Dan Coats: “But, the 1,500 is a bottom--minimal requirement, regardless----”

This is not just one more technology.

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

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.

I would argue that ours is not working very well and it is--at the moment.