by Professor William Inboden, Executive Director of the Clements Center for National Security.

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The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

January 14, 2017

Readout of the Principal-Level Transition Exercise

The White House on Friday afternoon convened a transition exercise with members of the President-Elect's team and Cabinet designees together with current senior White House, Cabinet, and agency leaders. The exercise provided a high-level perspective on a series of challenges that the next administration may face and introduced the key authorities, policies, capabilities, and structures that are currently in place to respond to major domestic incidents. Members of President Obama's team shared experiences and lessons from incident responses they experienced, and both sides discussed a number of response scenarios together. Participants agreed that the exercise was productive and advanced the shared goal of conducting the most professional and seamless transition possible.

Obama Administration Participants Included:

Chair

Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

Denis McDonough, Assistant to the President and White House Chief of Staff

Susan Rice, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

Neil Eggleston, Assistant to the President and White House Counsel

Cecilia Munoz, Assistant to the President and Director of the Domestic Policy Council

Avril Haines, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor

Dab Kern, Assistant to the President and Director, White House Military Office

Amy Pope, Deputy Homeland Security Advisor and Deputy Assistant to the President

Suzy George, Deputy Assistant to the President and NSC Chief of Staff

John Holdren, Office of Science and Technology Policy Director

Shaun Donovan, Office of Management and Budget Director

Ashton Carter, Secretary of Defense

Gen Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security

Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior

Dr. Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy

John King, Secretary of Education

Nicholas Rasmussen, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center

James Comey, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director

John Brennan, Central Intelligence Agency Director

Gayle Smith, U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator

Sylvia Burwell, Health and Human Services Secretary

Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Ely Ratner, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President

Thomas Shannon, UnderSecretary of State for Political Affairs

Adam Szubin, Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Department of the Treasury

Lt. Gen Todd Semonite, Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Sally Yates, Deputy Attorney General

Bruce Andrews, Deputy Secretary of Commerce

Christopher Lu, Deputy Secretary of Labor

Nicole Lurie, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services

Nani Coloretti, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development

Victor Mendez, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Transportation

Kevin Hanretta, Assistant Secretary for Operations, Security, and Preparedness, Department of Veterans Affairs

Craig Fugate, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator

ADM Paul Zukunft, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard

Stanley Meiburg, Acting Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency

Maria Contreras-Sweet, Small Business Administration Administrator

Gen Lori Robinson, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command

Gen Joseph Lengyel, Chief of the National Guard Bureau

Incoming Administration Participants Included:

Reince Priebus

Rex Tillerson

Steven Mnuchin

Gen. James Mattis

Rep. Ryan Zinke

Sen. Jeff Sessions

Rep. Mike Pompeo

Wilbur Ross

Betsy DeVos

Sen. Dan Coats

Andrew Puzder

Dr. Tom Price

Dr. Ben Carson

Elaine Chao

Gov. Rick Perry

Dr. David Shulkin

Gen. John Kelly

Rep. Mick Mulvaney

Linda McMahon

Sean Spicer

Joe Hagin

Stephen Miller

Marc Short

Joshua Pitcock

Tom Bossert

KT McFarland

Gen. Michael Flynn

Gary Cohn

Katie Walsh

Rick Dearborn

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The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

September 10, 2011

Readout of the President's National Security Team Meeting

This morning at 10:00am, the President chaired a meeting of his senior national security team to review ongoing efforts to mitigate potential terrorist threats as well as to review steps taken to enhance the Nation’s security posture leading into the 9/11 anniversary. The President praised the excellent coordination and information sharing taking place among federal, state, and local officials. He directed his team to pursue vigorously all threat information and to ensure a heightened state of vigilance and preparedness as we commemorate the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The President also stressed that the United States must not relax its counterterrorism efforts in the weeks and months that follow, as the safety and security of the American people must be a daily priority for all departments and agencies. The President said that he wants to be kept fully apprised of developments related to the recent threat information and asked for regular updates on security preparations.

Attendees include:

Eric Holder, Attorney General

Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security (via VTC)

William Daley, Chief of Staff

Tom Donilon, National Security Advisor

John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

Robert Mueller, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Admiral James Winnefeld, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

General David Petraeus, Ret., Director, Central Intelligence Agency

Matt Olsen, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center

General Keith Alexander, Director of the National Security Agency

Thomas Nides, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources

Robert Cardillo, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Intelligence Integration

Mark Sullivan, Director of the United States Secret Service

Mike Vickers, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence

Michael Morell, Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency

Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications

Heidi Avery, Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security

Sean Joyce, Executive Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Brian McKeon, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President

Avril Haines, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President

Nicholas Rasmussen, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism

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The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

October 08, 2014

Readout of the President’s Meeting with the National Security Council on ISIL

This afternoon at the Pentagon, the President met with his National Security Council to discuss the implementation of the comprehensive U.S. strategy to counter ISIL. He received an update on military operations by the United States and our international partners in Iraq and Syria. He was also briefed on the security and political situation in both countries. The President discussed with his team the importance of supporting Iraqi efforts to reconstitute their security forces, including their plan to create a new National Guard structure to more effectively integrate local security elements to combat ISIL. He also discussed the importance of increasing support for the Syrian moderate opposition in the campaign to counter ISIL in Syria. The President was briefed on coalition contributions to date, including ongoing conversations with key partners as we work closely to integrate their unique capabilities into the broader strategy to combat ISIL in Iraq and Syria.

Participants in today’s meeting included:

The President

John Kerry, Secretary of State

Jacob Lew, Secretary of the Treasury

Chuck Hagel, Secretary of Defense

Eric Holder, Attorney General

Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security

Denis McDonough, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff

Susan Rice, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

Shaun Donovan, Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Amb. Samantha Power, Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations

John Podesta, Counselor to the President

Neil Eggleston, Assistant to the President and Counsel to the President

James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence

Antony Blinken, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor

Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

Benjamin Rhodes, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting

Katie Fallon, Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs

William Burns, Deputy Secretary of State

Robert Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense

Christine Wormuth, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

James Comey, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (via secure video)

John Brennan, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

GEN Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

ADM James Winnefeld, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

GEN Lloyd Austin, Commander, U.S. Central Command

Nicholas Rasmussen, Acting Director of the National Counterterrorism Center

John Allen, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL (via secure video)

Brett McGurk, Deputy Special President Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL (via secure video)

Colin Kahl, Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President

Philip Gordon, Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and Gulf Region

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The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

December 16, 2014

Readout of the President’s Meeting with the National Security Council on Potential Holiday Threats

The President convened a meeting with his National Security Council today to review potential threats to the U.S. homeland and U.S. personnel overseas ahead of the busy travel period and the large public gatherings expected during the upcoming holidays. He received an update on security preparations planned and underway throughout the country, and also reviewed ongoing efforts to monitor the potential for violent reactions overseas to the release of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s report on the CIA’s former detention and interrogation program. The President also discussed the U.S. security posture in Pakistan in light of the horrific attack in Peshawar today that killed dozens of innocent students and children. The President thanked his national security team for their tireless work and directed departments and agencies to continue to do everything in their power and within their authority to identify and disrupt any potential threats both at home and abroad to protect the American people.

Participants Included:

• The Vice President

• Eric Holder, Attorney General

• James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence

• General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

• Susan Rice, National Security Advisor

• Denis McDonough, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff

• John Brennan, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

• Admiral Michael Rogers, Director of the National Security Agency

• Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations (via secure video teleconference)

• Neil Eggleston, Counsel to the President

• Antony Blinken, Deputy National Security Advisor

• Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

• Heather Higginbottom, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources

• Robert Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense

• Alejandro Mayorkas, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security

• Nicholas Rasmussen, Acting Director of the National Counterterrorism Center

• John Pistole, Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration

• Mark Giuliano, Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

• John Carlin, Assistant Attorney General

• Colin Kahl, National Security Advisor to the Vice President

• Suzanne George, Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the National Security Council

• Brian Egan, Deputy Counsel to the President and National Security Council Legal Adviser

• Marcel Lettre, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence

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The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

November 07, 2014

President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts:

Antony Blinken – Deputy Secretary, Department of State

Adewale Adeyemo – Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Development, Department of the Treasury

David Avren Jones – Member, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Michael D. Kennedy – Member, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, and upon appointment to be designated Chairman

Marisa Lago – Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, Office of the United States Trade Representative

Nicholas J. Rasmussen – Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence

President Obama said, “I am grateful that these talented and dedicated individuals have agreed to take on these important roles and devote their talents to serving the American people. I look forward to working with them in the coming months and years.”

President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts:

Nicholas J. Rasmussen, Nominee for Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Nicholas J. Rasmussen is currently Deputy Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), a position he has held since 2012. From 2007 to 2012, Mr. Rasmussen was a member of the National Security Council (NSC) staff, where he served as a Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism. He held senior policy and planning positions at NCTC from 2004 to 2007, and from 2001 to 2004 he served as Director for Regional Affairs in the Office of Combating Terrorism on the NSC staff. Previously, Mr. Rasmussen served at the Department of State (DOS), where he was Special Assistant to the Special Middle East Coordinator from 1996 to 2001 as well as Special Assistant to Ambassador-at-Large Robert Gallucci from 1994 to 1996. He also served as a Foreign Affairs Analyst in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs at DOS from 1991 to 1994. Mr. Rasmussen received a B.A. from Wesleyan University and an M.P.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

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Is she a squirter?

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Remarks by the President at the National Counterterrorism Center

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

____________

For Immediate Release October 6, 2009

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT

AT THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER

National Counterterrorism Center

McLean, Virginia

11:34 A.M. EDT

…..

we redoubled our resolve against the extremists who continue to plot against the United States and our allies.

So we need you more than ever. Our troops and our intelligence officers in the field, our diplomats overseas, our law enforcement here at home, they all depend on you – your analysis, your insights, your ability to work together, across divisions and disciplines, turning information into intelligence and sharing it quickly, in real time, with those who need it.

As I said before, I am one of those consumers of your work product here at NCTC. Every morning I look to you for the latest intelligence. In fact, I think so highly of NCTC that I picked the guy who put NCTC together – John Brennan – as my chief adviser for counterterrorism and homeland security. And by the way, John Brennan is here and doing an outstanding job each and every day. He's also, by the way, I think, responsible for getting this spiffy building up and running.

Now, again, a lot of you are working in some obscurity right now. Few Americans know about the work that you do, and this is how it should be. Your assignments require it, and obviously you didn't go into this line of work for the fame and glory, or the glare of the spotlight. You're in this to serve and protect.

…

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National Intelligence Program

Media contact: 703-733-8600

FY 2012 Request: $55 billion

FY 2010 Enacted: $53 billion

The National Intelligence Program (NIP) funds intelligence activities in several Federal departments and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). NIP’s work is critical to not only protecting American citizens, but also safeguarding our economy from outside threats to foster continued economic growth. This 2012 Budget request represents a focused effort by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to introduce greater fiscal discipline within the NIP. Although not subject to the President's freeze on non-security discretionary spending, the DNI has conducted an efficiencies review similar to that of the Department of Defense. The DNI has used many of these identified efficiencies to reduce the growth in spending within the Intelligence Community. The Budget discloses for the first time the aggregate funding for NIP – $55 billion in 2012. However, detailed funding requests for intelligence activities remain classified.

Strengthens the Capabilities of our Nation’s Intelligence Agencies

Strengthens the capabilities of the Nation's intelligence agencies to furnish timely, accurate, and insightful intelligence on the capabilities and intentions of foreign powers, including international terrorist groups.

Supports efforts to defeat terrorists and disrupt their capabilities; prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; penetrate and analyze the most difficult targets of interest to the U.S.; identify and disrupt counterintelligence threats; maintain the security of Federal cyber networks; and provide strategic warning on issues of geopolitical and economic concern. The Administration also remains committed to measuring performance to assess progress and create accountability for results across the NIP.

Supports the building of a responsible information environment that enables the integration and sharing of intelligence information anywhere, anytime, with any authorized user‐where access is controlled by policy and law and not constrained by technology.

Supports the President’s Strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Supports global intelligence operations in regions of strategic importance, namely Afghanistan and Pakistan, with Intelligence Community (IC) collection and analysis playing a key role in informing decision-makers at the strategic level and supporting the U.S. forces at a tactical level.

Enhances Federal Cybersecurity Capabilities

Supports Presidential cybersecurity priorities, including continued research and development. A secure U.S. information infrastructure — including IC telecommunications and computer networks and systems, and the data that reside on them—is critical to the Nation’s security and economy.

Supports the U.S. Counterterrorism Plan

Supports implementation of the National Counterterrorism Center’s (NCTC) U.S. Government-wide counterterrorism (CT) action plan and the use of program evaluations to help improve the effectiveness of CT programs.

Improves Oversight of Contractor Workforce

Continues to improve oversight of the contractor workforce to improve the way Federal dollars are spent by implementing guidance on the proper use of contractors and through the annual core contractor inventory.

Includes reductions to the contractor workforce as the DNI seeks to streamline operations and make the IC more efficient.

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https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/12/17/statement-president-after-briefing-national-counterterrorism-center

>>2740335

what a joke….

Today, I wanted to hold our meeting here – rather than in the Situation Room at the White House, I wanted to hold it at the National Counterterrorism Center because this is the hub of where so many of our experts and efforts come together. And I want to thank our Director of National Intelligence Clapper, Jim Clapper, as well as NCTC Director Nick Rasmussen, and everybody at NCTC – all of you – for welcoming us here today.

Now, Nick, along with CIA Director Brennan and FBI Director Comey, provided a threat briefing. And Director Comey and Attorney General Lynch updated us on the investigation into the San Bernardino attacks. I reiterated that the investigation will continue to have the full support of the federal government and that we should leave no stone unturned in determining why and how these terrorists carried out that tragedy. Secretary of Homeland Security Johnson updated us on the measures we’re taking here at home to increase awareness, stay vigilant, and enhance the safety of the traveling public, especially with so many Americans traveling during the holidays.

After the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, I know that a lot of Americans were anxious. And that’s understandable. It’s natural. What matters most to all of us are our friends and our families and our communities and their safety. That's true of folks inside of government as well as outside of government. But here’s what I want every American to know. Since 9/11, we’ve taken extraordinary steps to strengthen our homeland security – our borders, our ports, our airports, our aviation security, including enhanced watch lists and screening. And we’ve gotten much better – thanks in part to the people in this room – of preventing large, complex attacks like 9/11.

First, we’re going after terrorists over there, where they plot and plan and spew their propaganda. As I described at the Pentagon, we’re hitting ISIL harder than ever in Syria and Iraq. We are taking out their leaders. Our partners on the ground are fighting to push ISIL back, and ISIL has been losing territory.

Our Special Operations Forces are hard at work. We took out the ISIL leader in Libya. We’ve taken out terrorists in Yemen and Somalia. So we're sending a message: If you target Americans, you will have no safe haven. We will find you, and we will defend our nation.

Meanwhile, as always, we're working to protect Americans overseas – including our military bases and servicemembers. And Secretary John Kerry updated us on security at our embassies and our diplomatic posts.

Second, we continue to do everything in our power to prevent terrorists from getting into the United States. We're doing more with countries around the world, including our European partners, to prevent the flow of foreign terrorist fighters – both to places like Syria and Iraq, and back into our countries.

We're implementing additional layers of security for visitors who come here under the Visa Waiver Program and we're working with Congress to make further improvements. Any refugee coming to the United States – some of them victims of terrorism themselves – will continue to get the most intensive scrutiny of any arrival. They go through up to two years of vetting, including biometric screening. And the review that I ordered into the fiancé visa program, under which the female terrorist in San Bernardino came here, is ongoing.

Third, we're stepping up our efforts to prevent attacks here at home. As I said, the NCTC is constantly sharing information with our state and local partners. Across the country more than 100 joint terrorism task forces are the action arm of this fight – federal, state, and local experts all working together to disrupt threats. At the state level, fusion cells are receiving tips and pushing information out to local law enforcement. Just yesterday the Department of Homeland Security updated its alert system to make sure Americans are getting the most timely and useful information.

And with groups like ISIL trying to radicalize people to violence, especially online, part of our meeting today focused on how we can continue to strengthen our partnership between law enforcement, high-tech leaders, communities, faith leaders, and citizens. We’ve got to keep on building up trust and cooperation that helps communities inoculate themselves from the kind of propaganda that ISIL is spewing out, preventing their loved ones – especially young people – from succumbing to terrorist ideologies in the first place.

>>2740830

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/12/17/statement-president-after-briefing-national-counterterrorism-center

>>2740335

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

September 30, 2016

Statement by NSC Spokesperson Ned Price on the Status Report on the Implementation of Executive Order 13698 Hostage Recovery Activities

Last year, President Obama ordered comprehensive updates to U.S. hostage recovery policy and signed an Executive Order to organize more effectively our efforts so we are best postured both to bring home U.S. nationals held abroad and support their families. Since then, we have brought under one roof law enforcement, intelligence, and military experts at the Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, where they work side-by-side to develop and pursue recovery strategies. Moreover, the President designated a Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, who coordinates our diplomatic efforts abroad. The interagency Hostage Response Group is ensuring that all of the elements put into place last year are working together as a team and receiving any guidance and oversight that they need.

To ensure that the U.S. Government implemented these important reforms effectively and continued to identify areas for improvement, the Executive Order required that a status report be completed one year after it was signed. That report was produced this summer by the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) and after discussions with key stakeholders on how best to incorporate their feedback the report is being made public today. The report concludes that last year's institutional and policy changes have had a positive impact on hostage recovery efforts. Where the report identifies work yet to be done or improvements still to be made, departments and agencies have already begun work to implement the recommendations and will continue to seek ways to improve our hostage recovery efforts.

While we know that we cannot prevent every hostage situation, we are fully committed to the safe recovery of our fellow citizens and the provision of unfailing support to their families. With the reforms we have made over the last year, the U.S. Government is now well postured to ensure that hostage recovery activities will remain an enduring priority from administration to administration.

>>2740335

Syria… ISIS… thius was BHO response….

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/09/29/fact-sheet-leaders-summit-counter-isil-and-violent-extremism

>>2740335

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/10/05/press-briefing-press-secretary-josh-earnest-1052016

>>2740861

Roberta.

Q Reuters reported yesterday that the U.S. government directed Yahoo! to build a software program to scan arriving emails. And I'm wondering if you could tell us why the government wanted to do this, and whether orders have been – similar orders have been issued to similar companies looking to scan incoming traffic for certain words or characters, or build custom software to do that.

MR. EARNEST: Well, Roberta, I appreciate the question. As I think you would anticipate, I'm quite limited in what I can say because the report purportedly refers to intelligence programs, and I don’t spend a lot of time discussing the intelligence programs here, and I certainly don’t confirm the existence of individual intelligence programs or individual intelligence tools.

But let me try to respond to your question knowing that I can't discuss the details of the report, or even confirm that the report itself is accurate. But let me just say that we have discussed – what we have discussed in here many times – and we discussed this a lot last summer as the United States Congress was working to implement a bunch of reforms championed by the President to ensure that we were protecting our national security and the civil liberties of the American people. But what I can tell you and what we've discussed in the context of that debate is that the intelligence community has specific tools available to collect intelligence information, including the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. And collection under FISA is subject to rigorous oversight by all three branches of government.

Under FISA, activity is narrowly focused on specific foreign intelligence targets and does involve bulk collection or the use of generic keywords or phrases. The United States only uses signals intelligence for national security purposes, and not for the purpose of indiscriminately reviewing the emails or phone calls of ordinary people, and certainly not of law-abiding American citizens.

The reforms that the President has championed, both using his executive authority and in supporting the USA FREEDOM Act, does bring a measure of greater transparency to these programs, with obvious limits. But those reforms also include beefed-up oversight of the use of these tools. So in the context of FISA, we have previously discussed the existence of FISA courts, essentially federal judges who, in a classified setting, act independently to review requests from intelligence professionals about tools or tactics that they intend to deploy. Those judges obviously have a very important role in this process, and these are federal judges that are able to provide oversight.

In addition to that, within the executive branch there are independent inspectors general offices that have jurisdiction over these kinds of programs. These are attorneys who take very seriously the responsibility that they have to ensure that reforms are implemented and that the rules are followed.

There has also been an expedited schedule for our intelligence professionals reporting to Congress about their activities. And providing that information to the legislative branch also enhances oversight.

The President has also been determined to ensure that we are prioritizing self-reporting – and again, within the constraints of classified programs. So, for example – I’ll just give you two examples. The first is, there’s a Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board that is a bipartisan agency within the executive branch, and earlier this year released its most recent recommendations assessment report. You’ll recall that in 2014, they issued a report putting forward 22 suggested reforms. And they have on a regular basis – I believe it’s an annual basis – been submitting public reports to update the American public on how effectively those reforms have been implemented.

In addition to that, the President has also mandated an annual schedule in which the Office of the Director of National Intelligence issues reports about the effectiveness of implementing reforms that balance our civil liberties with our national security needs. And there have been a couple of versions of that report that have come out. And I can tell you that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence will issue another of those annual reports before the President leaves office in January.

So there is a mechanism for the public – again, within the constraints of our ability to discuss classified information – to evaluate the effectiveness of the reforms that President Obama has championed to ensure that the civil liberties of law-abiding Americans are protected, even as we use powerful tools to protect our homeland security.

>>2740862

Q So just to make sure I understand, you're not confirming the use of any of these tools that were reported on. But if any tool was used, it would be subject to that kind of oversight that you described.

MR. EARNEST: Let me just say that, in general, the tools that are used by the intelligence community to keep us safe are subjected to rigorous oversight by all three branches of government, particularly when these tools are approved in a FISA court.

Q And the lead European regulator on privacy issues said today that they're very concerned about this report. And I’m wondering whether U.S. officials have been able to give assurances to their counterparts about whether non-American citizens are caught up in the use of these kinds of tools, and whether any assurances – whether the government was able to provide any assurances in this case.

MR. EARNEST: Well, the United States has an important information-sharing relationship with intelligence agencies around the world, and a number of those agencies that are based in Europe are some of our closest partners.

I can’t speak to any of the specific conversations that have taken place between U.S. intelligence officials and their foreign intelligence counterparts, but the principles of the reforms that the President initiated over the last couple of years has been rooted in the idea that the United States does not collects signals intelligence for the purpose of suppressing criticism or dissent. The United States does not collect intelligence for the purpose of disadvantaging people based on ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, or religion. The United States does not collect intelligence information to provide a competitive advantage to U.S. companies or U.S. commercial sectors. And in fact, this administration has made clear that we recognize the difference between what we are able to do with our intelligence capability and what the United States should do with our intelligence capability.

That is the intellectual bedrock of many of these reforms, particularly as it relates to some of the concerns that have previously been raised by foreign intelligence agencies. And, again, the President is quite proud of the success that we have had in instituting reforms that certainly protect the privacy and civil liberties of the American people, but also do have a positive impact on the privacy and civil liberties of people outside the United States, as well.

But the President, at each step in implementing these reforms, has also gone to great lengths to make sure that we’re using these tools effectively to protect our national security. And as the President of the United States, he certainly takes very seriously the responsibility that he has to prioritize U.S. national security.

>>2740861

Q Thanks, Josh. Can you give us any sense of the scale of the classified information theft that was announced today at Justice?

MR. EARNEST: Well, Nancy, this is – there was a complaint that was made public today by my colleagues at the Department of Justice. The existence of that complaint obviously is an indication that there is an ongoing criminal investigation. That's going to limit quite sharply what I'm able to discuss from here.

Fortunately, the complaint that they released does include quite a bit of information about what they’ve uncovered thus far in the context of their investigation. So for the facts of this case, I'd refer you to that complaint that has been unsealed. But there’s not much additional information that I can share from here to shed additional light on that investigation other than to point to the fact that this investigation is still ongoing.

Q Is it troubling, though?

MR. EARNEST: Well, I think anytime that information like this is released in the context of a criminal complaint, the federal government is reminded of how important it is to be vigilant about protecting the national security of the country and information that is relevant to our national security. So this is certainly a situation that the Department of Justice takes seriously, as evidenced by their complaint. This is also a situation that President Obama takes quite seriously. And it is a good reminder for all of us with security clearances about how important it is for us to protect sensitive national security information.

>>2740867

Michelle.

Q Thanks, Josh. The fact that these two thefts of information, both from the NSA – two in just a couple of years – involved contractors, does the White House think that that necessitates some greater scrutiny on the process of who these people are, how they come to get into that system?

MR. EARNEST: And when you say these two cases, you’re talking about the case of Mr. Snowden as well, I assume.

Q Mm-hmm.

MR. EARNEST: Well, Mr. Snowden is obviously somebody who has been charged with very serious crimes related to classified information and related to his failure to live up to the commitment that he made to protect that information.

Since 2013, the year that all of us heard of Edward Snowden for the first time, the federal government has taken a number of steps to enhance the protection and security of classified information, including guarding against unauthorized disclosures, especially intentional disclosures. Those steps include building up an effort at the Director of National Intelligence, called the National Insider Threat Task Force. This task force has essentially established government-wide minimum standards for insider threat programs for all agencies that handle classified information. This task force has also launched continuous evaluation programs within the intelligence community to ensure that the high standards that they have set are being adhered to.

There are also some more basic changes that have been made with regard to the way background investigations are conducted. For example, there’s now a five-year reinvestigation requirement for all individuals with a security clearance. There’s also been an effort undertaken to enhance the quality of background investigations. Part of this involves the creation of a National Background Investigations Bureau that will ensure that these background investigations are conducted more efficiently and more effectively.

Coincidentally or not, it is a coincidence. Just earlier this week, the new director of the National Background Investigations Bureau was announced. And that's an indication that they're moving forward on implementing these kinds of reforms.

One other reform that was promoted in the context of the review about what we could do to counter insider threats was reducing the number of people that have access to classified information. And just in the last couple of years, we've succeeded in reducing the number of people that hold classified clearances by 17 percent. So that's an indication of some tangible progress that we have made in ensuring that this information is well protected.

>>2740870

If you dont know who Dagour… Sassoon.. and Kauder are… you need to learn.

This is the Pindar triad. They represent the Exilarch and the Babylonian Talmudic tradition - Jewish High Priest / King in Exile.

Lord Sassoon was the one who told Lord James of Blackheath to shut up about the 15 trillion pounds SWIFTed from the FED to JPMorgan and then to RBS.

Dagour claimed Exilarch title on 700th anniversary.

and Kauder… well little mister Kauder is connected to Podesta and his nice red shoes…

>>2740861

Q So seeing two pretty high-profile cases in just three years, what’s your confidence level then that there aren’t more thefts and leaks out of what is supposed to be the most secure agency really in the country?

MR. EARNEST: Well, listen, the President has got a lot of confidence that the vast majority of people who serve this country in the national security arena, particularly our professionals in the intelligence community, are genuine American patriots. These are professionals who, in many cases, could pursue a rather lucrative private-sector career based on their specific skills and expertise, but have chosen to use those skills to serve the American people and to protect the United States of America and our allies. These people are patriots. And these are people who take very seriously the responsibility that they have to protect the United States of America and to protect the information that could endanger the United States of America.

So that said, we have a responsibility to those professionals and to the American people to be vigilant about ensuring that we are doing everything possible to protect this sensitive information and allow our intelligence professionals to do the important work that they're charged with to protect the American people.

>>2740335

Rich.

Q Josh, at the opening of the briefing, you gave a very detailed list and explanation of safeguards that the administration and federal law has for Americans' privacy. Would the screening of all incoming emails violate those policies?

MR. EARNEST: Well, Rich, let me try to answer that in a couple different ways. Again, I can’t – as much as I would like to discuss publicly the details of this report, I’m just not going to be in a position to. And that means that – so that’s going to limit my ability to answer your question as directly as I would like.

But we have been quite clear, since the Obama administration initiated a set of wide-ranging reforms three years ago, that we draw a clear distinction between what capability the United States has and the capability that we should use; that this discretion should be exercised to protect civil liberties, to protect privacy without limiting those tools in a way that contradicts or undermines our national security.

The point is, we can do both. And the fact is, we can do both. And I think the observation that the President made is that failing to draw that distinction does undermine our national security. The way that some of those tools were deployed prior to these reforms raised serious concerns around the globe and affected our ability to work with our intelligence agencies. That’s not a good thing.

So the judicious and effective use of these programs, consistent with the reforms that we’ve implemented, consistent with independent oversight among three different branches of government is good for protecting privacy and civil liberties of law-abiding American citizens. It also happens to advance our national security interests.

That’s why the President has not just pursued these reforms but also ensured that we built in mechanisms to report back to the public about how effective the implementation of these reforms has been. So we’ve made important progress with regard to appropriately striking the balance between protecting civil liberties and protecting the United States of America. But as we develop new tools and as innovations occur that give us new capabilities, it’s important for our national security professionals to use these principles to guide their decisions as they appropriately strike this balance.

And, again, the President is pleased with the progress that we’ve been able to make over the last three years. The truth is, the progress that we’ve made on this actually dates back even prior to the emergence of Mr. Snowden. This administration had initiated a set of reforms in pursuit of these goals even before the alleged criminal acts of Mr. Snowden were disclosed.

So the President is proud of his record on these issues. But the President would also be the first to acknowledge that the successful implementation of these reforms is going to require some vigilance on the part of our national security professionals.

>>2740335

Q So he got it?

MR. EARNEST: Well, again, I think the public reporting that we've gotten from the Director of – of the Office of National Intelligence, the public reporting that we've gotten from the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board would indicate that we have been effective in implementing these reforms, in part because the Commander-in-Chief has made them a priority.

But again, it’s going to require sustained vigilance. And this is a challenge that the next President will have to also prioritize; that again, as the United States develops additional capabilities – the United States has the best intelligence and national security apparatus in the world. There’s a reason that other countries around the world want to partner with the United States, want to find a way to improve their communication with the United States, because they understand how they can benefit from the kinds of capabilities that we have.

And the evolution and improvement of those capabilities is going to require the intelligence community, under the direction of policymakers, to make smart decisions about balancing the need to protect our basic constitutional rights and the need to protect the United States of America.

Q How would the administration describe its relationship with the tech community in reference to this?

MR. EARNEST: Well, I think I would acknowledge, as I think the tech community would, that there are some places where we don't see eye-to-eye about the most effective way for us to strike this balance.

I think what is undeniable is that the administration has significantly improved the way that we communicate with technology companies in Silicon Valley. That's important because we know that the innovators and experts in Silicon Valley should be partners of the United States.

We know that the engineers and executives at technology companies didn't build these platforms so that terrorists would be more effective. They didn't build these tools so that people who want to harm innocent people can be more violent. In fact, they built these tools because they're committed to the potential impact they could have in making people freer to communicate or express their views, or to associate with people who share their opinions on a range of topics.

So there’s a lot of common ground to be shared. This administration, this government is certainly committed to protecting those kinds of rights to free speech and expression and association.

And we've also found that the innovation in the tech sphere has also been extraordinarily good for the U.S. economy. We certainly don't want do anything that would inhibit the continued innovation of that technology. We also want to make sure that those innovations aren't used by people who are seeking to do harm to the United States of America.

And so there is an opportunity for the United States government and tech companies here in the United States to effectively coordinate. And we have – there is one example. Well, there are many examples. But let me just cite one example of where the United States government and technology companies have become more effective at coordinating their efforts.

We know that extremists affiliated with ISIL use a wide range of social media tools to propagate their hateful ideology. And there are documented cases where the propagation of that ideology through social media has radicalized people in far-flung corners of the world. And the United States government has worked effectively with Twitter and other social media organizations to shut down the channels that are being used by those extremists. That's a good thing. And that's an indication of the kind of effective coordination between the U.S. government and technology.

I don't want to leave you with the impression that Twitter or any other social media company agrees on all these issues with the U.S. government. They don't. They probably disagree with us more often than they do agree. But these are complicated issues. And our ability to communicate with them and work through these challenges and identify common ground that will enhance the national security and the privacy of the American people is important. And we have succeeded in doing that in a way that hadn’t been done before.

>>2740562

KEK

moved to the laptop.. so hard to give up phonefagging… got the shakes

>>2740857

Been digging on the origin of nations:

So sone of Japheth Gomer.. Togermah…Magog.. Meshack… and Tubal.

Ham and Shem go south.. their descendants become the tribes and peoples south of Turkey spreading into modern day Iran, Irag, Israel, etc.

Meshech settles in Caucaus region.. Meshkta still named after him,.. Moschoi the Greeks called them.

Aram.. Armenia… Magog becomes the Scythians…

Tubal and Togermah move north and west and become the forerunners of the Pelasgics.. which move back into Turkey and become the Hittites… then the blending into the Assyrians with the remnants of Aggade (Akkadians)…and the northern tribes are taken away to captivity.. north of the Caucauses… Simeon becomes the Cimmerian peoples…

Tubal makes it all the way to Spain… but not before starting a group that will become the Bulgarians. The river Eber is named after his son… and so is Iberia. The CetIberians (people of Eber / Tubal) become the Celts.. and migrate from Spain.. to Portugal.. and up to the isles of Britain (before Britains migrated from northern Germany / Scandanavia)

But the Scotia… they are unique.. sailing from Israel.. to Greece.. to Iberia… to Portugal… and then to isles… 1420 years before the date of the Scottish Declaration of Independence.

>>2740942

The Pelasgics migrated down and become the forerunners of the the Etruscans (eventually Rome)… the Tyrhhenians… and Athenians..and Trojans..

The Scythians push north and west.. and east as far as Siberia… and the Altai group… but they are not Altai by genotype.

The Babylonians take away Judea to Babylon… and the perversion begins. The Medo-Persians take over the Babylonians… and then eventually fall to Alexander… during the Hellenic period Jewish peoples move all over the empire… Satraps are setup for the Parni peoples and the Bactrians as far as the Hindu Kush. The Parni become the Parthians and these peoples begin to control all the way to Armenia and Jordan.. and to the Russian Steppes

During these years… Judaism transitions to the peoples that are forerunners to the Khazar… and Alans… migrating northward and then west towards the Black Sea.

This constant north… west… and then south circling continues for centuries. The Scythian tribes that moved far north..blended with some Tubal originated tribes that were Hallstet germanics… and Swederians… and Gepids… these are the beginnings of the Ugyer migrations westward… that become the Magyar peoples… before the blending of the Khazars and Turcic people.

Some of the northern Siberian tribes migrate south… become Slovenic… Ruthians… and the Celts have now moved south down the Danube and across to the Volga. The Rus forebears.

The bottom line in all this….

we are all freaking related to this bloodline… the 23 distinct genotypes started have been so blended.

The esoteric meaning of the Aleph to the Tov … the journey.. the precession of life… has been mostly lost ..except to some in the secret societies that perverted it…following the traditions set by the gods to marry the double seed sister.. thus creating the legal heir. all religious dogma will need to be faced like a mirror… to understand the lies and deception used to control.

the concept of separation is the greatest deception

before we were uniquely created by being birthed into the feminine aspect of the Creator ,,, we were not separated and one within the male aspect of the Creator,, the Will… outside of time.

>>2741017

it will be hard for many to go to the next level… focused on the problems of hillary and BHO..

Few are truly evil… but many are deceived and live under a false concept of reality.

As you dig and work on Q… learning to expand your minds… don't forget the constant reminders to pray.. to unite… to remember how to play the game.

Hating the Jews.. or Muslims… or Christians… or Atheists… doesn't solve the problem…

Being vigilant against evil and bad intentions is always smart… but to defeat this evil we must unit in love and peace… looking at those that harm us, hate us, and want to hurt us with love and sadness… only then can we be the people we were created to become… and throw off this yoke of slavery