Joe Lieberman

Do we need to replace people who are not doing their job?

I was surprised at the scope of this program; 58,810 Iraqi refugees have been resettled and are living here.

I would guess that most Americans would share the opinion I have, which is that travel to the United States is a privilege not a right and that any association with terrorism should be enough to keep a foreign national from getting a visa…

Should we be admitting 50,000 people over here to our country?

It is foolish at this moment to cut the budget of the Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security.

It is insulting to us that we are doing this.

I share the sentiment that has been expressed across the panel, which is that we have to be very careful as we cut budgets that we do not take big risks with our security because in the end that really is the first responsibility of our…

I fully accept that ultimately the will of the people expressed through their elections has to drive what we do.

The success against Osama bin Laden should not cause us to rest on our laurels.

I do not think that is a zero sum game. I think we will either have both or we will have neither.

We have reintroduced our See Something, Say Something bill to expand those protections to reports of such behavior in all sectors.

I hope that particularly since 9/11 people within the intelligence community understand that they can come under great public, including congressional, criticism if in a look back it appears that one or another part of the community...was…

I would urge the Congress to play its role as a co-equal branch of government--Congress writes the laws.

The world is a safer place without Osama bin Laden, but we are not yet safe.

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 adviser on intelligence matters to the President.

I think they would understand that better if there were a bipartisan Privacy and Civil Liberties Board to explain this.

One of the other ways in which the law attempted to give the DNI authority...

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 role.

I believe that during the Bush Administration, Vice President Cheney was the principal intelligence adviser.

We must ask, therefore, the fundamental question: Are changes in the law required in order to realize the potential of the DNI?

But my point is that we need public buy-in. It is not just making people feel better, Mr. Hayden.

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.

Why do you admit 60,000 people?

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.