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Porter Goss: “I think we all share the desire to make as much of this known as possible to the public. We want the public to…”

On the recordJune 25, 2003
I think we all share the desire to make as much of this known as possible to the public. We want the public to understand how good intelligence is and how good it is not. Frankly, I want to do everything I can to make the American people aware as well as people overseas who might be watching what we have to say here, whether they are our friends or our enemies, that our intelligence is indeed formidable and when in fact we find a place where there is a gap in it, it will be repaired and fixed and that gap will no longer be there. I think that will be a comfort to everybody. That process is partially what this bill is about.
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Porter Goss
Florida
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Discussing the importance of transparency in intelligence regarding weapons of mass destruction.

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