Arlen Specter: “Dear Tom: I was very pleased to hear the President's affirmative response yesterday to the proposal to have analysts…”

“Dear Tom: I was very pleased to hear the President's affirmative response yesterday to the proposal to have analysts from every intelligence agency (CIA, FBI, DIA, etc) under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland Security with the Secretary having the authority to direct those intelligence agencies to supply his Department with the requisite intelligence data. This doesn't mean that Homeland Security will have authority over CIA agents. They will remain with the CIA. It doesn't mean the Secretary of Homeland Security would have the direction of the FBI agents or any other agents. They will all remain in their Departments. But the analysts will all come together under one roof. There will be nothing to stop the CIA from having analysts under the CIA roof. But they will have to be CIA agents under the roof of the Director of Homeland Security so that all of the analysts are there and can put the dots together in one place.”