Orrin Hatch: “I think we ought to listen to the wise people like that with regard to whether we should vote for Porter Goss. There is…”

“I think we ought to listen to the wise people like that with regard to whether we should vote for Porter Goss. There is no doubt in my mind that Porter Goss is worthy of this position and, in my mind, he will do it in an effective way. I compliment the distinguished Senator from Mississippi for his cogent remarks and his very practical remarks to which we ought to all be paying attention. I remember when George Tenet was nominated, and George Tenet was a Democrat. He was a staffer to Senator Boren. Senator Boren, George Tenet, and I traveled all over the world together. There was not any question that we were going to support George Tenet when he came up for CIA Director, and I think he did a much better job than all of his critics are saying. A lot of that was because he worked very hard for Senator Boren and for the committee and knew an awful lot about intelligence to begin with. This is a tough job. It is almost an impossible job to do.”