Dan Coats: “We don't have time just to be the nice guy. We've got to go after it.”

I'm here to say the warning lights are blinking red again. Today, the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack.

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.

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.

This is not just one more technology.