I just wanted to go through a few more of the deadly mistakes that the Menendez substitute does in contravention of what the Commission said. They take away from the military, military communications. They take away intelligence information on an adversary's communication. They take away defense cryptology. They take away warnings of impending military action against U.S. interests. They take away joint operational planning and execution. All because they ignored those particular teams that are hosted by the National Signals Agency. That was crayon legislation.
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Criticizing the Menendez substitute during a debate on military and intelligence issues.
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