Dan Coats: “We cannot afford to be behind the curve in terms of development of both the offensive and defensive capacities that we…”

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

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

I don't know what happened in that meeting. I think as time goes by and the 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 he had asked me…

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.