Senator McCain was, as you two know, the original sponsor of the legislation that created the 9/11 Commission.
But there ought to be somebody in charge.
I think we will address a letter right away and see if we can get you a response.
They view Islamist extremism as regressive.
Ultimately, the people in Tunisia and Egypt, and hopefully in Libya soon, will determine their own destiny.
What is happening now I think is a profound repudiation of the ideology of Islamist extremism.
What happened in Tunisia and Egypt is really a very loud outcry by--they are not just moderate.
as you have so fervently supported on a number of occasions.
I think we should push harder to make certain that person actually has the full job.
Why do you admit 60,000 people?
I would urge that this happen--that the National Intelligence Program be taken out of the Defense Department and added to the DNI's budget.
But my point is that we need public buy-in. It is not just making people feel better, Mr. Hayden.
When Chairman Lieberman and I authored the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, our goal was to create a strong leader ...
We must ask, therefore, the fundamental question: Are changes in the law required in order to realize the potential of the DNI?
I believe that during the Bush Administration, Vice President Cheney was the principal intelligence adviser.
I think the problem with the DNI construct now is that the DNI does not have adequate analytic resources to serve him in the substantive rol...
I think they would understand that better if there were a bipartisan Privacy and Civil Liberties Board to explain this.
It gave the DNI two major responsibilities: One was to be the leader of the intelligence community, and the second was to be the senior advi...
