Shawn Ryan

It's a great question, and they basically give the answer in there.

I think our leaders need to say before they deploy people into harm's way, this is the objective.

This is why I'm sending you to this country.

I'm sending you to this country to accomplish this military objective and then quickly be able to articulate why that objective is in our vital national security interest.

in America's vital national security interests.

Why, if we don't take out this threat, it's going to harm Americans.

That has to be very, very clear up front, and it has to come from the commander in chief.

I understand there's like the War Powers Act, and there's certain things that Congress should be able to do, but as fast as things move, this largely rests at the executive branch

Unfortunately, unless the Congress is willing, unless we elect enough people in Congress that are willing to withhold funding from the military or for operations, unless there's actually a War Powers Declaration.

Hmm, that's a tough one.

I think in terms of,

Yeah, that's a very good question.

I think in terms of screening and vetting, it's a big part of what NCTC does to make sure when people come into the country, they don't have ties to a terrorist organization.

There's a lot of different agencies that touch screening and vetting in America.

In the U.S.

government, it's a very complicated bureaucracy.

I think there basically needs to be one central clearinghouse for screening and vetting to decide if someone has ties to a terrorist organization or not and whether or not they should be allowed in.

The problem is there's a bunch of different ways, and there's a bunch of people who have equities and are able to say whether or not folks are let in.

I think there needs to be one agency for that, and that should be NCTC.

Roger that.