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On the recordSeptember 29, 2004
There is very strong authority for the NID to transfer personnel who are working within the national intelligence program throughout the Federal Government and, indeed, I would envision the staffing of the National Counterterrorism Center would come from the NID taking linguists, analysts, operatives, collectors--all sorts of expertise--from the various intelligence agencies. And I know for a fact we need to give the NID that power because I visited with the head of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center who does not have that power and finds it very difficult to get the personnel resources he needs.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Discussing the need for the National Intelligence Director to have personnel transfer authority.

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