That Private Email Server ....

Paul Rosenzweig
Friday, September 25, 2015, 1:27 PM

Yesterday Admiral Rogers testified at a SSCI hearing. You can find a video excerpt here. A rough transcript of the questions from Senator Cotton:

COTTON:

Are the communications of the senior-most advisers to the president of the United States, even those that may be unclassified, a top priority for foreign intelligence services, in your opinion?

ROGERS:

Yes.

COTTON:

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Yesterday Admiral Rogers testified at a SSCI hearing. You can find a video excerpt here. A rough transcript of the questions from Senator Cotton:

COTTON:

Are the communications of the senior-most advisers to the president of the United States, even those that may be unclassified, a top priority for foreign intelligence services, in your opinion?

ROGERS:

Yes.

COTTON:

If an NSA employee came to you and said, "Hey, boss, we have reason to believe that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov or Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is conducting official business on a private server." How would you respond?

ROGERS:

From a foreign intelligence perspective, that represents opportunity.

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Paul Rosenzweig is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company and a Senior Advisor to The Chertoff Group. Mr. Rosenzweig formerly served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland Security. He is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University, a Senior Fellow in the Tech, Law & Security program at American University, and a Board Member of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy.

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