William M. ``Mac'' Thornberry: “I fully agree and I think the committee and Congress fully agrees that we want to be very cautious about saying to any…”

“I fully agree and I think the committee and Congress fully agrees that we want to be very cautious about saying to any particular group ``We don't want you,'' because the fact is, we have to get and keep top quality people in our National Laboratories and plants. We can afford to do nothing to drive them away. But I think it is important to get back to the principles that are in this resolution, which include individual accountability. That is, if not a group but an individual makes a mistake or worse, then that individual will be held accountable for it. That is what our national security requires. It requires that we get and keep the best quality people, but once they are there and privy to some of the most sensitive information in the country, that we hold them accountable for how they treat that information.”