replying to my distinguished colleague, let's use the example of maps. They are absolutely essential to the troops. They can't operate without maps. The only existing entity of the Federal Government that can make maps is the NGA. Right…

I would like to now go to the bill and specifically draw the managers' attention to pages 6 and 7. The bill reads: The term ``National Intelligence Program''-- And that is what the distinguished manager was addressing-- (A)(i) refers to…

I would like to read from page 412 of the 9/11 Commission. The Commission states as follows: The Defense Departments's military intelligence programs-- the joint military intelligence program (JMIP) and the tactical intelligence and…

My concern, what I am trying to achieve by this succession of amendments, is to provide some uniformity in the process designating and selecting the heads of the various--for example, the combat commands, as I refer to them, that was the…

I think I have spoken in the Chamber a number of times about my concern as to the future posture, standing, of this Director of Central Intelligence. He has this magnificent organization, albeit there was a problem on the weapons of mass…

Nevertheless, who knows them better--that is, the individual members of the CIA--than the Director who has daily hands-on authority, who travels and visits in posts all over the world, who is basically responsible for their promotion…

And that fact is known, if I can say to my colleague, that fact is known the world over, that the man who directs the CIA and who is visiting in Great Britain or Pakistan, that is the man who will go home and look the President of the…

We are trying to make certain just that undefined but all important concept of accountability remains. As you possibly take portions of the responsibility of department heads away and give it to the NID, I want to make sure, if something…

Obviously you tried to express the good intentions of trying to work this out. Certainly I desire to do so. But we must be very careful, under the extraordinary circumstances under which this very important piece of legislation is being…

I fully understand the import of the language you are quoting. But that is almost putting a blessing on everything that is written into the bill. I am not sure I am prepared as yet to say that. That is going to require a little study on…

Then I read his direct quotation, which seems to me we have translated into this amendment in good faith.

Equally important that the heads of the departments should continue to be in charge of and therefore continue to be accountable for the performance of their respective departments.

I associate myself with his remarks about how we are going about this. We have made enormous progress since the 1991 operation in Iraq, as the Senator well knows, particularly in the tactical level and in military intelligence. I am…

it is obvious the managers at the moment are somewhat entrenched in their views. I hope we will have an opportunity to appeal to the broader and hopefully more open minds of the collective Senate as a whole. Could the managers advise those…

Therefore, they serve the whole community. And perhaps if a caveat on some of that had been brought to the forefront in a more strengthened fashion, who knows what the outcome might have been. I do not believe the Senator can tell me that…

this amendment is for the purpose of bringing into realignment what I believe is the proper balance of the authorities of the new NID together with the respective Cabinet officers, each of whom has some portion of intelligence…

I find there is no effort to change the authority of the Secretary of State in the selection of his people to do the work. But I feel strongly that the work done by the Department of State serves the whole community. It isn't exclusive to…

I remember how many times on this floor the Senator has recounted the importance of his wife's role in his career... she would come with a little lunch bag with a carton of milk and a sandwich to tide him over until he left the Chamber…

I see the Senator's point. The Senator put out a very clear example of the NRO, the NSA, the old mapping agency, they report to the SECDEF--we have just given the SECDEF the right to have his views presented simultaneously if they are at…

all along I have expressed complete concurrence in what the Senator has done in this bill to the extent the Senator and I have looked at various sections. I may have reservations about others and tomorrow I hope to engage with the Senator…

Let me explain the modification. The original text required that the national intelligence director, in his capacity as chairman of the to-be-created joint intelligence community council that was part of the President's message, originally…

I think it does, and that is why I have put in this paragraph, which is very explicit. This paragraph relates to the members of the Joint Intelligence Community Council, which I enumerated before as the several Cabinet…

Any member of the Joint Intelligence Community Council may make such recommendation to Congress relating to the intelligence community as such member considers appropriate. So in this particular law is specific authority for those Cabinet…

This is a debate we had many years on the floor of the Senate. It has been a debate we have talked about so many times, and there has been a consistency in the voting in the Senate to recognize the wisdom not to release the budgets. As…

A member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff--other than the Chairman--may submit to the Chairman advice or an opinion in disagreement with, or advice or an opinion in addition to, the advice presented by the Chairman to the President-- That is…