Dan Coats: “The political animal raises its head and basically says I got to get my share.”

This is not just one more technology.

One of the first things you can do--at this hearing, even--is to make a strong statement of support for professionalism in the IC and pledge that you will not tolerate politics influencing the analytical process.

I know others have talked about that here today, but when you and I had a chance to talk earlier in the last couple weeks, I mentioned one of my real concerns about China.

Electoral legitimacy is the essential linchpin of our entire political culture.