Building an Agile Intelligence Community to Fight Terrorism and Emerging Threats: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs
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United States Congress Senate
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Original publisher: Washington: U.S. G.P.O.: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2005. LC Number: KF26 .G67 2004q OCLC Number: (OCoLC)60412554 Subject: Intelligence service -- United States -- Evaluation. Excerpt: ... 11 Thank you again for the opportunity to appear before you today, and I am certainly happy to answer any questions you might have. Chairman C. Thank you for your testimony. Director OLLINS McLaughlin. 1 TESTIMONY OF HON. JOHN E McLAUGHLIN, ACTING DIREC-TOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY C AUGHLIN Mr. M L. Madam Chairman, Senator Lieberman, Mem-bers of the Committee, thanks for the opportunity to be here today and to talk to you about all of these matters and to answer your questions. It is very important to us, and I appreciate that oppor-tunity. As you consider reorganization proposals by the President, the Kean Commission and the Congress, I would like to take a few minutes to talk about the capabilities of the Intelligence Commu-nity as it is today, not as it was in 2001. And I do this not to sug-gest that there is no further need for change, but to emphasize that the foundation you have to build on is stronger than many people realize as they look at the Intelligence Community today. That said, we can still do better, and I am going to close with some suggestions on how that can be accomplished. Three years of war have profoundly affected the Intelligence Community. Since September 11, our capacity and effectiveness have grown as our resources have increased and as we have ad-dressed issues highlighted by our internal reviews, by the Commis-sion, and by others. We have adjusted to new challenges, we have built on successes, and we have learned from errors. This has been the most dramatic period of change for intelligence in my memory, and you alluded to some of the changes, Madam Chairman. Some further examples: Our priorities, the Nation's, and the Intelligence Community's, have changed dramatically since Se...
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