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Nomination of Ambassador John D. Negroponte to Be Director of National Intelligence S. HRG. 109–79 NOMINATION OF AMBASSADOR JOHN D. NEGROPONTE TO BE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE HEARING BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION APRIL 12, 2005 Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Intelligence ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 22–581 PDF WASHINGTON : 2005 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate 03-FEB-2003 14:52 Sep 23, 2005 Jkt 020732 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 D:\DOCS\22581.TXT SSC1 PsN: SSC1 SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE [Established by S. Res. 400, 94th Cong., 2d Sess.] PAT ROBERTS, Kansas, Chairman JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV, West Virginia, Vice Chairman ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah CARL LEVIN, Michigan MIKE DEWINE, Ohio DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri RON WYDEN, Oregon TRENT LOTT, Mississippi EVAN BAYH, Indiana OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland CHUCK HAGEL, Nebraska JON S. CORZINE, New Jersey SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia BILL FRIST, Tennessee, Ex Officio HARRY REID, Nevada, Ex Officio JOHN WARNER, Virginia, Ex Officio BILL DUHNKE, Staff Director and Chief Counsel ANDREW W. JOHNSON, Minority Staff Director KATHLEEN P. MCGhee, Chief Clerk (II) VerDate 03-FEB-2003 14:52 Sep 23, 2005 Jkt 020732 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 D:\DOCS\22581.TXT SSC1 PsN: SSC1 CONTENTS Page Hearing held in Washington, DC: April 12, 2005 ................................................................................................... 1 Statements: Corzine, Hon. Jon, U.S. Senator from New Jersey ........................................ 34 Hagel, Hon. Chuck, U.S. Senator from Nebraska, prepared statement ...... 28 Negroponte, Ambassardor John D., Nominee to be Director of National Intellegence ................................................................................................... 9 Roberts, Hon. Pat, U.S. Senator from Kansas ............................................... 1 Rockefeller, Hon. John D. IV, U.S. Senator from West Virginia .................. 4 Snowe, Hon. Olympia J., U.S. Senator from Maine ...................................... 22 Stevens, Hon. Ted, U.S. Senator from Alaska ............................................... 7 Additional Material: Questionnaire for completion by Presidential Nominees .............................. 54 Additional Pre-hearing questions .................................................................... 137 Letter from Marilyn L. Glenn, Office of Government Ethics ........................ 147 Letter from Amb. John D. Negroponte to John A. Rizzo, Central Intelligence Agency ....................................................................................... 168 Letter from Amb. John D. Negroponte to the Honorable John D. Rockefeller IV ................................................................................................ 171 Responses to Questions for the Record ........................................................... 158 (III) VerDate 03-FEB-2003 14:52 Sep 23, 2005 Jkt 020732 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 D:\DOCS\22581.TXT SSC1 PsN: SSC1 VerDate 03-FEB-2003 14:52 Sep 23, 2005 Jkt 020732 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 D:\DOCS\22581.TXT SSC1 PsN: SSC1 NOMINATION OF AMBASSADOR JOHN D. NEGROPONTE TO BE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2005 UNITED STATES SENATE, SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE, Washington, DC. The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:12 a.m., in room SH–216, Hart Senate Office Building, the Honorable Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Committee, presiding. Committee Members Present: Senators Roberts, Hatch, DeWine, Bond, Lott, Snowe, Hagel, Chambliss, Warner, Rockefeller, Levin, Feinstein, Wyden, Bayh, Mikulski and Corzine. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. PAT ROBERTS, CHAIRMAN Chairman ROBERTS. The Committee will come to order. The distinguished Vice Chairman will be here momentarily. The Committee meets today to receive testimony on the Presi- dent’s nomination for the newly-created position of Director of Na- tional Intelligence. Our distinguished witness today is the Presi- dent’s nominee, the Honorable John D. Negroponte. Ambassador, the Committee does welcome you and your guests. The Committee also welcomes our distinguished colleague, who will introduce the nominee, the Senate’s President Pro Tem and Senior Senator from Alaska, the Honorable Ted Stevens. The Jun- ior Senator from New York, the Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton was to be here, but apparently has a conflict. The President has made an excellent choice, I believe, in nomi- nating Ambassador Negroponte to serve as the Nation’s first Direc- tor of National Intelligence. Ambassador Negroponte is a distin- guished public servant, having dedicated 40 years and service to our country. During his career, the Senate has confirmed him five times—five times for Ambassadorial positions in Honduras, Mexico, the Phil- ippines, at the United Nations and, of course, most recently as our first Ambassador to the new Iraq. Ambassador Negroponte also has held a number of key positions in the Executive Branch, including serving as Deputy National Se- curity Adviser. He has worked on intelligence and national security issues all throughout his career, and in that respect I think brings a great deal of experience to this position. Most important, Ambas- sador Negroponte has a demonstrated record as an outstanding (1) VerDate 03-FEB-2003 14:52 Sep 23, 2005 Jkt 020732 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6601 D:\DOCS\22581.TXT SSC1 PsN: SSC1 2 manager and a leader. He is well suited for this position and I look forward to his confirmation. Intelligence has long played an important role in the defense of the United States and its interests. We developed what is now known as the intelligence community to determine the capabilities and intentions of state actors and their respective militaries. The idea that a non-state actor could seriously threaten our national se- curity was virtually inconceivable 50–plus years ago. Given the grave dangers that our Nation now faces from threats such as terrorism and the expansion of weapons of mass destruc- tion, what was inconceivable a half century ago has now become re- ality, and intelligence is now the key to our success. In the past few decades, there have been many unsuccessful at- tempts to reform the intelligence community. Those attempts, quite frankly, resulted in little more than incremental and marginal changes. It took the very visible intelligence failures associated with 9/11 and the flawed assessments on Iraq’s WMD programs to build the historic consensus required for substantial change. And change is a very necessary process. If it ultimately results in fundamental and substantial change, as it appears that it might, it will have been for the good. Change will be good not only for the U.S. national security, but also for the men and women of the intel- ligence community. In my years on the Senate Intelligence Committee, I have met many of these hardworking men and women who work day in and day out with one goal in mind—keeping this Nation secure and its people safe. They are held back, however, I think, by a flawed sys- tem that does not permit them as a community to do their very best work. We need to honor their commitment and their sacrifices by giving them an intelligence community worthy of their efforts and capable of meeting their aspirations and our expectations of them. I understand that change can be hard and stressful, but we need change—and not just a month or a year of change, but sustained, fundamental change that becomes a continuing process of adapta- tion as new threats emerge. Now, we all know that terrorism is a long-term threat to our na- tional security, but I can assure you that it will not be the last threat that we face. There will be others which will require our in- telligence community to continue to be adaptive and flexible. Mr. Ambassador, the process of change begins with you. It is my foremost hope that, when confirmed, you will begin to provide the strong, independent leadership that has long been lacking in our intelligence community. The position for which you have been nominated was created by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. It is no secret that this bill did not go as far as I would have liked in creating a Director of National Intelligence, or the DNI, with the very clear authorities and chain of command that the intelligence community, I think, requires. As I have said before, the Intel- ligence Reform Act is not the best possible bill, but rather the best bill possible under very difficult circumstances. If we embrace the concept of change as a continuing process, however, this reform effort is a very solid first step in the right di- VerDate 03-FEB-2003 14:52 Sep 23, 2005 Jkt 020732 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6601 D:\DOCS\22581.TXT SSC1 PsN: SSC1 3 rection of someday creating a clear chain of command and account- ability within that chain. For now, we must implement and oversee an Intelligence Reform Act that is somewhat ambiguous with respect to your authorities and responsibilities. Ambassador, this ambiguity has created jus- tifiable concern about whether you, as the DNI, have the clear au- thorities you will need to meet your vast responsibilities. In other words, we have high expectations. But did we give you the tools you will need to meet them? President Bush has made some very forceful statements about the strong authority that the DNI will have in his Administration. I am confident that, when confirmed, you will have the strong sup- port of the President. I am equally confident that you will have the same strong sup- port from this Committee. In other words, if you need help, let us know. I’ll be the stagecoach driver along with the rest of the Mem- bers of the Committee. You can be the shotgun rider. I think that’s turned around. You be the stagecoach driver. We’ll be the shotgun rider.
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