Political Quotes

“we have had a wide variety of people come in and testify, and I can tell the Members that one of the things that I really appreciate on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is the seriousness with which individuals on both sides of the aisle take the job that they have got on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. We do not find the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence members participating in this gotcha type of game. We recognize that the responsibilities of the committee are too serious. We also recognize that we have had Richard Clarke testify in front of us, we have had a lot of folks who were in various capacities testify in front of us in secret session, and not everybody agrees. There is a variety of opinions, and it is our job on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to put the package together that tries to make sure that something like this never happens again.”