ANYBODY ELSE ACTING IN A VIOLENT
WAY TOWARDS OUR MEN AND WOMEN ON
THE BORDER.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
KNOW HOW MANY AGENCIES OR
DEPARTMENTS ARE UNDER YOUR
JURISDICTION AS THE SECRETARY OF
HOMELAND SECURITY, THAT INCLUDES
COUNTERTERRORISM, PROTECTION OF
NATIONAL LEADERS, CYBER AND
AVIATION SECURITY, PROTECTION
FROM BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL
WEAPONS, BORDER SECURITY,
DISASTER RESPONSE INCLUDING THE
RESPONSE TO HURRICANES THAT JUST
KEPT YOU VERY VERY, VERY BS
KEPT YOU VERY VERY, VERY BY
RECENTLY, BUT BUT WITH ALL THIS
COMING THROUGH TO DEMOCRATIC
LEADERS AND CNN, CAN YOU UPDATE
US TO THE INVESTIGATION ON WHO
THAT PIPE BOMBER MIGHT BE?
>> SCI HAS THE LEAD ON THIS
INVESTIGATION.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM VERY
CLOSELY RIGHT NOW, THE
SECRET SERVICE HAS TAKEN
ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO BE SURE
TO PROTECT ALL OF THEY ARE
PROTECTING US, WHICH SOME OF THE
TEN PACKAGES WENT TO PROTECT HE
IS, AS YOU KNOW.
WE HAVE OUR FEDERAL PROTECTIVE
SERVICE, ALSO IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY, AND SOME
ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FOR FEDERAL
BUILDINGS FOR PRODUCTION.
THEN JUST IN TERMS OF PEOPLE,
PLACES AND THINGS, WE PUT OUT
ALERTS TO THE GOVERNORS, ALL MEN
SECURITY ADVISORS AND, EVERYONE
BE PREPARED.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION
INTO THIS INDIVIDUAL, AND WHO
THIS IS?
>> I DON'T WANT TO IN ANY WAY
HINDER THEIR INVESTIGATION SO I
WON'T SAY MORE ABOUT AN ACTIVE
INVESTIGATION, BUT REST ASSURED
THE PRESIDENT A PROPERLY
DIRECTED EVERYONE WITHIN THE
UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO WORK ON THIS AS QUICKLY AND
EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE TO
BRING THIS PEOPLE OR THIS PERSON
TO JUSTICE.
>> Martha: CAN YOU CONFIRM
THERE WAS A PACKAGE -- >> Sec.
Nielsen: I THINK THERE WERE
SOME LEADS AND THE FBI IS
TRACKING THEM ALL DOWN.
AS YOU KNEEL, SOME OF THE
PACKAGES WENT THROUGH THE MAIL,
AND THAT IS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE
FBI IS DOING AGAIN.
>> Martha: DO YOU HAVE FEEL
CONFIDENT WITH SOME OF THE
MESSAGES THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE
TO FIND THIS PERSON RELATIVELY
QUICKLY?
>> Sec. Nielsen: I'M CONFIDENT
THAT THIS PERSON OR PEOPLE WILL
BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> Martha: THANKS TO THE
PRESIDENT'S OWN STRONG LANGUAGE
WHICH HAS BEEN CRITICIZED AND,
SOME HAVE SUGGESTED IF IT WAS
CREATED IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT
LED TO THIS PIPE BOMB, TO THESE
PIPE BOMB THREATS, AND -- WHAT
WOULD YOU SAY ABOUT THAT?
I WOULD SAY THAT A PERSON THAT
RECOGNIZES ANY ACT OF VIOLENCE,
ANY THREAT OF VIOLENCE CANNOT BE
TOLERATED BY THIS COUNTRY.
THE WAY WE LOOK AT THIS AT DHS,
WE'VE EXPANDED OUR EFFORTS.
HATE IS HATE, VIOLENCE IS
VIOLENCE AND WE TRACKED DOWN ALL
INSTANCES OF THAT, WHEREVER THEY
APPEAR AND WHATEVER THE MOTIVE
IS.
WHETHER IT'S POLITICAL OR NOT
POLITICAL.
WITH ME THIS IS A CLEAR ATTEMPTS
TO UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY AND
DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES, SO WE
CAN'T STAND FOR IT.
WE MUST BRING THESE PEOPLE TO
JUSTICE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
>> Martha: IN TERMS OF THE
PRESIDENT'S LANGUAGE WOULD YOU
AGREE THAT IT HAS BEEN A
INTERVENING FACTOR?
>> Sec. Nielsen: I THINK HE
MADE CLEAR WHAT HE WANTS AND
EXPECTS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT