Transcripts For CSPAN Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20160908 : v

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Selfdriving cs d prti, havehe pottio revotiizoulives or lnabities that areer rd to predict. Thk it mes lot of people neous that with ectn clthatseefoieth were us t wellrop a w president thewatna cuty leaders, into ts tuio 5 days butho is unng . Kn aotf op he been feinunrtnt authat wiappen. Aaot of ka it is a from a fingan o socl di heyopa o t wmer sueeds this admistti, me insht into th magnide, completyndheravity of wh iiso adhe. S vement. Our ti h a gre lacy of dey tranti of power, going cko orge washingto retingn 17 whene rned or johndams. I remember it wl. Cae oison, toy i. Is, rrenta ll of stability. Ctrast to the rid chnology, and stily of thwod, and uerin, surrndg e wld, on cotant, t pplof the intellen community ov t past w yearou ti h hd public coerti about our work. And how we sulcouct its a teigence communi. I believe a t of wt s been lostn the public databt howeonctntellincis y we ditn the first ple. Why es any nation state condt ielgee . I sntimand thoughon that questio a ihink we ndtntligence, ait most bicev trece uncertainty for r cision makers, e esen or a rfht, an ovae ap foxhole. Wean eliminate uerinty for any desi mernde capridinghananys hp d to me certainty nageable. So there are niol cuty decision mercama edat disnsith the understandg t risk inlv. Soe,urrids andlls, can operatonheac oth tuio ats why wreriinthe candidates, for r xt esen so he or she will stepn,it gondstdi. I vehoht l about the our rk through hisril lens and ybe thats becse he vethuga lot hto. Deitwhat i said beforei wasnt trehewashington rn h psincov t adams. I s depled at the time. Only kiddi. Sooday, nserg e esenofublic test in whatheare dog ri ts trsition, which is unlike ytnghat weave se berei nto ed little light wt re dog. Fit f,o dispel a myth re not gingnyroduct to thcaidates. The adioof givg em classied briefgs pcedes. In 1952 offedheirst to general eiseowndth wlfoed. I. A. Ndte th. Trumanelt an oblatn d that, inowis experieed lln his rsdain offe when he succdeprident oselt. Inac hhaknown of t extee of the mhattan precunl twelve ds te he waswo i he had beeth vicpresidt. So he ntheuccessor tbe lileetr eped. Seonheominatn b esiden tt s rried over sie 52. The c. I. A. Hdle them uil 08wh the niol inlligence aum t reonbity there are on bn re econinhi befings reffered, from bh jo parties. 19, 2008 and 201 because those are e lyears inhi o wasnalad reivg it ashe cepresident or inmbt presen one team produs the pd bas we aaydo and separaeapruc t efrto ief theandas. Inac iour efrto y make se thers pital flnc the cdite brfi team es not coditeitthwhite house and onarr teigce office, d not pital potees. S gunrus nths beforeheriinstarte whh e ite house concurr. Weava list of topics tt offeto each caide,he can ask fobriefing on anan alanon new topics. Ife give briefs on new tic th both ve cnc otherwiseoeon tl e caaign othpuicha happens. Not whatops,r gets briefed on, or how they reacand no what qstions getsked. Te atondeiatyo seriouy,hat i am sllwo to sre when i befed osevel [laughter] utpele allrod e world, wantonothe candides arehiing. Thshye ve seen attetecyrnstrucons, inback more than one eltion cle. We have ent,ith th twk trusio ainhe decricatna pty thprident said exptsav atibuted this tohe russian wot t t psint on is. T, c rteteis oth point,he russianhack o syemalou time. Also ce cret persol systs. Ansoo e inese and others. E inis, cyr will coin tbe huge obm for the neredeia adniraon as has been a chlee for is one back tth i. C. sole. On the day aft t election e briefingross chaes, d e w esenelt ll receive hiorer briefinan identical tohatohi esent bak ama receiv and llenover gunrus ouhow we makall th haen. Later, my fi will ove suppor f t nt genatn i. Ads. Th is built on t pcent t by te man. Ireallylaas a ciz that he deha gers cion to tt ppa h ccsor. Taedbo t uerin of our wldi believe, i kw, s crucial forur nex president otein oic onanuary 20th, ainrm and epeds possibleo ce thatncta world. Presidt hnson idhe esents rdest task is not too whats gh buto know wh irit. Vi wkeclely, for our current present, tt still hastement still hosru kning what is right is t presidthardes tk. E i. C. Cant make at decion we wouldt nto. Ent comes to natna seri its r b ge hithe intelligence hnes to dedehas right. Bie tt tith ti ochgehewe don know todayr o wl be, wh o initi porits ll be im confent th o insights will helpuratna leermagehincertainty for a ngimtoom , let me wpuwith atory ombout 5yes o. In 196 about a year before i started in the ielrofession. Waan airor rc k5d de. En i m presint kennedy the willamy sinc cation d,o ty ll o, get him d mehow i was inhe front row t fntlinend ere we mbe denofs against e reason. D, shook our handsnd eacof myelw ked des,isam and toldimhi acraft ey nt tfly inheirorce and when he goto me, ande kemehai wanted to do d to h i wand ban inllen offic. And he paused, andooked add me, go wne me ke you. Anheontinued dn the pe ne he neveravth anoth thought. I, nerorget it. Ths thempt r rkas meini arned, as a yrd 0yearld cadet. I never wld he ead that i cse my intelligce re, t j wch brief thpridt. Theres no y cldave to me in 1962, at i wouldpe 6pl yrsbriefing o fst rinerican prede. That setngy res wod veeeaswdgedd b i look bk ery half cenry anand see the evolution of the i. We are bette mh,ucbeer th wn we 53 years ago en fstook my out of fi. reetr, me capable than we 15 yrsgon septemr , 01, anbeer th 6ears ago wn de swore mins e i d i wi lve it for others to gre tm pe e as we ke Getting Better is beusofheeoe. Peoplen isoo thpeoplen e c. Their inin t sve thnaon connu tbe ro bonstan just aitashei ard, s,heor changes, the reats olve. And the technogmuros. R op wl atey constant. Iwill be througth trsion i coulnot bero te rv in thigrt communit that meing that you will keep hearinfor me fornother5 days t o cntg . Anks seruc ppus fsk job. Alwaylearn mething ne weree talk wh hhed the comment lln ttg ntui educiocritfoth sessn. He said i tter s setng what ieaedwas a new wd, that never heard befor a thats kits to fing. Aheartened, thayosa erything wl okay. And you ded wi tking aut e peop. Soles art wiha 54ea lerifouer artingn the teigce mmittoy,hawod u ll yourself n or what would u ll seone . Wl, i dontnowhat i wod llysf. T, i would tell pele ntplin yngeoe, congo e teigence community, that its noble ofessi. I think. Yoarhelping to dischar a cr plitrt. Ers ways aewhaen evyd. Ju work rd and thinkbout one assignnthe othe one u i ood adce i thinyoga tt m about 20somyes ago. Whats on the p yr st tell e next dni . Depends on who it is. I think, probably, at least do no harm. Always good idea to assess, survey and assess how things are operating today, and some thought to the whatever changes, that the next dni may to want make, which are inevitable. Hopefully, he or she will build on the legacy of what we leave just as we built on the legasift first 3d n. Is. So, i would also of course, the dni will be governed by and guided by the, whatever direction he or she gets from the next president. So that will clearly determine change. Also have to remember that the Congress Gets a vote in any change. No matter how inconsequence sham that one macon template. So, speaking about the next president , lets assume you have the opportunity to meet with the incoming president , not farfetched i would hope that would happen. What will you fell the next president on the qualities that she or he should look for in the next dni . Well, i hope above all, it is somebody who is willing to tell truth, to be objective and to tell straight. I think thats a rock bed principal. Many thats what the Intelligence Community is all about. Lets shift gears. You talked about technology, and it has mushroomed. From a technology standpoint, and integration standpoint, across the Intelligence Community, whats your 62nd elevator speech on eyesight. Its designed to take us to the next level of both integration, sharing and security. Are we past the tippingpoint . Is it enduring, into the next administration. I think so. And the reason i say that is because, we have that, from the leadership, they always get the any change is human nature. But, i believe its one of the reasons, we stuck around as long as we have, so it will be too difficult to turn off. The major reason, though is, not because something weve been driving, as much as people are really starting to see the virtues of what is entailed with eyesight. Its not about an i. T. Upgrade but changing the way we conduct our business. People are seeing the virtue of that. And thats people voting with their feet is what is really going to do it for the future. So, recognizing this as an unclassified forum, is there anything that you can share, where eyesight as has had an impact on the out come. Ill say, what were seeing, one of the benefits of it, is, discovery. By an analyst who even, if he or she didnt have access to particular data, the design of eyesight it will facilitate discovery that other data is available. Weve seen examples of that, and highlight, of business. That is one of the great virtues of eyesight. Continuing with technology, we are very dependent upon technology for our trade craft to do our business. Do you see, as more and more Technology Comes in, you mentioned, arfirm intelligence. Do you see a point where there will be a decrease in human intelligence collection . I dont think well ever see a lessening of the need for human intelligence. At least not, the foreseeable future. Were always going to need that. And of course, Artificial Intelligence, is controversial. There are big thinkers who are very concerned about its govern nantz. And its regulation. It is another tool for us and well have to adjust both in terms of others who employ Artificial Intelligence as well, as our using it ourselves in our work. Were getting a lot of good questions from the audience. Thank you. Another question. You talked about the uncertainty of the world, and diversity of threats. A lot has been said over the last 3, 4, 5 years, that terrorism really dominates the resources and the efforts of the Intelligence Community. Do we have the balance right . Are we covering down on everything that we should be . The current and the more strategic. Well thats a very good question. Its one that i have, we leadership is agonized over t. We do spend a great deal of resources, both money and manpower, for the program on ct. And, that concerns me. In fact we expeu a lot of our resource on it. Both money and manpower. You always worry about is the balance right . Have we continued to sustain what is expected of us, which is Global Coverage . I do worry about the proportion, and the skewing towards the top targets. Its the non top targets that have a habit of biting you. That is topic that we will discuss for the Transition Team for the next administration. There was a related question, let me give you the kudos, good job on the global trends, and i know that there are a lot of folks who are looking forward to the 2030 which will be released in the next couple of months. Yeah. One of the great merits was global, its unclass guyed and the written product is the process, that we use, to comfive. Its a lot of dialogue. A lot of outreach with not the usual suspects. We reach out to the academics, and, Foreign Countries anding in a lot of people that we wouldnt normally do. So thats one of the great strentsds of this publication. Impacts of how are we positioned to deal with impacts of such changes as climate and technology. I do think Climate Change is going to be an under pinning for a lot of National Security issues. The effect on climate which drives so many things. Basics like water and food. They are going to become matters of conflict between them. So this is going to give rise to the National Security insight that well need, to understand this, and hopefully, help anticipate t. So i think Climate Change is going to have a well that of an effect. I think many would agree. Lets shift gears. You spoke about a revolution favor Space Architecture that included, fast processing, and persistence. That was something i talked about when i was director. How important is autonomy to developing this approach . The automated tipping and cueing. Yeah. Untouched by human hands. Were getting there. Theres some great work going on, on tipping and cueing. When we reach the point where we have persistence, in both domains, i think the, to me its almost a nobrainer to do as much of this on an auat that time automatic and get humans out of it. The classic pattern, is, i want my picture tomorrow, and file dont get it, because, try it again. The real, heres my problem. Now, the view in the Intelligence Community, with an arc ka tech sure, will be a lot more responsesive, and agile, and its bringing the customers along. So, this administration has been focused on space resilient, and have overhead capabilities. Do you think that will transition into the next administration . Well, i hope so, it would be, in the face of the evidence, what the russians and the chinese have embarked on. A very aggressive space capabilityies that, if were going to continue to operate in that domain, which i think we must, the investments that we have gun, and laid out or over the future will need to be sustained. Its hard to mj that any administration wouldnt seat merit of sustaining t. I think many would agree. Particularly with our need. One of our tracks is about acquisition management, and, reform. How do you think were doing in the Intelligence Community, if you had to give us a score . Are there rules and regulations and policy thats hamper our ablefy to procure the services and things that we need . Well, i think were doing pretty well, we have something on the order of 27 major systems, and programs, across the i. C. 17 in a row. And, for the most part, theyre in the green. Theyre meeting cost performance and goals. There are certain exceptions to that. But thats been my experience in the six years that i have had this job. The congress requires very rigorous oversight by both o. Difficult, and, d od. So, they get a lot of governnance. And i think we do pretty well. Unless the laws that govern this activity, its hard to sea how we could streamline it much more than we already are. I think we do pretty well. I think, one of the things that im proud of, is the fact that we have sustained our percentage of about 5 in the National Intelligence program for research and technology, even with the pressure of, what you always have on the now and urgent as opposed to investing in the important. I think weve, we have done a good job of that, given all the pressures of Program Management these days. It is good but tu could be better. Private sector. And hopefully well get over that and get past that, a key issue is encryption. And the impact that has on both United States<\/a> properes. Arrm infell gence. Selfdriving cs d prti, havehe pottio revotiizoulives or lnabities that areer rd to predict. Thk it mes lot of people neous that with ectn clthatseefoieth were us t wellrop a w president thewatna cuty leaders, into ts tuio 5 days butho is unng . Kn aotf op he been feinunrtnt authat wiappen. Aaot of ka it is a from a fingan o socl di heyopa o t wmer sueeds this admistti, me insht into th magnide, completyndheravity of wh iiso adhe. S vement. Our ti h a gre lacy of dey tranti of power, going cko orge washingto retingn 17 whene rned or johndams. I remember it wl. Cae oison, toy i. Is, rrenta ll of stability. Ctrast to the rid chnology, and stily of thwod, and uerin, surrndg e wld, on cotant, t pplof the intellen community ov t past w yearou ti h hd public coerti about our work. And how we sulcouct its a teigence communi. I believe a t of wt s been lostn the public databt howeonctntellincis y we ditn the first ple. Why es any nation state condt ielgee . I sntimand thoughon that questio a ihink we ndtntligence, ait most bicev trece uncertainty for r cision makers, e esen or a rfht, an ovae ap foxhole. Wean eliminate uerinty for any desi mernde capridinghananys hp d to me certainty nageable. So there are niol cuty decision mercama edat disnsith the understandg t risk inlv. Soe,urrids andlls, can operatonheac oth tuio ats why wreriinthe candidates, for r xt esen so he or she will stepn,it gondstdi. I vehoht l about the our rk through hisril lens and ybe thats becse he vethuga lot hto. Deitwhat i said beforei wasnt trehewashington rn h psincov t adams. I s depled at the time. Only kiddi. Sooday, nserg e esenofublic test in whatheare dog ri ts trsition, which is unlike ytnghat weave se berei nto ed little light wt re dog. Fit f,o dispel a myth re not gingnyroduct to thcaidates. The adioof givg em classied briefgs pcedes. In 1952 offedheirst to general eiseowndth wlfoed. I. A. Ndte th. Trumanelt an oblatn d that, inowis experieed lln his rsdain offe when he succdeprident oselt. Inac hhaknown of t extee of the mhattan precunl twelve ds te he waswo i he had beeth vicpresidt. So he ntheuccessor tbe lileetr eped. Seonheominatn b esiden tt s rried over sie 52. The c. I. A. Hdle them uil 08wh the niol inlligence aum t reonbity there are on bn re econinhi befings reffered, from bh jo parties. 19, 2008 and 201 because those are e lyears inhi o wasnalad reivg it ashe cepresident or inmbt presen one team produs the pd bas we aaydo and separaeapruc t efrto ief theandas. Inac iour efrto y make se thers pital flnc the cdite brfi team es not coditeitthwhite house and onarr teigce office, d not pital potees. S gunrus nths beforeheriinstarte whh e ite house concurr. Weava list of topics tt offeto each caide,he can ask fobriefing on anan alanon new topics. Ife give briefs on new tic th both ve cnc otherwiseoeon tl e caaign othpuicha happens. Not whatops,r gets briefed on, or how they reacand no what qstions getsked. Te atondeiatyo seriouy,hat i am sllwo to sre when i befed osevel [laughter] utpele allrod e world, wantonothe candides arehiing. Thshye ve seen attetecyrnstrucons, inback more than one eltion cle. We have ent,ith th twk trusio ainhe decricatna pty thprident said exptsav atibuted this tohe russian wot t t psint on is. T, c rteteis oth point,he russianhack o syemalou time. Also ce cret persol systs. Ansoo e inese and others. E inis, cyr will coin tbe huge obm for the neredeia adniraon as has been a chlee for is one back tth i. C. sole. On the day aft t election e briefingross chaes, d e w esenelt ll receive hiorer briefinan identical tohatohi esent bak ama receiv and llenover gunrus ouhow we makall th haen. Later, my fi will ove suppor f t nt genatn i. Ads. Th is built on t pcent t by te man. Ireallylaas a ciz that he deha gers cion to tt ppa h ccsor. Taedbo t uerin of our wldi believe, i kw, s crucial forur nex president otein oic onanuary 20th, ainrm and epeds possibleo ce thatncta world. Presidt hnson idhe esents rdest task is not too whats gh buto know wh irit. Vi wkeclely, for our current present, tt still hastement still hosru kning what is right is t presidthardes tk. E i. C. Cant make at decion we wouldt nto. Ent comes to natna seri its r b ge hithe intelligence hnes to dedehas right. Bie tt tith ti ochgehewe don know todayr o wl be, wh o initi porits ll be im confent th o insights will helpuratna leermagehincertainty for a ngimtoom , let me wpuwith atory ombout 5yes o. In 196 about a year before i started in the ielrofession. Waan airor rc k5d de. En i m presint kennedy the willamy sinc cation d,o ty ll o, get him d mehow i was inhe front row t fntlinend ere we mbe denofs against e reason. D, shook our handsnd eacof myelw ked des,isam and toldimhi acraft ey nt tfly inheirorce and when he goto me, ande kemehai wanted to do d to h i wand ban inllen offic. And he paused, andooked add me, go wne me ke you. Anheontinued dn the pe ne he neveravth anoth thought. I, nerorget it. Ths thempt r rkas meini arned, as a yrd 0yearld cadet. I never wld he ead that i cse my intelligce re, t j wch brief thpridt. Theres no y cldave to me in 1962, at i wouldpe 6pl yrsbriefing o fst rinerican prede. That setngy res wod veeeaswdgedd b i look bk ery half cenry anand see the evolution of the i. We are bette mh,ucbeer th wn we 53 years ago en fstook my out of fi. reetr, me capable than we 15 yrsgon septemr , 01, anbeer th 6ears ago wn de swore mins e i d i wi lve it for others to gre tm pe e as we ke Getting Better<\/a> is beusofheeoe. Peoplen isoo thpeoplen e c. Their inin t sve thnaon connu tbe ro bonstan just aitashei ard, s,heor changes, the reats olve. And the technogmuros. R op wl atey constant. Iwill be througth trsion i coulnot bero te rv in thigrt communit that meing that you will keep hearinfor me fornother5 days t o cntg . Anks seruc ppus fsk job. Alwaylearn mething ne weree talk wh hhed the comment lln ttg ntui educiocritfoth sessn. He said i tter s setng what ieaedwas a new wd, that never heard befor a thats kits to fing. Aheartened, thayosa erything wl okay. And you ded wi tking aut e peop. Soles art wiha 54ea lerifouer artingn the teigce mmittoy,hawod u ll yourself n or what would u ll seone . Wl, i dontnowhat i wod llysf. T, i would tell pele ntplin yngeoe, congo e teigence community, that its noble ofessi. I think. Yoarhelping to dischar a cr plitrt. Ers ways aewhaen evyd. Ju work rd and thinkbout one assignnthe othe one u i ood adce i thinyoga tt m about 20somyes ago. Whats on the p yr st tell e next dni . Depends on who it is. I think, probably, at least do no harm. Always good idea to assess, survey and assess how things are operating today, and some thought to the whatever changes, that the next dni may to want make, which are inevitable. Hopefully, he or she will build on the legacy of what we leave just as we built on the legasift first 3d n. Is. So, i would also of course, the dni will be governed by and guided by the, whatever direction he or she gets from the next president. So that will clearly determine change. Also have to remember that the Congress Gets<\/a> a vote in any change. No matter how inconsequence sham that one macon template. So, speaking about the next president , lets assume you have the opportunity to meet with the incoming president , not farfetched i would hope that would happen. What will you fell the next president on the qualities that she or he should look for in the next dni . Well, i hope above all, it is somebody who is willing to tell truth, to be objective and to tell straight. I think thats a rock bed principal. Many thats what the Intelligence Community<\/a> is all about. Lets shift gears. You talked about technology, and it has mushroomed. From a technology standpoint, and integration standpoint, across the Intelligence Community<\/a>, whats your 62nd elevator speech on eyesight. Its designed to take us to the next level of both integration, sharing and security. Are we past the tippingpoint . Is it enduring, into the next administration. I think so. And the reason i say that is because, we have that, from the leadership, they always get the any change is human nature. But, i believe its one of the reasons, we stuck around as long as we have, so it will be too difficult to turn off. The major reason, though is, not because something weve been driving, as much as people are really starting to see the virtues of what is entailed with eyesight. Its not about an i. T. Upgrade but changing the way we conduct our business. People are seeing the virtue of that. And thats people voting with their feet is what is really going to do it for the future. So, recognizing this as an unclassified forum, is there anything that you can share, where eyesight as has had an impact on the out come. Ill say, what were seeing, one of the benefits of it, is, discovery. By an analyst who even, if he or she didnt have access to particular data, the design of eyesight it will facilitate discovery that other data is available. Weve seen examples of that, and highlight, of business. That is one of the great virtues of eyesight. Continuing with technology, we are very dependent upon technology for our trade craft to do our business. Do you see, as more and more Technology Comes<\/a> in, you mentioned, arfirm intelligence. Do you see a point where there will be a decrease in human intelligence collection . I dont think well ever see a lessening of the need for human intelligence. At least not, the foreseeable future. Were always going to need that. And of course, Artificial Intelligence<\/a>, is controversial. There are big thinkers who are very concerned about its govern nantz. And its regulation. It is another tool for us and well have to adjust both in terms of others who employ Artificial Intelligence<\/a> as well, as our using it ourselves in our work. Were getting a lot of good questions from the audience. Thank you. Another question. You talked about the uncertainty of the world, and diversity of threats. A lot has been said over the last 3, 4, 5 years, that terrorism really dominates the resources and the efforts of the Intelligence Community<\/a>. Do we have the balance right . Are we covering down on everything that we should be . The current and the more strategic. Well thats a very good question. Its one that i have, we leadership is agonized over t. We do spend a great deal of resources, both money and manpower, for the program on ct. And, that concerns me. In fact we expeu a lot of our resource on it. Both money and manpower. You always worry about is the balance right . Have we continued to sustain what is expected of us, which is Global Coverage<\/a> . I do worry about the proportion, and the skewing towards the top targets. Its the non top targets that have a habit of biting you. That is topic that we will discuss for the Transition Team<\/a> for the next administration. There was a related question, let me give you the kudos, good job on the global trends, and i know that there are a lot of folks who are looking forward to the 2030 which will be released in the next couple of months. Yeah. One of the great merits was global, its unclass guyed and the written product is the process, that we use, to comfive. Its a lot of dialogue. A lot of outreach with not the usual suspects. We reach out to the academics, and, Foreign Countries<\/a> anding in a lot of people that we wouldnt normally do. So thats one of the great strentsds of this publication. Impacts of how are we positioned to deal with impacts of such changes as climate and technology. I do think Climate Change<\/a> is going to be an under pinning for a lot of National Security<\/a> issues. The effect on climate which drives so many things. Basics like water and food. They are going to become matters of conflict between them. So this is going to give rise to the National Security<\/a> insight that well need, to understand this, and hopefully, help anticipate t. So i think Climate Change<\/a> is going to have a well that of an effect. I think many would agree. Lets shift gears. You spoke about a revolution favor Space Architecture<\/a> that included, fast processing, and persistence. That was something i talked about when i was director. How important is autonomy to developing this approach . The automated tipping and cueing. Yeah. Untouched by human hands. Were getting there. Theres some great work going on, on tipping and cueing. When we reach the point where we have persistence, in both domains, i think the, to me its almost a nobrainer to do as much of this on an auat that time automatic and get humans out of it. The classic pattern, is, i want my picture tomorrow, and file dont get it, because, try it again. The real, heres my problem. Now, the view in the Intelligence Community<\/a>, with an arc ka tech sure, will be a lot more responsesive, and agile, and its bringing the customers along. So, this administration has been focused on space resilient, and have overhead capabilities. Do you think that will transition into the next administration . Well, i hope so, it would be, in the face of the evidence, what the russians and the chinese have embarked on. A very aggressive space capabilityies that, if were going to continue to operate in that domain, which i think we must, the investments that we have gun, and laid out or over the future will need to be sustained. Its hard to mj that any administration wouldnt seat merit of sustaining t. I think many would agree. Particularly with our need. One of our tracks is about acquisition management, and, reform. How do you think were doing in the Intelligence Community<\/a>, if you had to give us a score . Are there rules and regulations and policy thats hamper our ablefy to procure the services and things that we need . Well, i think were doing pretty well, we have something on the order of 27 major systems, and programs, across the i. C. 17 in a row. And, for the most part, theyre in the green. Theyre meeting cost performance and goals. There are certain exceptions to that. But thats been my experience in the six years that i have had this job. The congress requires very rigorous oversight by both o. Difficult, and, d od. So, they get a lot of governnance. And i think we do pretty well. Unless the laws that govern this activity, its hard to sea how we could streamline it much more than we already are. I think we do pretty well. I think, one of the things that im proud of, is the fact that we have sustained our percentage of about 5 in the National Intelligence<\/a> program for research and technology, even with the pressure of, what you always have on the now and urgent as opposed to investing in the important. I think weve, we have done a good job of that, given all the pressures of Program Management<\/a> these days. It is good but tu could be better. Private sector. And hopefully well get over that and get past that, a key issue is encryption. And the impact that has on both Law Enforcement<\/a> and national curety. And im hopeful that soldialogue will take place that we can, as we always seem to, find a balance. How would you respond to the criticism of some that the Intelligence Community<\/a> is giftive over classification. Were guilty. What are you doing to work on that . I put out a charge to the agency heads, to it involves four areas of pursuit. Were starting to get them in. We want to be more france parent. And theres proposals going around, why dont we just not bother with of the exal, for simplify the system. We have embark owed a extensive de classification of historical documents. I participated, with john brennan, and again last month, for the johnson library, and nixon library, on the roll out of the de classified daily briefs. Were doing a lot more of this than we ever have in the past, in terms of de classifying as much as we k. But theres more work to be done here. Another point, there will need to be, i believe, a fairly fundamental change in the system, not just in the i. C. But across the government. Basic structure is born out of hard copy paper era and the rules arent are not compatible with the technology and the way we conduct our business. At some point, i think there will have to be a change, working, what i can, within the confines the surrent system. So that will be one of the things on your list of items. Recognizing we have a cyber track, in our breakout sessions, and, yes, well have admiral rogers here tomorrow, can you talk a little bit about what the community is doing, in the cyber arena . Do we have enough in place to know and track cyber threat, the actors intenses, and always a hard thing to do . It is. Do we have enough . Well, the stock answer is always no. Never met a collection cape bimentdty, didnt like. So yes, we can use more. Intelligence support to cyber which cuts across all the i. C. Components. I think our, we do well, in assessing the threat. I think were, more work needs to be done is in sharing with the private sector, and in more per vaisive sharing of threat data, with private sector companies, and private individuals. Thats a workinprogress. Speaking of threats do you see isis as a enduring threat . Well, isis, will be suppressed. But i think, for sometime to come it will have more extremists, organizations, which will be spawned and which well have to contend with. Were going to be in a state of is suppression for time to come. Lets shift gears as we are closing here. War three things you will tell your successor as far as priorities for the Intelligence Community<\/a> . I think the i think frame it around the what is outlined, in the prevention act which lay us out, what the dni is supposed to do. Will primary and not the excompleusive. But the primary advis soar to intelligence and security matters. Manage the National Intelligence<\/a> program. And theres a whole set of props i will share with the next dni on that, on its management. And, of course, try to lead the enterprise. So i would probably have, is how ill frame the discussion. So 54 years, anything that still surprises you . Not really. [laughter] i mean, theres sometimes people surprise me. Thats, makes it interesting. I really cant think of things that surprise me necessarily. Disstress me, concern me. But, no. Okay. What are you going to finish that you really wanted to as you came into the job six years ago . What was the question again . Whats being left undone . Lots of things are undone because, these jobs are, you know, youre a temporary steward of the public trust. You build on the legacy of what you inherited. And, you will pass on things to the next whoever takes over for me. All these things are journeys, its not like, gee im all done with that, close the business friday. So there are any number of things that will continue to draw the attention of the dni that will need to be worked. You know, the mantra has been which i think was the original intent of the 9 11 commission, was integration. Hopefully get to the point where maybe we wont have to talk about it, it will be the default for the community. But these things are always you know, are perpetual. And, you gauge i think most people, i will, is it a little better when i started . I would like to think it is and hopefully, my successor will build on that. So you just said the integration word again. One of the questions here, is the structure of the Intelligence Community<\/a> open toe mulch . Well thats a hard thing. We, americans are great, if we have some ill, some problem, lets reorganize. That will make it better. Well, the older i have gotten, the lessen amorred i am of reorganize na sayingses. We have noticed. I think you better serve to make whatever organizational structure you have which is always going to be imperfect. New wiring diagrams make people on the top gloofer happy but too often, i have seen that people fail to recognize the second and third order effects. That you always have to adjust to. Two of our agencies, are going truth throws of some substantial reorganize na sayingses. And my advice to the groups that were studying them was that i just recountedded my experience, and i had down three agency level reorganizations. One at gn a, and worked pretty well. And, and then i two in the early 90s, and the second one was intended to undo the bad effects of the first one. What about information sharing . How are we doing . What is the impact of the information sharing environment and how are we doing with this . Can you talk about information sharing . That has many dimensions. We start with the one which you did not mention, which is the foreign partners. I think today, it is unprecedented, the degree to which we are sharing with foreign partners. Reason is it has a way the perception of the threat, particularly the terrorist threat has a galvanizing impact on countries and it does promote more sharing. Point,id before at some i will probably have both feet in assisted living when it pens, we will do away with with commonwealth countries and perhaps extend dual citizenship obligations when it leaves an intelligence footprint. My experience has been that we have gradually chipped away at that and we are doing more and more integrated operations with the commonwealth, which is a good thing. Your question is more specific to domestic. Today, i am meeting with socalled nontitle 50 organizations, in the government , agencies and departments that are not formally part of dic, but do have counterintelligence and security equities. We meet regularly with them and we try to be as inclusive as we possibly can. This is where it comes in to play, in fostering greater state, local, tribal and private sector levels. Use totrumentalities i promote that nationally, the the fbiof 12 of special agents in charge or assistant director in charge because of the size. We have done a lot. Better than it was, 15 years ago. There is clearly more to do in that realm. Do on the first day after you leave this position . Sleep. [laughter] i think mrs. Clapper may have some ideas. I will start going to the gym. I plan to lose about 15 pounds and sleep. Thats all i have in mind right now. Thank you very much for your service. I will tell you almost every question in here actually has that at the bottom after the question, it was, thank you for your service. To have younate leaving our community, for you to have agreed to stay on through on through this entire administration. We look forward to your advice to your successor, and we look forward to inviting you back in any capacity, so thank you very much. [applause] thank you very much. We will have more from the intelligence and National Security<\/a> summit later, today, with a panel that includes the cia director, nsa director and fbi director. That is live at 1 00 eastern on cspan three. On cspan, washington journal is up next and we will be taking your phone calls followed by todays house session. Today, they are working on a bill dealing with sec reporting requirements. We will talk to house members bobby scott, Virginia Foxx<\/a> and luke host good morning, everyone. Journal. Washington there are 60 days left to election day. We want to know from you, have you decided which candidate would make the best commanderinchief . We will spend the first hour discussing that. Both candidates sat down separately for 30 minutes to discuss National Security<\/a> issues. 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