Spencer Cox: “I would also like to engage my colleague, the chairman, in a colloquy on section 1021 which would add a new section 119…”

“I would also like to engage my colleague, the chairman, in a colloquy on section 1021 which would add a new section 119 to the National Security Act of 1947, establishing the National Counterterrorism Center, or NCTC. Section 119(d)(1) lists among the primary missions of the NCTC: ``To serve as the primary organization in the United States Government for analyzing and integrating all intelligence possessed or acquired by the United States Government pertaining to terrorism and counterterrorism, excepting intelligence pertaining exclusively to domestic terrorists and domestic counterterrorism.'' That occurs at page 87, lines 10 through 16. Section 119(e)(1) of the National Security Act, as amended, would state that the new National Counterterrorist Center, NCTC, ``may, consistent with applicable law, at the direction of the President, and the guidelines referred to in section 102A(b), receive intelligence pertaining exclusively to domestic counterterrorism from any Federal, State or local government or other source necessary to fulfill its responsibilities and retain and disseminate such intelligence.'' That occurs at page 88, lines 17 through 24.”