I issued an open invitation to anybody who believes their analytical product was skewed in any way, or if they were intimidated or if they were coerced, that they can come to us, ... Face the Nation.
The media challenged me. `You're not going to bring atheists into the government? How dare you maintain that those who believe the Judeo-Christian values are better qualified to govern America than Hindus and Muslims?' My simple answer is, `Yes, they are.'
I believe that such an investigation at this point ... would be detrimental to this highly classified program and efforts to reach some accommodation with the administration.
I don't believe that statement passes the smell test, nor do I believe it would be your position that we have no better mission for military pilots in a crisis of Katrina's magnitude than kennel duty,
I am concerned to learn of the Director's decision to forego this step in the process. However, I spoke with Director Goss and Negroponte earlier today and they both strongly believe that this is the correct course of action.