The committee will come to order. I want to remind our members, our guests and our staff that we are at the unclassified level for todays hearing. Im also obligated to remind the witnesses that providing false information to this committee or concealing Material Information from the committee is a crime punishable by law. Today we welcome director of National Intelligence, james clapper, deputy secretary of defense robert work and the under secretary of defense for intelligence, marcel lettre. Thank you for all three of you for being here today. The United States faces grave security threats today from terrorism threats to aggression by nation states to cyberattacks. The Intelligence Community provides our military with critical information across the full spectrum of conflict. Yet when the ic and dod do not integrate effectively, we risk intelligence failures that put our war fighters lives at risk. Were here today because the dod and ic have failed to adequately respond to the concerns raised by this committee on a range of Critical National security issues, including those raised by the committee during the worldwide threats hearing this past february. The committee is alarmed by the manipulation of intelligence at u. S. Central command, as we documented in our august report. Further, an ongoing Committee Investigation has found the dod and the ic Facilities Planning has been plagued by significant flaws, including disregard for more Cost Effective alternatives. Despite repeatedly raising these concerns, the committee has not seen any meaningful corrective actions by the dod or the ic. I want to thank the department of defense Inspector Generals Office for their ongoing investigations into both of these issues. Once they are complete, i will invite the ig to present their findings in open session. If necessary, we may ask the three of you to return following the conclusion of those investigations. I also commend the work of the Government Accountability office which recently released a report finding that the department of defense did not follow best practices when conducting its joint intelligence analysis complex consolidation analysis of alternatives process. Thank you for being here, and with that, i would like to recognize the Ranking Member for any opening comments he would like to make. Mr. Schiff . Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Im trying to get used to this new committee and the lap of luxury here in the ways and means. First, i want to thank you all for your many years of service to the country. Indeed decades of service to the country. Director clapper, in particular, i want to thank you for honorably serving us since the 1960s, first as an air force officer, later as director of dia, nga and as under secretary of defense for intelligence and, of course, for the last six years of dni. You took a position that was still very much in the process of formation and gave it very substantive and effective content, and were very grateful for all you have done. Youve always exhibited sober judgment and put the fate of the nation first. I hope that as you look back on your career, you are you dont lament your many appearances before us. We certainly dont. And, you know, there was a rumor out there that you might be asked to stay on a little longer during the transition. Im hoping you will stay on a little longer. Maybe four years longer. But thats probably the last thing you want to hear. Deputy secretary work and under secretary lettre, i also want to thank you for your Extraordinary Service for the country. Were very grateful to both of you, and i look forward to our continuing to Work Together in whatever plans come to you both down the road. As we near the end of the congress, now is an appropriate time to reflect on the values that shape our work and how those are manifest in the National Security domain. Our country is best served when we put asize partisanship and conduct ourselves in a manner worthy of the American People. This requires a commitment to intellectual honesty, respect for the rule of law and willingness to accept accountability for our mistakes and the commitment to avoid repeating them. As weve done on this committee, we must all Work Together to solve problems on a bipartisan, really nonpartisan basis. The Intelligence Community and at times the military operate in the shadows, but that no way diminishes our responsibility to ensure that we act according to the principles. In fact, responsibilities even greater. At home we rely on our military and Intelligence Community to be nonpartisan objective and honest about the challenges we face. And that candor is what allows the most Senior Leaders in this country to make hard choices about how to protect americans. Abroad, even as we engage in espionage and warfare to protect ourselves and our allies, and world civility itself, we again rely on the ic and the military to comport with the rule of law and highest moral standards. Even in the shadows, we must all act as if youre very much in the spotlight because you are. The world often sees whats were doing. The intelligence communities do our best to shine a light in a constructive way. The people expect and deserve an Intelligence Community and military that are responsive and as transparent as possible and open to the oversight committees. The intelligence oversight committees in congress act as a critical check on the most secret activities of the ic and dod and also provide oversight, we hope sound judgment and ultimately either authorization or disapproval. Each of us must continually seek to strike the right balance between protecting privacy and civil libertyez and ensure our security. That balance not always clear, it is never a bright line. And nor have we always achieved it to perfection, but it must always be our goal in the ic and department of defense and here in congress. Today i look forward to farreaching discussion about how the ic can and does support the department of defense as we pursue meaningful comprehensive and bipartisan oversight of the critical work you do now and into the future. Thank the gentleman for yielding back. We have your Opening Statements for the record. I want to keep your Opening Statements to no more than five minutes because we have a lot of questions. I think well have a series of votes. I want to get through as many of those as possible. Who is going to start off . Director clapper . Will you start off. Youre recognized for five minutes. Chairman and Ranking Member, members of the committee and thanks to the Ranking Member for your very gracious comments. I submitted my letter of resignation last night which felt really good and i have 64 days left. Thanks for having us here to discuss the intelligence committees work. Im joined by my friend and colleague, bob work and my partner, under secretary of defense for intelligence, marcel lettre, two men whom i greatly ads meyer. Well dour best to discuss as much of the ic support to the department in this unclassified environment. Obviously, noting in some details may require follow up in a classified setting. My written statement i included a brief update on some of the National Security intelligents this committee knows well. So in the interest of time, i think ill skip by those. Youre well familiar with them. Just as a stage setter for constant challenges that we face. As i said before this Committee Many times, our nation is facing a most diverse array of threats thats ive seen in my 53plus years in the intelligence business. Thats what makes the topic of this hearing so important. Never before have the Intelligence Community and the department of defense needed to work so closely. We have a shared responsibility to keep our nation safe and secure. I have a long history of serving in the department of intelligence roles to include as the director of intelligence for three of the combatant commands as director of both dia and nga for almost nine years. As under secretary of defense for intelligence for over three years. And as commander of scientific Technical Intelligence center and i served two combat tours during the Southeast Asia conflict. So i have experienced firsthand the department, and i see its collaboration. Since odni, the relationship between the department and the community has grown steadily closer. When i 50 took over as usdi in 2007, i establisheds dual hat relationship for the usdi within odni. Its called the director of Defense Intelligence. This serves as a bridge to enhance integration and information sharing between the Intelligence Community and dod. And marcel has taken this arrangement to the next level. Odni does the hard work of integrating behind the scenes so its never a thought or shouldnt be on the front lines. My written statement walks through several examples from Operational Support to acquisition oversight to in innovations by iarpa that show the support that ioc renders to dod. In the interest of time, let me give you one real tangible example of how this works every day. And that is joint duty. A program championed and managed by odni. Dod knows well how jointness brings great value to the war fighter and we in the ic adopted the same approach. We learned the hard way how stove piping and insular approaches to intelligence are not the way to operate. To penetrate those stove pipes, one of the most valuable tools is joint duty where they serve rotations outside of their home agencies. This is intelligence integration at the most basic level, person to person. The ics policy not only fosters joint duty, it mandates it for anyone who seeks to become a senior officer. Literally thousands of ic officers completed joint duty assignments. This is in stark contrast to my work in Southeast Asia where you rarely saw civilian employees in the war zone. Today, civilians and Service Members are serving shoulder to shoulder focussing on the same mission, sharing the same risks and enduring the same challenging circumstances. Yet more recent graphic example of that in my visit to kuwait last week. Its one of the many ways we build strong bridges between the ic and dod. Finally, i want to take note of the fact that secretary carter recently presented me with the department of Defense Distinguished Public Service award, the highest such award he can give. The award was not for me. I accepted it on behalf of the men and women of the Intelligence Community who work tirelessly to support our missions, many of them directly supporting the war fighters. The war is a symbol of that commitment to mission and i want to publicly thank the secretary for so honoring us, the Intelligence Community. So, mr. Chairman, if i may, i did want to comment specifically on the issue of analytic integrity at centcom. Some very recent information i thought would be useful to share with you. Since we have now 2016 results of our analytic survey, which reflected a 22 of centcom, j2 and jaoc analysts respond to objectivity issues, this represents a decrease from 41 in 2015 and is comparable to 16 to reported issues in 2014. Centcoms j2 objectivity nump bers are on par with the command average and slightly higher than 2016 ic wide average of 17 . They also indicate that sectcom, j2 and jaoc were more likely to seek assistance to resolve incidents. 60 of centcom, j2 respondents experiencing objectivity issues sought assistance up from 42 in 2015. Of those seeking assistance in resolving objectivity issues in 2016, 67 rated senior centcom intelligence management as satisfactory at protecting analytic products from deliberate distortion. So i mention this only to make this is, you know, oneyear period, but it does show a positive trend. And i would also comment that, of course, theres been a change in both the commander and the j2 and centcom and i think just that ought to im not cast aspersions, i just think a change has been a very positive development. So with that, ill stop and turn to secretary work. Thank you, director. Deputy secretary work, youre recognized for five minutes. Can you get the mike, please. Chairman nunez, Ranking Member schiff, its an honor to appear before you today to discuss the support of the department of defense has received from the Intelligence Community. As chairman nunez said, this is the unclassified hearing. So i it precludes me from getting into any specific details. Let me just state that the support that we receive from the ic community has been absolutely superb. Its great to be here with the director of National Intelligence jim clapper. Theres nobody more qualified. Jim, id like to state for the record that marcel has been tasked by me to find your letter of resignation and lose it because we would certainly like to see you state as long as possible. But as jim gets ready to hang up his spurs, i want to say that secretary carter and i are exceedingly grateful to his tremendous contributions to the Intelligence Community and intelligence support to dod. He knows better than anyone the value of the dods eight members, the ic bring to the intelligence areina. Marcel lettre who is also my battle buddy in intelligence and the department of defense, hes the primary intelligence adviser to the secretary and me. Hes also responsible to jim in the role of the director for Defense Intelligence. This dual hat role was established and institutionalized when jim was the under secretary of defense for intelligence. And it has been a smashing success in our opinion. So i cant overstate the importance of having a us team that understands the warfighting requirements is plugged in closely with the ic community and appreciates the entire capabilities the ic can bring to bear. We all understand and appreciate the importance of these personal relationships, which is why i comment on them and thanks to jim, marcel, cia director john brynn and the combat support agencies, the relationship and our view between dni, cia, the rest of three of the intelligence communities and dod have never been better. Ive worked in this business now for a little over 2 1 2 years. Ive had an opportunity to work not only closely with jim but with his principal deputy, stephanie osullivan. Shes one of the three members along with the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, paul selva. We chair the advance capability and Deterrence Panel which shows the close relationship between the ic and the department. These relationships and cooperation are absolutely crucial as we seek to allocator intelligence sources to meet the challenges that jim spoke about around the world from fighting isil and other extremist groups monitoring north koreas very active Ballistic Missile and Nuclear Weapons program, ensuring iran does not develop further nuclear capability, keeping a watchful eye on russias actions in the ukraine, Eastern Europe and elsewhere and scrutinizing chinas actions in the east and south china sea. The demands on the Intelligence Community are formidable. And the ic is working as best as they can, and we would consider their job to be outstanding to try to apply the scarce intelligence resources across all of these challenges. Usdi and dni rely upon several joint forms where the joint Service Intelligence chiefs, intelligence combatant support agencies, cia and the dni convene. And these are regular visits include regular visits to all of our regional and functional combatant commands, participation in the afghan and counter isil war fighter integration, which we call the war fighting sig. And all of these are designed to address the war fighters most urgent operational needs. We have ten combatant commands who have ic representatives on them. That is another indication of how close our relationship is, and their robust presence even in afghanistan, iraq, syria and other places worldwide, especially in this zerosum budget environment really speaks highly for the Mission Orientation of the entire ic. So im very grateful to be here today. And im very grateful for the committees interest in this area, and i look forward to your questions. Thank you, sir. Thank you, deputy secretary. Mr. Under secretary, do you have an Opening Statement . Mr. Chairman, i do not have a formal Opening Statement. I would just like to briefly make two points. First, is as director clapper and deputy secretary work have indicated, i essentially have two reporting chains reporting to dni clapper on the Intelligence Community side and to the deputy secretary and the secretary on the dod side with really my full time focus and my teams fulltime focus being to manage and focus the relationship between the Intelligence Community and the military and ensure that in both dir