Porter Goss: “It may possibly be of interest to some of our guests in the room. ``Gore has said virtually nothing about it. Indeed, he…”

“It may possibly be of interest to some of our guests in the room. ``Gore has said virtually nothing about it. Indeed, he has rejected pleas by industry leaders and legislators to play a larger role.'' We are talking about year 2000 here. ``Back in January, Morella buttonholed Gore at a White House photo op and urged him to lead the Nation's repair effort, but Gore balked, saying it would take too much of his time, Morella recounted. And then, according to Morella, he paused and said `Maybe you should do it.' ''”