James Clapper actually said...

Again, not to be a Johnny One-Note, but that's--in this environment, the one thing that I would ask for is more latitude on how we take the cuts and allowing us, the IC leadership, to put the money where the most important payoff is.

Context

Requesting more flexibility in budget cuts for intelligence programs.

04/17/2013

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