“First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you.”
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Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence.
People don't want to believe that technology is broken. Pharmaceuticals, robotics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology - all these areas where the progress has been a lot more limited than people think. And the question is why.
Some of the best fan mail I get are from our men and women in the military and intelligence communities. They say, 'Boy you do your homework, this is exactly how we're doing it.'
The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That means power over the intelligence budget. And to be effective, to be allowed to do his or her job, they must have authority over the budget.
