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4:22 pm ET By Amy Chozick
Hillary Clinton Calls for ‘Intelligence Surge’ to Fight ISIS
Hillary Clinton spoke at Stanford University on Wednesday.Credit Jim Wilson/The New York Times
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called for an “intelligence surge” to defeat the Islamic State and, in sometimes mocking tones, offered a sharp rebuke to her Republican presidential rivals who she said would endanger Americans and alienate allies.
Speaking to an audience at Stanford University that included Steve Jobs’s widow, Laurene Powell, and his son, Reed, Mrs. Clinton called on technology companies to work with the federal government to fight the Islamic State, which took credit for the terrorist attacks that killed dozens in Brussels on Tuesday.
“We need to take a harder look at security protocols at airports and other sensitive so-called soft sites — especially areas outside guarded perimeters,” Mrs. Clinton said.
“That does mean working with the brightest minds here in Silicon Valley,” she said, “to more effectively track and analyze ISIS’s social media posts and map jihadist networks online.”
“When other candidates talk about building walls around America, I want to ask them how high does the wall have to be to keep the Internet out?” Mrs. Clinton said, referring to the proposal by Donald J. Trump, the leading Republican candidate, to erect a wall on the Mexican border.
The attacks Tuesday in Brussels have forced Mrs. Clinton and her Republican opponents to reinforce their plans to defeat the Islamic State, and thrust the presidential campaign into a new stage in which each candidate is trying to present the toughest response to the threat of terrorism.
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“We face an adversary that is constantly adapting and operating across multiple theaters so our response must be just as nimble and far-reaching,” Mrs. Clinton said. “We need to rely on what actually works, not bluster that alienates our partners and doesn’t make us any safer.”
She offered the sharpest criticism of Mr. Trump, who proposed that the United States consider leaving NATO, the Brussels-based organization that Mrs. Clinton called “one of the best investments America has ever made” and “the most successful alliance in history.”
“Turning our back on our alliances or turning our alliance into a protection racket would reverse decades of bipartisan American leadership and send a dangerous signal to friend and foe alike,” Mrs. Clinton said, noting that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia hoped to divide Europe.
“If Mr. Trump gets his way, it will be like Christmas in the Kremlin,” she said. “It will make America less safe and the world more dangerous.”
But Mrs. Clinton also reiterated her support for the thousands of Syrian refugees who have flooded into Europe fleeing violence. “This is a heartbreaking crisis,” Mrs. Clinton said, reiterating her call for a ceasefire in Syria and the creation of save havens. “It would be doubly cruel if ISIS can force people from their homes but also prevent them from ever finding new ones.”...................
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