Dan Coats: “how much time is remaining on our side? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 1 minute remaining. The Senator from Texas.”

The warning lights are blinking red.

we can create a discipline, a way of thinking about these challenges.

I can confirm that one of my staffers who was aware of the controversy requested that I modify that assessment, but I said no. No, we need to stick to what the analysts have said.

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.