Byron Dorgan: “during England's darkest hour in 1940, Winston Churchill spoke of an unwavering sense of purpose. "You ask, what is our…”

“during England's darkest hour in 1940, Winston Churchill spoke of an unwavering sense of purpose. "You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: it is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror," he told members of Parliament. Sixty years later, we here in the United States are fighting a different kind of terror, terrorists who hide in caves and plan the murder of thousands of innocent Americans, but our resolve to defeat it matches that of Churchill. Some have expressed concerns that the investigations of how our intelligence and law enforcement authorities handled information prior to 9-11 will weaken our efforts to defeat terrorists. Frankly, I think the questions that are being raised will strengthen our efforts to defeat terrorism. We have a lot of good men and women working in the CIA, the FBI and other agencies. But evidence, we have learned in recent months, suggests that there is a layer of bureaucracy and resistance in the management of some of these critical agencies that stifles the efforts of good law enforcement and good intelligence when tracking terrorists. We have to fix that.”