Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130108:14:22:00
When i say eliminated that the dni, it is sort of a figure head? >> no, i don't think so. the biggest change -- the dni is the joint commander across 16 intelligence agencies. we modeled it after the chairman of the joint chiefs in the pentagon, who was the commander across four military services. otherwise, we would fight four wars, which we wruzed to do and we don't want to fight 16 intelligence wars. so, he's the commander leveraging the strengths of different agencies and there is a program where people move along the agencies to break down the stove pipes. we said we're changing a need to...