Byron Dorgan: “I must say also that there is a portion of the study that is a black hole. The study that is going on up there and will…”

“I must say also that there is a portion of the study that is a black hole. The study that is going on up there and will be released deals only with the gathering of intelligence, which I think shortchanges this Senate and the American people, because it does not deal with the use of that intelligence. But we can deal with the issue of the use of intelligence at another time. I wish it had been done in the same report. Again, this issue of intelligence is critical to this country's protection and security interests. I believe that is something on which we would agree. We share that understanding, and my hope is that up in 407--the Senator from Missouri refers to a room in the Capitol Building that is a room where the Intelligence Committee meets. It is a room where top secret briefings are given. One of the things that persuaded me to come to the floor this afternoon is I have sat in that room. I have sat in that room with a neon sign that says 'top secret' up on top flashing, and I have had the very people who developed this intelligence assessment look me in the eye and give me information that I now know to be wrong. That bothers me a lot.”