This Week with George Stephanopoulos – January 20, 2014

Guests:

Brian Ross

Valdimir Putin (President of Russia)

Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Texas)

Peggy Noonan

Tavis Smiley

James Carville

Mary Matalin

Stephanopoulos: OMG the Sochi Games

could be in danger of terror attacks

Ross: terrorists promised to kill tourists

Stephanopoulos: Vlad says he will kill

those terrorists who threaten non-gay tourists

Ross: he rules with a iron fist

Stephanopoulos: incredible

Ross: the U.S. has a plan to

evacuate all of its athletes

Stephanopoulos: the US want to give

more more help but Putin says no

Ross: right – Vlad says it's may

party and I'll kill who I want to

Stephanopoulos: Putin is the most

powerful richest and scariest man

on earth – and I got to talk to him

Putin: I want people to see

the new Russia – now gay-free!

Stephanopoulos: Sochi has drones

and a missile defense system

Putin: we have ring of steel –

cross it and you will be killed!

Stephanopoulos: the US government 
is worried it's not enough

Putin: who dares defy Steel Ring

– they may be killed!

Richard Clarke: the terrorists will

probably bomb some small

city like Moscow

Stephanopoulos: how about that Vlad?

Putin: in Russia government bomb you!

Stephanopoulos: are these

the gulag Olympics?

Putin: No! Who says so? I will kill them!

Stephanopoulos: is Russia an

enemy of the United States?

Putin: Athletes must not think!

They must fight and kill!

Stephanopoulos: is Ed Snowden

invited to the Games?

Putin: he can buy a ticket to

the games if he wants –

I love the little guy

Stephanopoulos: these games are

expensive and possibly corrupt

Expert: it's already cost over $50 billion

– they will create artificial snow

since Sochi is below the equator

Stephanopoulos: has $18 billion

really been embezzeled?

Putin: No! Those people have been killed!

Stephanopoulos: how do you define

success and is your personal

honor at stake?

Putin: we only want to bring joy to

the children of the world!

Children – have joy or be killed!

Stephanopoulos: would you make

a friendly bet with Obama over

which nation will win more medals?

Putin: No! In Russia – loser of bet is killed!

Stephanopoulos: thanks for talking Vlad

[ break ]

Stephanopoulos: Mike how is

security in Sochi?

McCaul: the threats are real George

– but terrorists could strike

anywhere at anytime

Stephanopoulos: oh my

McCaul: there are 15,000 Americans

coming here and I want to 
personally protect them

Stephanopoulos: will Russia accept more help?

McCaul: no these Russians are very stubborn

Stephanopoulos: that's a problem

McCaul: al-qaeda is all over the place here!

Stephanopoulos: Putin is a tough guy though

Stephanopoulos: should Americans

visit Sochi as tourists?

McCaul: well the threats are real

but we have to optimistic

Stephanopoulos: sounds good

McCaul: but I also have real concerns

Stephanopoulos: do you think Snowden

has been working with the Russians all along?

McCaul: he's a traitor and was

probably cultivated by a foreign power

Stephanopoulos: that's a serious charge

McCaul: he wasn't acting alone

Stephanopoulos: what about NSA reforms?

McCaul: Americans trust the NSA

but they don't trust Obama

Stephanopoulos: of course

McCaul: also members of Congress

have no idea what is going on

Stephanopoulos: that's true

McCaul: how can we house metadata safely?

McCaul: we used to be able to

trust the phone company and

now we know they don't they

want to maintain this information

Stephanopoulos: thanks for coming

[ break ]

Stephanopoulos: Panel Obama

called for reforms of the NSA

Noonan: he was trying to strike

the right balance with people like

Ted Cruz attacking him for being

soft on terrorism and others like

Ted Cruz attacking him for violating privacy

Stephanopoulos: got it

Noonan: but he didn't repeal all of

Bush's policies – only some of them

– so it's a total failure

Remnick: Snowden!

Steph: let's talk about Snowden!

Matalin: Obama is a hypocrite!

He's Dick Cheney with a heart

Stephanopoulos: ooh snap

Matalin: people can't trust Obama

because he engineered the

security breach at Target

Stephanopoulos: I'm not sure I

follow you there Mary

Smiley: Obama runs a surveillance

state like those who spied on

Martin Luther King

Stephanopoulos: wow

Smiley: Snowden is going be on

a postage stamp someday and

also I hate Obama

Remnick: I know Dick Cheney

and Obama is no Dick Cheney

Matalin: Obama is Cheney!

Smiley: maybe not – but he's

continued too many of Bush's policies

Carville: Snowden is crook

Remnick: do members of Congress

have evidence Snowden was

working with a foreign power or not?

Noonan: we're a nation of sullen paranoids!

Stephanopoulos: it's a sign of maturity

Noonan: how do we stay America

while preventing another 9/11?

Stephanopoulos: who can say?