Susan Collins actually said...

"the failure to appoint a point person to come up with a narrative, the failure to recognize the term of Islamist extremism..."

"we really have to figure out how we not keep everything in a cone of silence, but we really push the envelope on pushing information out."

"We simply cannot tolerate giving our adversaries information that they can turn against us."

"I was interested when you described the gains made by the Department as 'fragile,' and I think that is a good cautionary note to us."