“I do have concerns about the current efforts to restructure our nation's intelligence community.”
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I rise today to discuss the National Intelligence Reform bill. I commend my colleagues in both Houses for their hard work in coming to an agreement. As with any conference, each voice is heard, but none can dominate and compromise must be achieved.
I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context.
In the aftermath of September 11, and as the 9/11 Commission report so aptly demonstrates, it is clear that our intelligence system is not working the way that it should.
The higher the general average of intelligence, all things else being equal, the less the disposition to be meddlesome, critical, and overbearing.