Dan Coats: “My role is to provide you with the intelligence to formulate policy, not formulate policy, not be a spokesman for any…”

I believe the top of the list will be to reinforce the prime imperative for our Nation's Intelligence Community: to find the truth and to speak truth to power, without fear of political retribution.

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

You will need to inspire a workforce that has unfortunately been hollowed out by years of firings, and remind them that their mission is critical--and still noble.

Our job is to seek the truth and tell the truth.