Susan Collins: “The bill makes very clear that any intelligence assets that are principally for joint military operations or for…”

“The bill makes very clear that any intelligence assets that are principally for joint military operations or for tactical intelligence stay within the Department of Defense. Now, there may be national intelligence assets that are now included within the Joint Military Intelligence Program that could be transferred to the national intelligence program. The tactical assets are clearly just under the control of the Secretary of Defense, but some of the JMIP assets are national, so that is why the bill is worded as it is with the word ``principally.''”