In his final press conference of the year, President Barack Obama addressed intelligence community assessments that hackers, associated with the Russian government, tampered with the U.S. election in order to sway the victory to Donald Trump.
I'm just not going to address the intelligence aspects here".
Yesterday, President Obama held a press conference to address the intelligence lapses that failed to prevent the Christmas Day plot to bring down a Northwest Airlines jet.
By Jon Michaud January 6 , 2010 Yesterday President Obama held a press conference to address the intelligence lapses that failed to prevent the Christmas Day plot to bring down a Northwest Airlines jet.
Some changes have already been made to address the intelligence failures that left the country vulnerable to the Sept. 11 attacks.
Mr. Sullivan's five-member panel was charged with identifying "best practices" used in the public and private sectors to address security, intelligence, accountability and risk management, all problems at the State Department.
But many in Congress are unconvinced that the plan would address the intelligence gaps that preceded Sept. 11, and Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, said today she would try to push Mr. Bush to go farther.
But the new willingness among lawmakers to allow the C.I.A. greater latitude underscores the depth of feeling in Washington about the need to address the intelligence failings exposed on Tuesday.
One official said Navy leaders, in particular, were distressed that the conclusions outlined before Christmas did not directly address whether intelligence reports and other factors should have warranted raising the Cole's alert to a higher level than "threat condition Bravo," only the third-highest level.
I can't speculate on what will transpire after the holiday season, but TSA will continue to employ security measures designed to address current intelligence and threat information.
