Thomas Daschle: “I answer the distinguished Senator from Florida that, indeed, he is correct. So as not to further compound the problem…”

“I answer the distinguished Senator from Florida that, indeed, he is correct. So as not to further compound the problem, I have made it a practice not to reference the agency with which she was associated. I think we have to be very sensitive about that. But not only was an agent outed but an agency within the CIA was outed as well, something that was not well known. So the depth of damage, not only in exposing an individual but in exposing, as well, a kind of operation underway within the CIA is extraordinary in the magnitude of concern that it ought to cause all of us. It is all the more reason this investigation is so critical and why we should do all that is possible to find out who may be responsible. For the President to say it is unlikely we will ever come up with who it may have been, I think is deeply troubling because I think it is critical that the laws be upheld and those responsible be prosecuted.”