George Voinovich: “We are changing that system, aren't we, Senator Akaka?”

This is an issue that Senator Akaka and I have been working on a long time.

I think, General Clapper, or somebody needs to just say to them, 'Look, we have decided that if they have this kind of clearance, it ought to be acceptable in your shop.'

the current structure falls short in comparison to a model that provides additional accountability and reasonably insulates the organization from political interference

Senator Voinovich and I introduced legislation to institutionalize these reforms to the security clearance process.