Dan Coats: “I think the handwriting's on the wall that there are a lot of things we would like to do, but we're not able to afford…”

we have to figure this out.

I don't know what happened in that meeting. I think as time goes by, President has already mentioned some things that happened in that meeting, I think we will learn more, but that is the President's prerogative. If you'd asked me how that…

The warning signs are there. The system is blinking, and it is why I believe we are at a critical point. ... the warning lights are blinking red again. Today the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack.

Woodward writes that Dan Coats continued to harbor the secret belief, one that had grown rather than lessened, although unsupported by intelligence proof that Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, had something on Trump.