Morell: Shifting Resources from the Counterterrorism Community Contributed to the Border Issues

‘It’s the lack of information and then it’s the system itself’

Current Time 0:00
Duration -:-
Loaded: 0%
Stream Type LIVE
Remaining Time -:-
 
1x
  • Chapters
  • descriptions off, selected
  • captions off, selected

    EXCERPT:

    MORELL: “We've shifted resources from the counterterrorism community to the China community. Now, that's understandable to some degree. It's been significant. So I think there's a cost to the intelligence we're collecting. The vetting system -- beyond not having the information, the vetting system does not provide all of the information that the government has. There was just a DHS inspector general report --“
    BRENNAN: “Mm-hmm.”
    MORELL: “-- that outlined all the problems with the vetting system. So, it's lack of information, and then it's the system itself.”