Mike Pompeo

I share your concerns that we run the risk of not using the authorities in a way that is important in keeping America safe if folks are afraid that there will be political retribution.

It is not lawful to outsource that which we cannot do.

I think we have an obligation as leaders to share with the American people all that we can about what's going on and what's not going on and to do so in a truthful and complete manner.

I've seen nothing to cast any doubt on the findings in the report.

It's incredibly important that the information is timely.

I can't imagine putting in place any policy that was discriminatory with respect to any employee.

I'm going to defer on the policy question today.

I have great confidence in the men and women who work there. They are patriots, they're warriors.

I think we need to acknowledge that encryption is out there and that not all encryption takes place here in the United States.

My effort will be to understand it more fully, to make sure that I understand its impact on my role to keep America safe.

Rolling back the Iran deal.

I take a back seat to no one with respect to protecting Americans' privacy, either.

I think we have an obligation to use that information to keep Americans safe.

In the near-term threat to life and limb of Americans, yes. I'd put North Korea, China, and Russia right up there alongside them.

We have to make sure that the CIA is world-class with respect to developing this information in a timely, speedy fashion.

It is very important that America, all of government, develop a policy with respect to this, and I promise I'll work alongside you to help develop such a policy with good intelligence.

I promise I will pursue the facts wherever they take us.

I have no doubt that the discourse that's been taking place is something that Vladimir Putin would look at and say: Wow, that was among the objectives that I had, to sow doubt among the American political community, to suggest somehow that…

It's a longstanding effort of the Russians. And frankly, there are others out there engaged in a similar set of activities.

I think my comments were referring to the post-January 6, 2015, rampage of Iranian increased activity.

I can't imagine that I would be asked that by the President-elect or then-President.

I am confident that the Central Intelligence Agency will play a role for this Administration, as for every previous Administration, providing powerful intelligence that shapes policy and decision-making inside this Administration.

It seems intensely unlikely to me, Senator.

I agree with you that that work has been good and robust and that intelligence I think is important to policymakers as they make decisions.

I voted for the change to put the Army Field Manual in place as a member of Congress.