Jim Inhofe: “He said: You have to do something. I have tried and I haven't really succeeded because no one is aware of the shambles…”

“He said: You have to do something. I have tried and I haven't really succeeded because no one is aware of the shambles that the system is in in terms of the turf battles in intelligence collection and all of that. I told him at that time I would do everything I could even though I was going to be on the Intelligence Committee but not on some of the committees dealing directly with this. So he talked about the crisis it was in. I will read to you from the CSIS report that was written by the very people the Senator from West Virginia listed. It reads: Racing to implement reforms on an election timetable is precisely the wrong thing to do. I think that it does have to be deliberative, and we do have to have more time. Additionally, there is no one I hold in higher regard in terms of his background and capability than Porter Goss. I served with him in the other body. Here is a man who has the background, yet we haven't heard anything from him on this. It seems to me if we all agree, as we did when his confirmation took place, that he is the expert that he is, he should have some participation. At least I want to know what his thinking is about this. Just for a moment, I saw several things in the House bill I liked. I have a very short list of things that were taken out of the House bill in conference. This disturbs me. For example, they took out any requirement for proof of lawful presence in the United States.…”