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OPEN HEARING TO CONSIDER THE NOMINATION 

OF HON. MIKE POMPEO TO BE DIRECTOR 

OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 

HEARING 

BEFORE THE

SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE 

OF THE

UNITED STATES SENATE 

ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS 

FIRST SESSION 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2017 

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SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE 

[Established by S. Res. 400, 94th Cong., 2d Sess.] 

RICHARD BURR, North Carolina, Chairman 

MARK R. WARNER, Virginia, Vice Chairman 

JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho 

MARCO RUBIO, Florida 

SUSAN COLLINS, Maine 

ROY BLUNT, Missouri 

JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma 

TOM COTTON, Arkansas 

JOHN CORNYN, Texas 

DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California 

RON WYDEN, Oregon 

MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico 

ANGUS KING, Maine 

JOE MANCHIN, West Virginia 

KAMALA HARRIS, California 

MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky, Ex Officio 

CHUCK SCHUMER, New York, Ex Officio 

JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona, Ex Officio 

JACK REED, Rhode Island, Ex Officio 

CHRIS JOYNER, Staff Director 

MICHAEL CASEY, Minority Staff Director 

DESIREE SAYLE, Chief Clerk 

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CONTENTS 

JANUARY 12, 2017 

OPENING STATEMENTS 

Burr, Hon. Richard, Chairman, a U.S. Senator from North Carolina ................ 1 

Warner, Hon. Mark R., Vice Chairman, a U.S. Senator from Virginia .............. 2 

WITNESSES 

Roberts, Hon. Pat, U.S. Senator from Kansas ...................................................... 5 

Dole, Hon. Bob, former U.S. Senator from Kansas ............................................... 6 

Pompeo, Hon. Mike, Nominated to be Director of the Central Intelligence 

Agency ................................................................................................................... 7 

Prepared Statement ......................................................................................... 12 

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL 

Questionnaire for Completion by Presidential Nominees .................................... 52 

Prehearing Questions and Responses .................................................................... 67 

Questions for the Record ......................................................................................... 128 

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OPEN HEARING TO CONSIDER THE 

NOMINATION OF HON. MIKE POMPEO 

TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE 

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2017 

U.S. SENATE, 

SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE, 

Washington, DC. 

The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 a.m. in Room 

SH–216, Hart Senate Office Building, Hon. Richard Burr (Chairman of the Committee) presiding. 

Committee Members Present: Burr (presiding), Warner, Risch, 

Rubio, Collins, Blunt, Lankford, Cotton, Cornyn, Feinstein, Wyden, 

Heinrich, King, Manchin, and Harris. 

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. RICHARD BURR, CHAIRMAN, A 

U.S. SENATOR FROM NORTH CAROLINA 

Chairman BURR. I’d like to call this hearing to order. 

One procedural matter before we begin in earnest. We meet 

today prior to President-elect Trump’s inauguration and therefore 

have not yet received Representative Pompeo’s nomination to be 

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Procedurally, we cannot vote on and report out the nomination until it’s received in the 

U.S. Senate. 

So today we’ll have a hearing in expectation that that nomination will follow. Our goal in conducting this hearing is to enable the 

committee to begin consideration of Representative Pompeo’s qualification, to allow for thoughtful deliberation of our members. 

Representative Pompeo has already provided substantive written 

responses to more than 125 questions presented by the committee 

and its members. Today, of course, members will be able to ask additional questions and hear from Representative Pompeo in open 

and closed session. It’s my intention as soon as time allows to convene a meeting of the committee to vote on the nomination and to 

report it to the Senate floor for immediate floor vote. 

Now I’d like to welcome our witness today. Representative Mike 

Pompeo, President-elect Trump’s nominee to be the next Director 

of the Central Intelligence Agency. Mike, congratulations on your 

nomination. 

I’d like to also welcome your wife—Susan, where are you?— 

Susan and your son Nick. Would you two just stand up? 

[Susan and Nick Pompeo stand; applause.] 

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Chairman BURR. I want to thank both of you for your support of 

your husband, your father, of this incredible opportunity and I 

think benefit to our country. I understand that both of you have 

been a constant source of constructive and critical counsel to Mike. 

You said once during a speech, Nick, you graded him with a C and, 

Susan, you graded him with an F for questioning during an open 

hearing of the events of Benghazi. For the record, that tough curve 

you have described in the Pompeo household has clearly served you 

well and likely prepared you for the challenges that lie ahead. 

You’ll soon be asked to lead what, Mike, what I believe to be one 

of our Nation’s most treasured assets during a period of profound 

change. The Central Intelligence Agency is one of the principal 

members of the United States intelligence community and is tasked 

with collecting foreign intelligence through human sources and by 

appropriate means. The CIA operates in the shadows. Its officers 

are often undercover and sometimes work in hostile and austere 

environments. It’s not simply a job for many, but a lifestyle. 

The clandestine nature of the Agency’s work, however, is both 

the greatest capability and most challenging liability since its activities are outside the public view. We address that liability by 

calling upon the President to nominate individuals with unwavering integrity, and the Senate approves only those who we’re assured will lead this organization lawfully, ethically, and morally. 

Mike, I’ve reviewed the material provided by you prior to this 

confirmation hearing and have spoken with you personally. You enrolled in the United States Military Academy at West Point as a 

teenager. You graduated first in your class before serving as a cavalry officer. You went on to earn a law degree at Harvard and 

founded an aerospace company, where you served as CEO for more 

than a decade. You are in your third term representing the people 

from the Fourth District of Kansas and oversaw the intelligence 

community as a member of the House Permanent Select Committee 

on Intelligence. 

I believe your intellectual rigor, your honorable service and outstanding judgment make you a very natural fit to lead the CIA. I 

can assure you that this committee will continue to be faithful and 

follow its charter and conduct rigorous and real-time oversight over 

the CIA operations and their activities. We will ask difficult and 

probing questions of you, your staff, and we will expect honest, 

complete and timely response. 

The American people allow the CIA to operate in the shadows because they trust oversight. I take the responsibility very seriously. 

I look forward to supporting your nomination and ensuring its consideration without delay. 

I want to thank you again for being here, for your years of service to your country in many different capacities, and I look forward 

to your testimony today. 

I now would like to recognize the Vice Chairman, Senator Warner. 

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. MARK R. WARNER, VICE 

CHAIRMAN, A U.S. SENATOR FROM VIRGINIA 

Senator WARNER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I also would like to 

welcome you and congratulate you, Congressman Pompeo. I want 

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to also just note on a personal basis, it’s great to have the former 

Vice Chair back here by my side, willing to kick and prod me if I 

get off script. 

Let me also echo what the Chairman says and offer congratulations on your impending nomination to serve as Director of the 

Central Intelligence Agency. I’ve enjoyed our recent meetings and 

thank you for your honest views. 

If confirmed, you will be sitting at a critical intersection between 

intelligence and policymaking. You and I agree that politics has no 

place in your new line of business. Your job will be to give the 

President the best professional judgment of America’s intelligence 

experts at the CIA, even when it might be inconvenient or uncomfortable. As the motto you will see every morning in the lobby of 

the CIA headquarters reminds us, your job is to search out and follow the truth regardless of where it may lead. Many risk their lives 

and toil long hours in anonymity to get that critical piece of information that could mean the difference between literally life and 

death. 

Congressman Pompeo, I will need your public assurance that you 

will always seek to provide unbiased, unvarnished, and timely intelligence assessments to the President, to his Cabinet, his advisors, and to those of us in Congress. This intelligence must represent the best judgment of the CIA, whether or not that analysis 

is in agreement with the views of the President or anyone else who 

might receive them. I look forward to hearing from you on this 

topic. 

I’ve been concerned, as I’ve mentioned a number of times, over 

the course of the electoral campaign and even after it, that the CIA 

and the entire intelligence community has repeatedly and unfairly 

been subjected to criticism of its integrity. These comments have 

affected the morale of these dedicated men and women. This attitude will have a real impact on recruitment and retention of talented individuals willing to serve our country. 

Today again, I would like to hear your plan to reassure CIA employees that the countless hours they commit and the operations 

where they may be called upon to put their life on the line are not 

in vain, and that their sacrifices will not be disregarded in the 

White House or anywhere else in the next Administration. 

Intelligence, as we all know and have discussed as well, is a 

team sport and all members of that team must work together. The 

President-elect has announced a former member of this committee, 

Senator Dan Coats, a friend of many of ours, to become DNI. I will 

be paying particularly close attention to the cooperation between 

the CIA and ODNI as well as other intelligence agencies. I will ask 

that you commit yourself to this goal of cooperation and to provide 

assurance to this committee that you share that goal. 

The Agency that you have been nominated to head is facing a 

number of challenges brought on by the changing world which will 

require great leadership to drive organizational adaptation; among 

them, as the Chairman has mentioned: the increasing use and relevance of open source material and big data, coupled with the increasing amount of bad or false data in the world; the difficulty of 

using cover in a world where potential recruits have spent most of 

their lives online using social media; the challenge of maintaining 

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analytical integrity after a reorganization that puts analysts and 

operators in the same rooms, working on the same programs; and 

the changing nature of a Millennial workforce increasingly diverse 

and born digitally native. 

Finally, as you know, Chairman Burr and I have committed to 

conduct a review of the intelligence supporting the intelligence 

community’s assessment that Russia, at the direction—— 

[Power failure; lights and public address system go out.] 

I said there would be some intervention. 

I want to continue on. Finally, as you know, Chairman Burr and 

I have committed to conduct a review of the intelligence supporting 

the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia, at the direction of Vladimir Putin, sought to intervene in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election in order to undermine public faith in our democratic process, to denigrate Secretary Clinton, and to help the election chances of Donald Trump. 

A couple of days ago, the Director of National Intelligence, the 

Director of the CIA, the Director of the NSA, and the Director of 

the FBI all testified that this was the most serious attempt to 

interfere in our political system that they had ever seen, with their 

combined hundreds of years of experience in law enforcement and 

intelligence. This was not business as usual with Russia. 

It is important that all Americans fully understand the extent 

and the vulnerability and the implications of Russia’s intervention. 

The CIA’s leadership needs to keep on top of these Russian efforts, 

and you follow the facts of this inquiry wherever it leads. 

Our charge on the committee is to review and validate the analysis on behalf of the American people, which I fully intend to 

achieve expeditiously. I ask that you commit to me and all members of the committee that you will fully cooperate with this review 

and that you will provide the information we require to conduct it. 

Again, thank you for being here. I look forward to the discussion. 

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

Chairman BURR. Thank you, Vice Chairman. 

The Senate Building Supervisor has been notified of our power 

surge here. In an effort to allow Senator Collins to fully work on 

her critical infrastructure—— 

[Laughter.] 

Legislation, I’m going to ask that the committee recess temporarily until we get the lighting in the room back. So with that, the 

committee stands in recess until the call of the Chair. 

[Recess from 10:18 a.m. to 10:34 a.m.] 

I’d like to call the hearing back to order. I think since we’ve recessed our microphones have gone bad. 

Pat, if you and Senator Dole would follow this announcement. 

This is to announce that we’re going to move the hearing to Dirksen 106, the first floor on the southeast corner. We’ll recess for the 

relocation and call this hearing to order and begin with our introductions. 

[Whereupon, at 10:35 a.m., the hearing was recessed, then reconvened at 10:43 a.m. in Room SD–106, Dirksen Senate Office Building.] 

I call this session to order. 

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In light of the circumstances, we don’t have an answer to the 

problem that we have, but we have ruled out the Vice Chairman’s 

comments and we’ve ruled out there’s a conspiracy on the part of 

Senator Collins to highlight critical infrastructure in the cyber 

world. 

I’d like to thank the Vice Chairman for his opening words, and 

at this time I’m going to shorten my introduction to a very limited 

thing. We are honored to have two Kansans here: the current Senator, Pat Roberts, and former Senator and Leader Bob Dole. I 

would recognize Senator Roberts for the first introduction of Representative Pompeo. 

STATEMENT OF HON. PAT ROBERTS, U.S. SENATOR FROM 

KANSAS 

Senator ROBERTS. Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Vice 

Chairman, and members of the committee. As one of this committee’s former chairmen, I fully appreciate the awesome responsibility that comes with sitting on this dais. Not only are you charged 

with authorizing the intelligence activities of the United States; 

perhaps more importantly, you represent the collective conscience 

of the American people as you oversee and scrutinize these activities. 

As you know well, service on the Intelligence Committee takes 

and must take place largely behind closed doors and without fanfare. It is work that keeps you up at night, but it is work that 

needs to be done to ensure that our intelligence professionals have 

the guidance and the resources that they need. 

Today, however, you meet in open session to consider the nomination of my good friend and my Kansas colleague, Congressman 

Mike Pompeo, to be the next Director of the Central Intelligence 

Agency. My esteemed friend Senator Bob Dole, my colleague and 

Kansas’ favorite son, and I appreciate the opportunity to share 

briefly with you Mike’s background and his achievements. 

Ultimately, I believe Mike has the experience, the knowledge, the 

judgment, and the skills necessary to lead the Central Intelligence 

Agency. Mike is Army-strong. That comes from a Marine. He graduated at the top of his class in West Point and then served as a 

cavalry officer, patrolling the Iron Curtain before the fall of the 

Berlin Wall. He later joined the 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry, in the 

4th Infantry Division. 

After completing his military service, Mike attended Harvard 

Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. 

Because he is an attorney, Mike understands the law. He will respect the limitations that we have placed upon our intelligence 

services and he will preserve our constitutional values. 

After practicing law, Mike returned to his mother’s roots in 

south-central Kansas, running several very successful businesses in 

Wichita before making the decision to run for Congress back in 

2010. Mike came to Washington with a strong desire to serve the 

people of the Fourth District and also ready for a challenge. 

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vide the Intelligence Committees with candid and honest assessments and provide the information the committee needs which is 

necessary to fulfil its oversight responsibilities. 

I trust that he will also demand that of everyone who serves in 

the CIA. In doing so, I know and he knows the difference between 

intelligence reporting and an intelligence product with input from 

all in the U.S. intelligence community, thus making sure our intel 

community does not become mired in assessment failure. 

Mr. Chairman, there are few positions in government with greater importance than that of the Director of the Central Intelligence 

Agency. At a time when democracy and freedom are under assault 

by radical elements fueled by hatred, our intelligence-gathering 

services must have—must have—a strong leader who will guide 

their mission and ensure the safety of the American people and not 

be swayed by any political interference. 

Those who serve in or in support of the clandestine service deserve our gratitude and our highest respect. The best way I know 

how to demonstrate that respect is to give them a leader that will 

have their backs and at the same time demand excellence of each 

and every one of them. Members of the committee, Mike Pompeo 

will be that kind of leader. 

I urge you to support this nomination. It is now a privilege to 

introduce to the committee someone that needs no introduction, 

Senator Bob Dole, with more insight with regards to Mike 

Pompeo’s leadership that has benefited all of us in Kansas and in 

our Nation. 

Bob. 

Chairman BURR. Senator Dole, the floor is yours. 

STATEMENT OF HON. BOB DOLE, FORMER U.S. SENATOR 

FROM KANSAS 

Mr. DOLE. My eyesight is not too good, so I thought it was perfect in the other room. 

[Laughter.] 

But I’m happy to be here, of course. Mike and Susan and your 

son: it’s a great honor for me, and it’s an honor just to come back 

to the Senate. I don’t get up here very often. I know members on 

both sides of the aisle understand what a privilege it is to serve. 

I see my fraternity brother chairman here, and my fellow Kansan, Ron Wyden from Wichita, and others that I know very well. 

I didn’t see—oh, I did see Susan. She’s here somewhere. Is Dianne 

Feinstein here? 

Senator FEINSTEIN. Here. 

Mr. DOLE. Where? Oh. Dianne and I used to work together. Some 

of it was good. 

[Laughter.] 

But anyway, I’ll just take a minute because we’ve lost a few minutes making the transfer. 

But I always thought that we tested a member of Congress or 

a Senator by what they did at home and what kind of a record they 

compiled and what kind of constituent service they had and whether they really were into what they were elected to do. Mike has a 

great record in Kansas, whether it’s with the aviation industry that 

he worked closely with and had legislation passed that created 

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more opportunities for small plane manufacturing, which created 

jobs—we need jobs in Kansas. I’m certain we all do, in all of our 

states. 

He had extensive work with veterans, and I do a lot of work with 

veterans myself, as a volunteer. He’s had over 600 cases where he’s 

tried to be helpful and has been helpful to veterans and their families. To me that is the mark of a good person—a big heart, responsibility, because no one needs more attention these days than those 

who served our country, and Mike understands that. 

To think of all the people he’s helped in our State, it’s very important. He’s also been active in biotech engineering, whatever that 

is. He got 101 Democrats to work with him. It was totally bipartisan. And it really doesn’t deal with the CIA, but again it’s an indication of how hard he worked as a Representative from the 

Fourth District of Kansas. 

I told Mike I’d come up and speak with him or against him, and 

he said: ‘‘Let me call you back.’’ So I’m very proud to be here, because I know this man and I know he’ll do a great job. He understands there are no politics in the CIA. It’s very, very difficult and 

responsible work. 

So thank you all for being here this morning. I may run again, 

so I’ll probably be up here looking for bipartisan support. But have 

a good day, and you’ve got a good candidate here. Thank you. 

Chairman BURR. Senator Dole, thank you very much for your 

services to the country, your service to the Senate, and your service 

to those in Kansas. 

Senator Roberts, thank you for your past leadership on this committee and, more importantly, your current contribution to the 

United States Senate. 

With that, Mr. Pompeo, I would like to ask you to stand. 

[Mr. Pompeo stands.] 

Mike, if you would raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear 

to give the committee the truth, the full truth, and nothing but the 

truth, so help you God? 

Representative POMPEO. I do, sir. 

Chairman BURR. Please be seated. 

Mike, before we look at your statement, I’ll ask you to answer 

five standard questions the committee poses to each nominee who 

appears before us. They just require a simple yes or no answer for 

the record. 

TESTIMONY OF HON. MIKE POMPEO, NOMINATED TO BE 

DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 

Chairman BURR. Do you agree to appear before the committee 

here and at any other venues when invited? 

Representative POMPEO. Yes, sir. 

Chairman BURR. If confirmed, do you agree to send officials from 

your office to appear before the committee and designated staff 

when invited? 

Representative POMPEO. Yes, sir. 

Chairman BURR. Do you agree to provide documents or any other 

materials requested by the committee in order for the committee to 

carry out its oversight and legislative responsibilities? 

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Chairman BURR. Will you both ensure that your office and your 

staff provides such materials to the committee when requested? 

Representative POMPEO. Yes, sir. 

Chairman BURR. Do you agree to inform and fully brief to the 

fullest extent possible all members of the committee on intelligence 

activities and covert action, rather than only the chair and the vice 

chair? 

Representative POMPEO. Yes, sir, subject to—subject to what the 

President directs, I do. I will always try and do that. 

Chairman BURR. Thank you very much. We’ll now proceed to 

your opening statement. The floor is yours, Mike. 

Representative POMPEO. Thanks very much, Senator Burr, Senator Warner, members of the committee. 

Senator Dole, thank you for your kind words this morning. But 

more importantly, thank you for your service to our Nation and to 

Kansas, as a public servant here, as an elected official, and as a 

soldier in World War II. Kansans—and I think it’s safe to say your 

former colleagues here in the Senate—know they’ve benefited from 

your wit, your patriotism, and your kindness. I sure know that I 

have. Thank you so much for agreeing to be here this morning. 

Senator Bob, thank you too for your warm introduction. I’m especially grateful for your guidance over the years, not simply because 

you’re the dean of the Kansas Congressional delegation, but due to 

the insights that you’ve shared with me in your role as the former 

chairman of this committee. 

Semper fi, sir. 

Mr. DOLE. I may have to leave early. I finally got a client. 

Representative POMPEO. That’s something I completely understand. Thank you very much for being here, sir. 

Chairman Burr, Vice Chairman Warner: Thank you for the opportunity to be here today as the nominee for the next Director of 

the Central Intelligence Agency. I want to thank the staff of this 

committee, too, for their kindness and attention through the nomination process. 

I’d like to thank President-elect Trump for nominating me. It’s 

an honor to be selected as the next steward of the world’s foremost 

intelligence agency. I look forward to working with Senator Coats, 

nominee for the Director of National Intelligence, and supporting 

him in his critical role, should we both be confirmed. 

I also want to thank Director Brennan and Director Clapper for 

their many, many years of selfless service to our Nation. I’m grateful, of course, to the people of the Fourth District of Kansas, who 

have entrusted me for the past six years and change to represent 

them in the United States House of Representatives. It has been 

a true honor. 

Finally, I want to thank my patient and patriotic wife Susan and 

my son Nicholas, each of whom I love dearly. The two of you have 

been so selfless in allowing me to return to public service, first as 

a member of Congress and now, if confirmed, working with warriors to keep America safe. I cannot tell you how much it means 

to me to have you all here with us today. 

Having been a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, I understand full well that my job, if confirmed, will be to change roles from centrality of policymaking to 

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information-providing. The Director must stay clearly on the side 

of collecting intelligence and providing objective analysis to policymakers, including to this committee. 

I spent the majority of my life outside of politics, first as an 

Army officer and then a litigator and then running two manufacturing businesses in Kansas. Returning to duty that requires hard 

work and unerring candor is something that is in my bones. 

Today I’d like to briefly sketch some of the challenges the IC 

faces in the United States, address trends in intelligence, and describe what I see as the Central Intelligence Agency’s role in addressing each of those. 

This is the most complicated threat environment the United 

States has seen in recent memory. ISIL remains a resilient movement that still controls major urban centers of the Middle East. We 

must ensure that they and those they inspire cannot expand their 

reach or slaughter more innocent people. 

The conflict in Syria is one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes of the 21st century. It has led to the rise of extremism and 

sectarianism, as well as further created instability throughout the 

region and in Europe, and indeed all across the world. 

Iran, the world’s largest state sponsor of terror, has become an 

even more emboldened and disruptive player in the Middle East. 

Russia has reasserted itself aggressively, invading and occupying 

Ukraine, threatening Europe, and doing nothing to aid in the destruction and defeat of ISIS. 

As China flexes its muscles and expands its military and economic reach, its activities in the South and East China Seas and 

in cyberspace are now pushing new boundaries and creating real 

tension. 

North Korea too has dangerously accelerated its nuclear and missile capabilities. 

We all rely on intelligence from around the globe to avoid strategic and tactical surprise. Intelligence helps make the other elements of national power effective, including economic and legal 

measures against weapons proliferators, terrorist financiers, and 

other criminals. Foreign governments and liaison services are vital 

partners in preventing attacks and providing crucial intelligence. 

It’s important that we all thank and appreciate the foreign partners who stand with us in helping to ensure that we all have the 

intelligence we need to keep America safe. 

If confirmed, I intend to advocate for a strong and vibrant intelligence community and the CIA’s centrality in that community. 

There are at least four long-term trends making the urgency of 

Central Intelligence paramount: 

First, the intelligence community finds itself a potential victim of 

longer-term negative budgetary trends, which can weaken the fabric of our intelligence community. 

Second, as with the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons and ballistic missile technology, countries such as North Korea 

have overcome low barriers to entry to engage in offensive cyber 

operations. The United States must continue to invest wisely to 

maintain a decisive advantage. 

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Third, the effects of dislocation and poor governance present a 

critical challenge, but also new targets and opportunities for the 

CIA’s collection and analysis. 

Finally, the insider threat problem has grown exponentially in 

the digital age. The greatest threats to America have always been 

the CIA’s top priority. It will be the CIA’s mission and my own if 

confirmed to ensure that the Agency remains the best in the world 

at its core mission, collecting what enemies do not want us to 

know. In short, the CIA must be the world’s premier espionage organization. 

One emerging and increased focus is the cyber domain. Sophisticated adversaries like China and Russia, as well as less sophisticated adversaries like Iran and North Korea, terrorist groups, 

criminal organizations, and hackers are all taking advantage of 

this new borderless environment. The CIA must continue to be at 

the forefront of this issue. 

As the President-elect has made clear, one of my top priorities 

if confirmed is to assist in the defeat of ISIS. We must maintain 

an aggressive counterterrorism posture and also address manifestations of this great threat beyond ISIS and Al Qaida. 

With respect to Iran, we must be rigorously objective in assessing 

the progress made under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. 

While I opposed the Iran deal as a member of Congress, if confirmed, my role will change. I will lead the Agency to pursue aggressive operations and ensure analysts have the time, political 

space, and resources to make objective and sound judgments. 

Similarly, it’s a policy decision with respect to how we will deal 

with Russia, but it will be essential for the Agency to provide policymakers with accurate, timely, robust, and complete intelligence 

and clear-eyed analysis of Russian activities to the greatest extent 

feasible. 

As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, I fully appreciate the need for transparency and support from members of Congress. We owe it to our constituents to get to the bottom of intelligence failures. But we owe it to the brave Americans of the intelligence community not to shirk our responsibility when unauthorized disclosures to the media expose controversial intelligence activities or when Edward Snowden, from the comfort of his Moscow 

safe house, misleads the American people about our intelligence activities. 

On my first visit to CIA headquarters a few years ago, I visited 

an analytical targeting cell. Some of you have probably done this 

as well. I saw a woman who appeared as though she had not slept 

for weeks. She was poring over data on her computer screen. I introduced myself. I asked her what she was working on and she said 

she was just hours away from solving a riddle to locate a particularly bad character she had been pursuing for months. 

She had her mission. Its completion would make America safer. 

She was a true patriot. In the past few years, I have come to know 

there are countless men and women just like her in the Agency 

working to crush our adversaries. 

This past weekend I took a moment and visited Arlington National Cemetery. I’ve done this many times, but on this visit I paid 

special attention to the markers that commemorate CIA officers 

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who have perished in ensuring our freedom. In so many places 

most Americans will never know, agents put themselves and their 

lives at risk. We know the sacrifices of the families of each of these 

CIA officers. From their role of performing intelligence, those families sacrifice greatly as well. 

As I walked among these heroes, I was reminded of the sacred 

trust that will be granted to me if I am confirmed. I will never fail 

it. 

I am honored to have been nominated to lead the finest intelligence agency the world has ever known, working to keep safe the 

people of the greatest Nation in the history of civilization. If confirmed, I will be sworn to defend the U.S. Constitution for the third 

time in my life: first as a soldier, then as a member of the House 

of Representatives, and now to work with the President and each 

of you to keep America safe. 

Thank you all for an opportunity to speak with you this morning. 

I look forward to your questions. 

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Statement for the Record 

before the 

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence 

The Honorable Mike Pompeo 

January 12,2017 

Senator Dole, thank you for your kind words. But more importantly, thank you for the great 

service you have performed for Kansas and for America both in your life as an elected official, 

as a soldier in WWII and as a patriot who worked so hard to build the memorial to honor those 

who fought in that war. Every Kansan-and I think it's safe to say, all of your former colleagues 

here in the Senate--know that they have benefitted from your wit, your patriotism and your 

kindness. I know that I have. 

Senator Roberts, thank you too for your kind introduction. I am especially grateful for your 

guidance over the years, not simply because you are the Dean of our Kansas Congressional 

delegation, but due to your insights as the former Chairman of this committee. As Chairman, 

you provided critical leadership during a pivotal and challenging period of American history -

during the early years of the Global War on Terrorism and the Iraq War- and I hope I can 

continue to count on your advice and counsel. 

Chairman Burr, Vice-Chairman W amer, Senators- I thank you for the opportunity to appear 

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Should I be fortunate enough to be confirmed by the Senate, I hope to visit you more often from 

Langley than I have from across the Capitol. I mean this not as a criticism of relations between 

the two Houses of Congress, but a recognition of how much value I would place on relations 

between the CIA and its Congressional overseers. 

I want to thank the members and staff of this Committee for their attention to my nomination 

over the last few weeks. Since I first joined the House Permanent Select Committee on 

Intelligence (HPSCI) in the ll21

h Congress, I have felt a special appreciation for the hard work 

that goes into Congressional oversight. The tremendous honor we have in overseeing the 

intelligence community is only tempered by the sobering burden of grappling in secret with the 

many national security challenges facing our country. 

I would like to thank President-elect Trump for nominating me to serve in this role and for the 

faith he has shown in me. It is an honor to be selected as the next steward of the premier 

intelligence agency that is the CIA. I look forward to working with Senator Dan Coats, nominee 

for the Director of National Intelligence, and supporting him in his critical role, if we are both 

confirmed. 

I want to thank my patient and patriotic wife Susan, and my son Nicholas, each whom I love 

dearly. They are both supporting me here this morning. The two of you have been so selfless in 

allowing me to return to public service- first as a member of Congress and, now, if confirmed, 

back working with warriors who keep America safe. I cannot tell you how much it means to 

have you sitting with me today. 

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I am also grateful to the people of the 4th Congressional District of Kansas, who have entrusted 

me to represent them in the House of Representatives since 2011. I am proud to have earned and 

kept their trust, and have cherished every minute of service to my constituents. 

That said, having been a Member of the House Intelligence Committee and an overseer of our 

nation's intelligence enterprise, I understand full well that my job, if confirmed, will be to 

change roles from policymaker to information provider. My job will be to stay clearly on the 

side of intelligence collection and objective analysis of our national security challengespresenting factual intelligence and sound judgments to policymakers, including this Committee. 

I have spent the majority of my life outside the realm of politics - as a cavalry officer in the 

United States Army, then as a litigator, and then running two manufacturing businesses. 

Returning to duty requiring hard work and unerring candor is something that is in my bones. 

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Today, I would like to first briefly sketch some of the specific challenges facing the U.S.; 

second, address trends in intelligence I have seen from my post on HPSCI; and finally, describe 

what I see as the CIA's role in addressing these challenges. 

Threat Environment 

First, as many have noted, this is the most complicated threat environment the U.S. has faced in 

recent memory. The litany is now familiar: 

• As Director Clapper acknowledged at the beginning of2016: "there are now more Sunni 

violent extremist groups, members, and safe havens than at any time in history." 

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• ISIS remains a resilient movement, has metastasized, and shockingly has controlled major 

urban centers in the Middle East for well over two years. Whereas a few years ago, we 

focused on stemming the flow of foreign fighters going to Syria and Iraq, today, the concern 

is making sure they, and those they inspire, are prevented from expanding their reach, 

returning home, or slaughtering more innocent people. 

• Syria is a failed state and has become one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes of the 21 '

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century. This conflict has led to the rise of extremism, sectarianism, instability in the region 

and Europe, and the worst refugee crisis the world has faced in recent memory. 

• Iran- the leading state sponsor of terror- has become an emboldened, disruptive player in 

the Middle East, fueling tension with our Sunni allies. 

• Russia has reasserted itself aggressively, invading and occupying Ukraine, threatening 

Europe, and doing nearly nothing to aid in the destruction of ISIS. 

• As China flexes its muscles and expands its military and economic reach, its activities in the 

South and East China Seas and in cyberspace are pushing new boundaries and creating real 

tension. 

• North Korea has dangerously accelerated its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities, with 

little regard for international pressure. 

• In an increasingly inter-connected world, the cyber domain presents new and growing 

challenges. Using evolving cyber tools, state and non-state actors continue to probe U.S. 

systems, exploit vulnerabilities, and challenge our interests. 

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Intelligence Trends 

Intelligence is vital to every national security issue facing the United States. As some have said, 

it is the "lifeblood" of national security and is more in demand than ever. 

• Intelligence enables better-informed decisions by reducing uncertainty; it is critical in 

seeking to avoid strategic or tactical surprise, and to giving our armed forces superior domain 

awareness. 

• We rely on intelligence from around the globe to keep danger from our shores. High quality 

precision intelligence enables our military efforts. 

• More and more, intelligence is critical to making effective other elements of national power 

including sanctions against weapons proliferators, cyber criminals, perpetrators of war 

crimes, and terrorist financiers. 

• We share capabilities and intelligence to improve relationships in furtherance of our national 

security objectives. Foreign governments and liaison services are vital partners in preventing 

attacks and providing crucial intelligence. It is important that we thank our foreign partners 

for standing with us. 

As we face a deteriorating global picture, the U.S. needs to redouble its efforts by ensuring we 

have more intelligence, not less. Indeed, senior Intelligence Community leaders worry that 

recent budget cuts will have a silent, corrosive effect-weakening the fabric of the intelligence 

community. If confirmed, as Director, I intend to be an advocate for a strong and vibrant 

intelligence community and for CIA's centrality in that community. 

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There are at least five long term trends making the urgency of recognizing and supporting 

intelligence critically important. 

• First, the Intelligence Community finds itself a potential victim of a longer term negative 

budgetary trend. Given the vital role of intelligence in national security, and given the 

increasing threats we face, this makes little sense. 

• Second, technological advancement across the globe, even by non-hostile countries, is 

challenging the U.S. advantage, as commercial technologies spread into the hands of those 

who wish us harm. The world is gaining on the U.S. 

• We have long seen this dynamic with the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons 

and ballistic missile technology, but increasingly in the cyber domain, countries thought to be 

unsophisticated, such as North Korea, have overcome what appear to be low technological 

barriers of entry to engage in offensive cyber operations. The U.S. must continue to invest 

wisely to maintain a decisive advantage. 

• The effects of dislocation, lack of governance, and the rise of non-state actors threaten our 

national security and present critical challenges to the Intelligence Community. This is 

creating new targets for CIA's intelligence collection and analysis that compete for attention 

with the usual state suspects and bad actors. 

• Finally, the insider threat problem has grown exponentially in the digital age. 

Counterintelligence is a perennial issue and we must be increasingly aware that those within 

our agencies have access to millions of files. By the same token, the use of digital assets by 

foreign actors creates intelligence opportunities. 

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CIA's Role 

I want to talk in more detail about today's challenges. The greatest threats to our national 

security have always been the CIA's top priorities. And the CIA has always been at the forefront 

of America's comprehensive efforts to meet these threats. Since September 11,2001, the CIA's 

activities have been extraordinary. As the tip of the spear in the war on terrorism, the CIA has 

put tremendous pressure on our enemies, reducing their freedom to plan, communicate and 

travel. 

The CIA has always played integral roles in America's fight against radical Islamic terror. It 

sounded warning bells before 9/11 of al Qaeda's growing global reach. CIA officers were the 

first into Afghanistan to lay the groundwork for the military effort that struck a major blow to al 

Qaeda and drove the Taliban from power. From understanding and tearing apart al Qaeda in Iraq 

networks, to the hunt for bin Laden, the CIA has been at the forefront of the fight every step of 

the way. 

My outline above of hard targets and challenges merely skims the surface of the potential threats 

facing the United States. If confirmed, it will be the CIA's mission to bring other pressing 

problems, risks, and challenges from regions and countries that don't always make the front page 

to the attention of senior policymakers. Indeed, if we are doing our job, we will help U.S. 

policymakers act early to prevent such problems from becoming front page news. 

• It will also be the CIA's mission, and my own, to ensure the Agency remains the best in the 

world at its core mission: discovering the truth and searching out information. In this 

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complex threat environment, we must gather intelligence from the most elusive targets and in 

the most difficult environments. We will need to rely on liaison services and new 

relationships, which are critical to gathering information around the world. Even so, U.S. 

intelligence must continue to expand its global coverage to keep up with these threats. While 

intelligence sharing relationships with our friends and allies are important, they cannot 

replace our own unilateral recruiting and operations. To protect America, the CIA must 

continue to be the world's premier espionage service. 

• One obvious emerging area for increased focus- both unilaterally and in conjunction with 

our partners- is the cyber domain. The internet- and the connectivity of our world, 

systems, and devices is a borderless, global environment, easily and frequently exploited by 

sophisticated adversaries like China and Russia, as well as by less sophisticated adversaries 

like Iran and North Korea, non-state actors, terrorist groups, criminal organizations, and 

hackers. While NSA and Cyber Command play leading roles, cyber has become critical to 

virtually every intelligence operation and CIA must continue to operate at the forefront on 

this issue. 

• As the President-elect has made clear, one of my top priorities, if confirmed, is to assist in 

defeating ISIS. Radical Islamic terrorism is both a symptom and a catalyst of the terrible 

conflicts raging in the Middle East that have created both a humanitarian and strategic 

catastrophe. The enduring capability of al Qaeda and its affiliates, the rise and resilience of 

ISIS and Islamic extremists in Libya and across the Middle East, and the brutality of al 

Shabaab and Boko Haram, should remind us of the need to maintain an aggressive 

counterterrorism posture. It is also critical to address what manifestations of this threat and 

ideology emerge- beyond ISIS and al Qaeda. 

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• We must also be rigorously fair and objective in assessing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of 

Action. As the deal permits domestic enrichment and other nuclear research and 

development, U.S. policymakers will need increased intelligence collection and insightful 

analysis. While as a Member of Congress I opposed the Iran deal, if confirmed, my role will 

change. It will be to drive the Agency to aggressively pursue collection operations and 

ensure analysts have the time, political space, and resources to make objective and 

methodologically sound judgments. If confirmed, I will present their judgments to 

policymakers. 

• The same goes for Russia. It is a policy decision as to what to do with Russia, but I 

understand it will be essential that the Agency provide policymakers with accurate 

intelligence and clear-eyed analysis of Russian activities. 

• The Agency must also serve as the nation's sentinel for new and emerging threats and trends, 

monitoring the convergence of rogue actors and capabilities, and sources of instability that 

can spread across the globe and undermine U.S. national security. This means that the 

Agency needs the means, capabilities, reach, and awareness to understand and convey where 

threats are emerging and how U.S. interests may be vulnerable. This requires constant 

innovation, analytic rigor, and operational flexibility hallmarks of the CIA. 

As a Member of the House Intelligence Committee, I fully appreciate the need for transparency 

with the Congressional oversight committees. If the Intelligence Community does not secure the 

support of the appropriate Congressional authorities for its activities, the legislative backlash 

from controversial intelligence failures and controversies can be severe and counterproductive. 

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We owe it to our constituents to get to the bottom of intelligence failures- as this Committee did 

with the pre-war Iraq intelligence. But we owe it to the brave Americans of the intelligence 

community not to shirk our responsibility when unauthorized disclosures to the media expose 

controversial intelligence activities, or when Edward Snowden, from the comfort of his Moscow 

safe house, misleads the American people about the NSA's surveillance activities. 

I cannot stress strongly enough how proud of the CIA's workforce Americans would be if they 

could peek behind the curtains, as the Committee gets to do, to see them in action. The 

incredible talent, bravery, and ingenuity these patriots put on the line every day in defense of our 

country are constant inspirations to me. 

On my first visit out to the CIA headquarters a few years ago, I was walking through an 

analytical targeting cell. I saw a woman who appeared as though she had not slept for weeks, 

poring over a data set on her screen. I stopped, introduced myself and asked her what she was 

working on. She said she thought she was just hours away from solving a riddle about the 

location of a particularly bad character that she had been pursuing for months. She was not 

about to abandon her post. She had her mission and its completion would make America safer. 

A true patriot. In the past years, I have come to know that there are countless men and women 

just like her working to crush our adversaries with world class intelligence operations. 

As these quiet professionals grapple with an overwhelming series of challenges in this 

increasingly uncertain world, they deserve our support and our respect. When we ask them to do 

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difficult things, they should not have to wonder whether we will stand beside them ifthings go 

sideways. We should have their backs. Full stop. 

When there are intelligence failures, operations that go off the rails, or controversial disclosures, 

ifl am fortunate enough to be confirmed, I pledge to come to the Committee in a timely fashion 

-and be as forthcoming as possible. But I believe that leaders of the Intelligence Community 

and Congress owe it to the young men and women who risk their lives for us to do our utmost to 

keep mistakes from being politicized. 

This past weekend, I visited Arlington National Cemetery. I've done this many times, but on 

this visit, I paid special attention to the markers that commemorate CIA officers who have 

perished ensuring our freedom and working to meet America's intelligence demands. From 

Afghanistan to Korea and from Lebanon to Africa, and in so many places most Americans will 

never know, Agency officers put their lives at risk. Too often, because of the nature of their 

work, we know little about these men and women and what they do. What we do know, is that 

they were prepared to give so much for each of us. We know the sacrifices of the families of 

each CIA officer as well. As I walked among these heroes, I was reminded of the sacred trust 

that will be granted to me if I am confirmed. I will never fail it. 

I am honored to have been nominated to lead the finest intelligence agency the world has ever 

known-working to keep safe the people of the greatest nation in the history of civilization. If 

confirmed, I will be sworn to defend the United States Constitution for the third time in my life -

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first as a soldier, then as a member of the House of Representatives, and, now, to work for the 

President and with each of you. 

I look forward to your questions today. 

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Chairman BURR. Mr. Pompeo, thank you for your testimony this 

morning. 

For members, we will recognize based upon seniority for five 

minutes of questions. I would note for members, there is a closed 

session of this hearing that will start promptly at 1:00 p.m. I would 

remind members that we’re in open session and that the questions 

for Representative Pompeo today in this session should be limited 

to those that can be discussed and answered in open session. I 

trust that if you ask something that can’t, the witness will make 

sure that he answers it when we get to closed session. 

That said, Mike, I’m certain that from your experience on HPSCI 

and specifically your involvement in the House Select Committee 

on Benghazi investigation you understand how valuable intelligence can be to oversight. If asked by the committee, will you provide the raw intelligence and sourcing behind Agency finished 

products and assessments if in fact this committee needs it to complete its job? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, I have been on the other side 

of this and I know how central it is to make sure you have all that 

you need to perform your oversight function for intelligence collection activities and all that the Agency does. You have my commitment that I will always do everything I can to make sure I give 

you the information that you need, including an expanded set of information. 

I understand on a handful of issues you have reached agreement. 

I heard Director Clapper testify before you. I believe it was last 

week; it may have been the beginning of this week. I promise to 

honor the commitment that Director Clapper made to this committee. 

Chairman BURR. Thank you for that. 

There has been much discussion about the role of the Central Intelligence Agency and what it played in the detention and interrogation of terrorism suspects as part of the RDI program. These detention facilities operated by the CIA have long since been closed. 

President Obama officially ended the program seven years ago. 

I think the debate space on this subject has become confused and 

I’m certain that the law is now very, very clear. Do you agree that 

it would require a change in the law for the CIA or any government agency to lawfully employ any interrogation techniques beyond those defined in the Army Field Manual? 

Representative POMPEO. I do. 

Chairman BURR. You have been an outspoken critic in the past 

of the policy and activities of this Administration, when you were 

serving representing the people of the Fourth District of Kansas. 

As head of the CIA, you’ll be in a position to speak truth to power 

and provide the President with your Agency’s unbiased, unvarnished, and best assessment of threats facing our Nation, assessments that will inform his approach to those very policies and activities that you may have criticized in the past. 

Will you be able to set politics aside and provide the President 

with clear-eyed assessments free of political interference? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, I appreciate the question. 

When you say that, I understand the question that you’re asking. 

I spent my life telling the truth, sometimes in very, very difficult 

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situations—as a lieutenant, as a member of Congress, in fact as a 

member of the oversight committee. Sometimes we get placed in 

difficult situations, talking to our constituents about things that 

matter an awful lot to the American national security. Sometimes 

we just can’t reveal them. 

You have my commitment that every day I will not only speak 

truth to power, but I will demand that the men and women who 

I have come to know well over these past few years, who live their 

lives doing just that, will be willing, able, and follow my instructions to do that each and every day. 

Chairman BURR. Thank you for that. 

Vice Chairman. 

Senator WARNER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

Again, Congressman, it’s great to see you. To ensure that I don’t 

end up with a light outage again, I won’t read you the second half 

of my statement. But I do want to get you on the record, Mike, on 

a couple of issues that we had discussed, particularly about this inquiry into Russian active measures. 

I wanted to also reiterate the Chairman’s comments on the absolute necessity to make sure that you bring forward this analysis in 

an unvarnished way. I think you have made that clear to the 

Chairman. I know you have made it clear to me on a private basis. 

So let me go into some of these questions fairly quickly. 

Do you accept the conclusions of the IC regarding Russia’s active 

measures? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator Warner, I do. I had my briefing. 

I attended the meeting at which the President-elect was briefed. 

Everything I have seen suggests to me that the report is an analytical product that is sound. 

Senator WARNER. Do you pledge to cooperate with the SSCI’s 

special inquiry and to provide, if possible, all necessary materials 

and access to personnel? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator Warner, I do. I think that’s incredibly important. 

Senator WARNER. Do you plan to continue your own investigation 

into ongoing Russian active measures and any attempts they or 

others may have to undermine the United States, our political system, or our position in the world? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, I do. Indeed, I would expect 

that the President-elect would demand that of me. It is fully my 

intention. I should share, that’s my view with respect to all the 

products that the Central Intelligence Agency produces. If we continue to develop intelligence that is worth our salt we will continue 

to gain insights that are valuable to policymakers, to the Presidentelect, and you. I will continue to pursue foreign intelligence collection with vigor no matter where the facts lead. 

Senator WARNER. Congressman, I have been critical of the tenor 

of some of the President-elect’s comments about the workforce and 

the professionalism of the IC. In your opening statement you were 

very eloquent about the woman who had been without sleep for 

some time. In light of some of those comments, I have concerns 

about the morale throughout the IC, but particularly the CIA at 

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What plan do you have to go in and reassure people who work 

at the CIA and how we make sure, in a world where it’s increasingly challenging to get people to step up and serve, both in terms 

of recruitment and retention, that you can reaffirm that you have 

the CIA employees’ backs? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, let me begin by saying I am 

confident that the Central Intelligence Agency will play a role for 

this Administration, as for every previous Administration, providing powerful intelligence that shapes policy and decision-making 

inside this Administration. I am confident that President-elect 

Trump will not only accept that, but demand it, from the men and 

women, not only of the CIA, but throughout all the 17 intelligence 

communities. 

With respect to me personally, I have come to understand the 

value of the Central Intelligence Agency. I have seen the morale 

through tough times where they have been challenged before and 

I’ve watched them walk through fire to make sure that they did 

their jobs in a professional way and that they always were aimed 

at getting the truth in depth, in a robust way, to policymakers. I 

have every confidence that not only will I demand that, but that 

they will continue to do that under my leadership if I am confirmed. 

Senator WARNER. It’s going to be an ongoing challenge. If confirmed, obviously I wish you the best. It’s critically important. I see 

many of the CIA employees. I have the opportunity to represent 

them. They live in the Commonwealth of Virginia. They work in 

this region. And it’s been a challenging time for them. 

I also want to get to, in light of some of the comments during 

the campaign the President-elect made, I think a subset of this 

issue as well is making sure going forward that the CIA represents 

the diversity of the world in terms of Muslim-Americans being engaged. How do we reassure them, in light of some of the comments 

that have been made? 

Also, I concur with you that the challenge from ISIL is an enormous one. How do we make sure—how do we go forward to make 

sure that our Muslim allies in our fight against ISIL, that they’re 

going to continue to have a strong partner in the United States and 

not one that is going to in any way discriminate based upon faith? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, it’s absolutely imperative. We 

have a workforce out at the Agency that’s incredibly diverse. As 

you all well know, to achieve their mission we have to have folks 

from a broad background set, as well as language skills that represent all parts of the world, so that we can perform our intelligence operations properly. 

And we have partners in a Muslim world that provide us intelligence and who we share with in ways that are incredibly important to keeping America safe. I’m counting on, and I know you are 

as well, that these liaison partnerships will continue to be additive 

to American national security. You have my commitment that our 

workforce will continue to be diverse. I hope we can even expand 

that further, so that we can perform our incredibly important intelligence collection operations around the world. 

Senator WARNER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

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Senator RISCH. Mr. Chairman, I’ve spent a considerable amount 

of time with Mike over the years and recently, and we’re on a short 

string here. I’m going to reserve my questions until we get to the 

closed hearing. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

Chairman BURR. Senator Feinstein. 

Senator FEINSTEIN. Thanks very much, Mr. Chairman. 

I just want to begin by saying I really appreciate the private 

meeting we had an opportunity to have. For me it was a clarification. I do appreciate your apology. I take it with the sincerity with 

which you gave it. 

I want to ask one follow-up question to what the Chairman 

asked, and that’s dealing with those enhanced interrogation techniques. That is that, if you were ordered by the President to restart 

the CIA’s use of enhanced interrogation techniques that fall outside 

of the Army Field Manual, would you comply? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, absolutely not. Moreover, I 

can’t imagine that I would be asked that by the President-elect or 

then-President. I voted for the change to put the Army Field Manual in place as a member of Congress. I understand that law very, 

very clearly and am also deeply aware that any changes to that 

will come through Congress and the President. 

Senator FEINSTEIN. And regular order? 

Representative POMPEO. And regular order, yes, ma’am, absolutely. 

With respect to outlines of what’s in the Army Field Manual, 

there’s no doubt in my mind about the limitations in place, not only 

on the DOD, but on the Central Intelligence Agency. I’ll always 

comply with the law. 

Senator FEINSTEIN. Another question: How will you handle the 

President-elect’s refutation of the intelligence community’s high assessment that Russian intelligence units, namely the GRU and the 

FSB, did in fact hack and spear phish into the campaigns and parties of both political parties this past campaign season? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, as with—I think I answered 

Senator Warner the same way. My obligation as the Director of the 

CIA is to tell every policymaker the facts as best the intelligence 

agency has developed them. With respect to this report in particular, it’s pretty clear that what took place, about Russian involvement in efforts to hack information and to have an impact on 

American democracy. 

I’m very clear about what that intelligence report says, and I 

have every expectation as we continue to develop the facts I will 

relay those, not only to the President, but to the team around him 

and to you all, so that we can have a robust discussion about how 

to take on what is an enormous threat from cyber. 

I think you know that. You have lived it. This is very real. It is 

growing. It is not new in that sense. But this was an aggressive 

action taken by the senior leadership inside of Russia, and America 

has an obligation, and the CIA has a part in that obligation, to protect that information. 

Senator FEINSTEIN. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. 

Representative POMPEO. Thank you, Senator. And if I may say 

too, thank you very much for coming back today. I hope that your 

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Senator FEINSTEIN. Thank you. I appreciate that. 

You and I discussed Director Brennan’s beginning efforts on 

modernization of the CIA and trying to set up a different mechanism which would make it more effective. What can you tell us 

today about how you would proceed in that direction? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator Feinstein, there was a major 

modernization program that, frankly, is still in the shakeout cruise 

at the Agency. It’s been going on for a while, but still lots of things 

to work through. 

My observations from my time as a member of Congress are that 

the goals were noble and they were trying to get to the right place, 

and that in fact many of the changes that were made may well end 

up making sense. But I think we have an obligation, as I go in, to 

evaluate that, share those evaluations with you. 

I’ve heard from a number of you about your observations about 

its effectiveness. Some of you have a set of views that are opposed. 

You may not even know that about each other’s views yet. But I’m 

going to take a look. My expectation is that from my time as a 

small business person, when you make a change of this scope and 

scale that you don’t get everything right in that. 

My obligation is to make sure we’ve got everything right, that 

there are clear lines of decision-making and authority, and that the 

analytic product that is coming out is true and clear and real. 

Senator FEINSTEIN. Just one last question. You mentioned the 

Iranians and what we call the JCPOA. I think, regardless of what 

everyone thinks of the settlement, Iran has shipped some 25,000 

pounds of enriched uranium out of the country. It has dismantled 

or removed two-thirds of its centrifuges. It’s removed the core from 

its Arak heavy water reactor and filled it with concrete, and it’s 

provided unprecedented access to its nuclear facilities and supply 

chain. Iran’s estimated breakout time has moved from two to three 

months to a year or more. 

In November on Fox News, you said you can’t think of a single 

good thing that’s come from the Iran nuclear deal, not one. Now, 

thus far the CIA has provided oversight to this committee with 

very solid analysis of what the level of compliance is, and thus far 

it has been extraordinarily positive. 

I’d like you to comment on this, because—particularly your comments, because this nuclear deal is in effect just that. It doesn’t include other things that are bad things that Iran has done. It’s just 

the nuclear agreement, and they have in fact conformed to it thus 

far. So would you comment, please? 

Representative POMPEO. Yes, Senator. First, you have my commitment that, if I am confirmed, that the Agency will continue to 

evaluate their compliance with the agreement in the way you just 

described the Agency has been doing to date. I agree with you that 

that work has been good and robust and that intelligence I think 

is important to policymakers as they make decisions. 

I think my comments were referring to the post-January 6, 2015, 

rampage of Iranian increased activity, and I know you share my 

concern about that as well. So when I was speaking to the risks 

Iran presents, it was certainly from those activities, whether it’s 

the fact that they now have missiles that we’ve had to fire back at 

in Yemen in support of the Houthis or that they’re still holding 

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Americans in Iran. Those are the concerns that I was addressing 

that day. 

You have my commitment as the Director of the CIA, if I am confirmed, that we will continue to provide you the intelligence to understand both what’s taking place in the nuclear arena with respect to the JCPOA and its compliance, as well as to the set of activities that are outside of that. 

Senator FEINSTEIN. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. 

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

Chairman BURR. Senator Rubio. 

Senator RUBIO. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

Mr. Pompeo, thank you, first of all, for your service to our country repeatedly, in the Army, in Congress, and now here in this new 

role. 

I know we’re going to have a closed hearing later today, so the 

questions I’m about to ask you I’d ask that you answer based on 

open source information available to the general public and also 

your understanding of the law of war as a graduate of West Point 

and your service as an officer of the U.S. Army. 

First of all, your understanding as an officer of the U.S. Army, 

is the military targeting of civilians a violation of the law of war? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, intentional targeting of civilians is absolutely a violation of the law of war. 

Senator RUBIO. Based on open source information available to 

the general public, in the conflict in Syria have Russian forces conducted repeated attacks against civilian targets? 

Representative POMPEO. Sir, based on open source reporting, it 

appears that they have. 

Senator RUBIO. Do you believe, based on your knowledge, again, 

acquired through open sources and your just general knowledge of 

geopolitics, that Russian military forces could conduct repeated attacks against targets in Aleppo, Syria, without the express direction of Vladimir Putin? 

Representative POMPEO. It seems intensely unlikely to me, Senator. 

Senator RUBIO. Again, all the answers you just gave were based 

on open sources, unclassified? 

Representative POMPEO. Yes, sir. 

Senator RUBIO. The second question I have is: I think you have 

already said that you accept this as a fact, that there was indeed 

an effort by Russian intelligence and others associated with the 

Russian government to conduct a campaign of active measures in 

the United States designed to sow doubt about the credibility of our 

elections and our democracy, to sow divisions and chaos in our politics, to undermine the credibility of political leaders and the like. 

You agree with that assessment that we are in the throes of an active measures campaign that probably predates this campaign, but 

was certainly ratcheted up? 

Representative POMPEO. Yes, Senator. It’s a longstanding effort 

of the Russians. And frankly, there are others out there engaged 

in a similar set of activities. It is something America needs to take 

seriously, a threat that we are vulnerable to today. 

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Senator RUBIO. And in fact, it is the exact activity they have undertaken, for example, in Europe and other countries as well, and 

we’ve seen the same sort of pattern in other places, correct? 

Representative POMPEO. Yes, Senator. I’ll add to that. We have 

elections, important elections, taking place in Europe and around 

the world. We need to be deeply cognizant about all of the foreign 

actors with malign intent who are attempting to impact those elections as well. 

I think the CIA has a role in trying to understand that threat 

and indeed in a fundamental way sharing that with each and every 

member of the policymaking community. 

Senator RUBIO. I’m not asking you to divulge any intelligence or 

classified information. Just in your judgment, as you see the state 

of American politics and political discourse—a President-elect who 

has questioned at times the judgment of our intelligence agencies, 

opponents to our President-elect who continuously question the legitimacy of his election, the shameful leak in the media regarding 

unsubstantiated, unsourced negative information designed to 

smear the President-elect, the fact that Russia and President Putin 

have become a dominant theme in political coverage in this country 

for the better part of three months, if not longer—as you look at 

all of that, in your personal opinion is Vladimir Putin and the Russians looking at all this and saying, we’ve done a really good job 

of creating chaos, division, instability in the American political 

process? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, you’ve put a lot into that, but 

let me try and unpack it just a tad. I certainly want to make sure 

and talk only about my observations and judgments based on unclassified information. I have no doubt that the discourse that’s 

been taking place is something that Vladimir Putin would look at 

and say: Wow, that was among the objectives that I had, to sow 

doubt among the American political community, to suggest somehow that American democracy is not unique. 

I believe that it is fundamentally unique and special around the 

world. It shouldn’t surprise any of us at all that the leadership inside of Russia used this as something that might well redound to 

their benefit. 

Senator RUBIO. My last question involves an area that you may 

not get asked by anybody else on the committee. You might. But 

it regards the Western Hemisphere. I just ask if you will pledge to 

work within the interagency to make sure that collection and coverage in the Western Hemisphere, in particular nations like Cuba, 

Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and Bolivia, that we focus on 

threats that might emanate from these places? 

Representative POMPEO. Yes. 

Senator RUBIO. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

Chairman BURR. Senator Wyden. 

Senator WYDEN. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

Thank you, Congressman, for coming down to visit. 

At a time when the President-elect is on record as supporting 

torture, blocking Americans’ ability to protect themselves with 

strong encryption, and has encouraged the outsourcing of intelligence-gathering to the Russians, it’s my view you’re going to have 

an enormous challenge to be an advocate for honorable policies. 

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It’s already clear that several key members of the Presidentelect’s national security team advocate illegal policies. So this 

morning my view is we need to find out what you’re for. I’m just 

going to take us through some of the issues we talked about in the 

office. 

Let’s start with surveillance, if we could. You recently wrote an 

op-ed article saying that Congress ought to pass a new law reestablishing collection of all metadata. Those are your words, ‘‘all 

metadata.’’ So you would basically get the Congress and the country back into the business of collecting millions and millions of 

phone records on law-abiding people. 

You go on in this op-ed article to say that these phone records 

ought to be combined with ‘‘publicly available financial and lifestyle 

information’’ into a ‘‘comprehensive, searchable database.’’ So you 

would be in favor of a new law collecting all of this data about the 

personal lives of our people. 

I think that it would be helpful if you could start by saying, are 

there any boundaries in your view to something this sweeping? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, you and I did have a chance to 

discuss this. There are, of course, boundaries to this. First and foremost, they begin with legal boundaries that exist today. 

That piece that I was referring to was talking about the U.S. 

Government’s obligation to do all that it can in a lawful, constitutional manner to collect foreign intelligence important to keeping 

Americans safe. 

Senator WYDEN. Congressman, that’s not true. We were talking 

and you said collecting all metadata. 

Representative POMPEO. Yes, Senator. 

Senator WYDEN. All metadata. 

Representative POMPEO. If I might just continue: Yes, I still continue to stand behind the commitment to keep Americans safe by 

conducting lawful intelligence collection. When I was referring to 

metadata, I was talking about the metadata program that the USA 

Freedom Act has now changed in fundamental ways. I, you should 

recall, voted for the USA Freedom Act and I understand its restrictions, its restrictions on efforts by all of the U.S. Government to 

collect information. 

Senator WYDEN. But you wrote this op-ed since the passage of 

the law, so after the law passed you said: Let’s get back into the 

business of collecting all of this metadata. I’m curious: What kind 

of information about finances and lifestyles would you not enter 

into your idea of this giant database? 

Representative POMPEO. Sir, first of all, I have to begin by saying 

today that would be—in most instances what you refer to there 

would be lawful under current law. So as the Director of the CIA, 

you have my assurance that we will not engage in unlawful activity. 

But I think this committee, the American people, demand that 

if there is publicly available information someone has out there on 

a publicly available site, I think we have an obligation to use that 

information to keep Americans safe. If someone’s out there on their 

Facebook page talking about an attack or plotting an attack 

against America, I think you would find the Director of the Central 

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Intelligence Agency grossly negligent if they don’t pursue that information. 

Senator WYDEN. Congressman, I don’t take a back seat to anybody in terms of protecting this country when our security is on the 

line. I wrote the section of the Freedom Act that gives the government emergency authority to move when it’s critical to protect the 

country. 

That’s not what we’re talking about here. You’re talking about 

your interest in setting up a whole new metadata collection system 

which is far more sweeping than anything the Congress has been 

looking at. 

If you would, before we vote I would like you to furnish in writing what kind of limits you think there ought to be on something 

like this. 

[The information referred to follows:] 

Senator WYDEN. Let me see if I can get in one more question. 

The President-elect had indicated, on the Apple issue, that in effect 

he thought that there shouldn’t be strong encryption and that he 

basically would consider pushing for mandated back doors into 

encrypted products. That’s been the position of the FBI and some 

influential members of Congress. 

Now, you have not been a cheerleader, as far as I can tell, for 

weakening strong encryption, which is something I think that 

sounds constructive. If you’re confirmed as CIA Director, are you 

willing to take the President, the FBI, and influential members of 

Congress on on this issue? Because I think it’s clear, weakening 

strong encryption will leave us less safe. I’d like to hear your views 

with respect to strong encryption, and would you be willing to take 

the President, the FBI, influential members of Congress on when 

they advocate it? Because they are going to. 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, first of all, I did not mean at 

all to suggest you were second to anyone with respect to keeping 

America safe. If I implied that, I did not intend that. You should 

know I take a back seat to no one with respect to protecting Americans’ privacy, either. I think that is incredibly, incredibly important. 

With respect to encryption, it’s a complicated issue. I know 

enough about it to begin to form judgments, but I want to talk to 

you about the process, the framework I’ll use. I think this applies 

across a broad range of issues we’ve discussed today. When we’re 

dealing about an issue like encryption, that has commercial implications, national security implications, privacy implications, I will 

do my best to understand what it means to the Central Intelligence 

Agency and what it means to our capacity to keep America safe, 

and I will represent its interests as my part of a larger effort to 

make sure that we get the policy decision right. 

And if in fact it is the conclusion of the folks out at the Agency 

and our team and I concur in that assessment, I can assure you 

I will present that rigorously. Whatever the views of the person or 

any of the members of his team, I will do my best to get that right 

in my role as the Director of the CIA if I am confirmed. 

Senator WYDEN. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

Chairman BURR. Senator Collins. 

Senator COLLINS. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

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Mr. Pompeo, first let me say that I was really heartened by our 

meeting and our telephone call, in which you showed that you fully 

understood the role that you have as CIA Director to keep this 

committee well informed. I expressed to you my frustration on 

questioning members of the Intelligence Committee and then finding that there was more to the story and that there were omissions 

at times, not deception but omissions; and even more frustrating 

reading in the paper the next day leaks that have come from the 

Administration, not necessarily the CIA. 

I think that erodes the trust that is essential for us to perform 

our oversight function, which is absolutely critical since you don’t 

have the regular oversight mechanisms. Just for the record, if you 

could reassure me again on your willingness to be very forthright 

with this committee, I’d appreciate it. 

Representative POMPEO. Yes, ma’am. I can assure you of that. 

We talked about the fact that I have lived that life a bit as well. 

I understand it’s not only in—that interest is so broad. This is 

what you spoke to. You mentioned it here. This is a unique space 

where we operate in places where the American public doesn’t always get a chance to see everything. 

So the willingness to make sure that we share this information 

with policymakers who we trust will keep this information safe and 

secure and handle this information appropriately is absolutely critical. You have my assurance I’ll do everything to make sure that 

this committee has a relationship with the Agency that is forthright each and every day. 

Senator COLLINS. Thank you. 

I want to turn to the issue of cyber threats and cyber security, 

which has been an obsession of mine for many years, since Joe Lieberman and I tried to bring a cyber security bill to the floor in 

2012, only to have it filibustered. 

I believe that the recent focus on the cyber intrusions in the campaign has greatly increased the public’s awareness of this problem. 

But the fact is that the cyber intrusions go far beyond the political 

space, troubling and appalling though that is. There was a 2015 

memo by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense that said that the Department of Defense is subjected—this was a public memo—is subjected to 100,000 attempted 

cyber attacks each day. 

Now, those are attempts. Not all of them go through. They’re 

from nation-states, they’re from terrorist groups, they’re from hackers, they’re from international criminal gangs, you name it. That’s 

three million per month. 

How would you assess our preparedness in the cyber domain? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, we’ve got lots of work to do, 

may be the best way to summarize that. Not only the government 

that is protecting our systems—and we have talked a lot in the last 

few days about systems that belong to private entities, political private entities. But I know that you have done a great deal of work 

in making sure that the national infrastructure, including its private sector infrastructure, has the capacity to do what it needs to 

keep not only business issues in the place they need to be—a lot 

of these folks are subcontractors to the United States Government, 

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as well as private companies that have important information 

about American national security activities. 

So we have an awful lot of work to do. There is no reason to expect that this threat is going to diminish. And that will take a 

whole-of-government effort to do, shared by the Executive Branch 

and the Legislative Branch to achieve better cyber security for the 

national infrastructure as well. 

Senator COLLINS. Let me very quickly express two concerns 

about Iran. One, there are increasing reports that Iran is using its 

civilian air fleet for illicit purposes, including the transfer of arms 

to terrorist groups. If confirmed, would you make a priority to provide an assessment to Congress of whether or not Iran is using its 

civilian air fleet for such purposes? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, I will. I’m happy to share with 

you, too—I’ve read about this as well. I’m happy to share with you 

in closed session the knowledge that I have. It concerns me greatly, 

the activities of Iran Air and Mahan Air that are taking place 

today in Iran. 

Senator COLLINS. Finally, do you believe that the monitoring and 

verification regime in our agreement with Iran, the JCPOA, as currently constructed is adequate to ensure that Iran is fully complying with the agreement? Do you think that the IAEA has sufficient access to detect any Iranian cheating? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, the Iranians are professionals 

at cheating. So I think we have a very sound inspection regime. I 

have to tell you, I worry about the fact of a thing we do not know 

we do not know. So you have my commitment that I will continue 

to improve and enhance our capacity to understand that and do everything I can to diminish the risk that in fact we are missing 

something. 

Senator COLLINS. Thank you. 

Chairman BURR. Senator Heinrich. 

Senator HEINRICH. Thank you, Chairman. 

Thank you, Congressman Pompeo, for taking the time to sit 

down with me earlier this week and for your willingness to answer 

the prehearing questions that a number of us submitted to you. I 

hope your responsiveness to committee inquiries continues 

unabated should you be confirmed. That was certainly the tone 

that you set with me in the office and I appreciate that. 

As I told you in our conversation, I have serious concerns over 

the last few years that that has not always been the lay of the land 

between the Director and this committee. 

I understand that the DCIA has a mandate to be fully supportive 

of the men and women who work there. That is critical. However, 

I also hope that, if you are lucky enough to fill that very important 

position, that we will have a new approach of being open in hearings and with regard to Congressional oversight. 

I want to start on an issue that was central in some of the prehearing questions and in our conversation. You indicated that you 

would seek the counsel of experts at the CIA to determine whether 

adhering to the Army Field Manual in conducting interrogations 

was an impediment to gathering vital intelligence. You’ve been 

supportive of the use of enhanced interrogation techniques in the 

past, saying back in September of 2014 that President Obama has 

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continually refused to take the war on radical Islamic terrorism seriously, and cited ending our interrogation program in 2009 as an 

example. 

Can you commit to this committee that under current law, which 

limits interrogation to the Army Field Manual, that you will comply with that law and that the CIA is out of the enhanced interrogation business? 

Representative POMPEO. Yes, you have my full commitment to 

that, Senator Heinrich. 

Senator HEINRICH. Thank you. 

Let me jump to another issue. Senator Wyden had touched on 

this earlier, but I want to follow up a little bit. As the Director and 

as somebody who sat on the House Intelligence Committee over the 

last couple of years, you are very familiar with the changes in the 

law that have been made. Under current law, the USA Freedom 

Act that was passed recently, what changes in that law would you 

encourage the Administration to seek, if any? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, I currently have no intention of 

seeking such changes. But I think we discussed when we met, I am 

certain if I am confirmed to learn a great deal and develop a deeper 

understanding and hear lots of views inside the Agency. And I will, 

I’ll look to experts there and experts outside. If in fact I conclude 

that there needs to be changes to the USA Freedom Act to protect 

America, I will bring them to you, and I have full expectations that 

you will consider them fairly as well. 

Senator HEINRICH. I know we were recently briefed on basically 

the status of being able to collect important information under that 

law. I would assume that there was probably a similar briefing on 

the House side. Were you a part of that? And do you feel like, at 

least with what you know today, that the surveillance that needs 

to be done is happening under that structure while protecting innocent Americans from unnecessary intrusion? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, I’ve not had a chance to have 

a complete briefing on that, but I can say that I have not heard 

anything that suggests that there is a need for change today. 

Senator HEINRICH. Jumping once again over to the JCPOA, I 

know that the day before you were nominated to be the Director 

you said that you look forward to, quote, ‘‘rolling back the Iran 

deal.’’ How would you characterize your position on that today, and 

would you stand by that statement? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, just so the record can reflect it, 

that communication was approved before I was aware that I was 

going to be the nominee to the Central Intelligence Agency. 

Having said that, look: I spoke to this a great deal. It was my 

view that the JCPOA was a mistake for American national security. I believed that. But it’s also the case that after that I came 

to an understanding that that was the arrangement this President 

thought was in the best interests of America, and I worked to make 

sure it was fully implemented. 

Now, if I’m confirmed I’ll continue to do that in my role as the 

Director of the CIA. I will endeavor to provide straight information 

to you about the progress that the JCPOA has made toward reducing the threat from Iranian nuclear activity and share with you 

when that’s not happening as well. 

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Senator HEINRICH. Thank you, Congressman. 

Chairman BURR. Senator Blunt. 

Senator BLUNT. Thank you, Chairman. 

Congressman, I know we were all pleased to get a chance to visit 

with you privately. Quickly, you reached out to members on this 

committee and met with us, and we’ll have a chance to visit later 

today in the classified setting. 

I would go back a little bit to your discussion with Senator 

Wyden. One of your last comments you made there was you gave 

ground to no one in respecting America’s privacy. If you want to 

give any examples of that in your House career, that would be fine. 

But as I understand—as I understood what I thought was that discussion about a more expanded collection effort, it was collecting 

things that people had chosen to no longer keep private—collecting 

things on social media that people had put out there. 

I believe at some point you mentioned that somebody was talking 

about an activity that could be terrorist or other related, that they 

directed the CIA should have some interest in that. 

Am I right, you see a different privacy standard if someone is 

trying to maintain their privacy as opposed to someone who’s putting information out there that anyone can see? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, of course. And I may not have 

added there—— 

Chairman BURR. Mike, hit your button. 

Representative POMPEO. Yes, sir. 

I may not have added there, the primary responsibility for that 

here in the United States is not the Central Intelligence Agency. 

There would be other agencies inside the Federal Government. So 

in the first instance, the focus in the Central Intelligence Agency 

is foreign intelligence collection. Make no mistake about that. 

But yes, I was referring to things that were in the public space 

that the U.S. Government wanted to make sure they understood 

fully and that we didn’t leave publicly available information off of 

things that we were using to prevent all kinds of bad and terrorist 

activity here in the United States. As a member of Congress, I 

voted repeatedly on pieces of legislation that were important for 

protection of American privacy. It’s something that, if you come 

from south-central Kansas and people know—you know that, being 

from Missouri—people are deeply cognizant of the need for space 

for themselves to live away from the government. It is something 

that I hold dear and treasure myself as well. 

Senator BLUNT. On the issue of encryption, I for some time on 

this committee and even in public hearings, and specifically in public hearings, have had both the Director of the FBI and NSA—I can 

recall both of them saying encryption is the best thing out there 

and maybe in some cases the worst thing out there. 

There seems to be a real sense that encryption is more often a 

cyber protection than something that we should create a way 

around. What’s your view of encryption in an ongoing way and 

what the government could or should do to try to permeate the 

encryption that’s already out there in equipment? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, I always start on this topic reminding that my role as the Director of the CIA is first to comply 

with the law. So as you develop policies around encryption, you 

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have my assurance that I’ll always direct the people who work for 

me to comply with the law with respect to private communications. 

Second, I think we need to acknowledge that encryption is out 

there and that not all encryption takes place here in the United 

States, and that the rules and policies that we put in place in 

America are things that the intelligence community is going to 

have to figure out a way to perform its function knowing that that 

encryption will continue to be out there. 

Then finally, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about how we handle encrypted devices for Americans or encryption here in the 

United States. My effort will be to understand it more fully, to 

make sure that I understand its impact on my role to keep America 

safe, to work alongside and develop a set of policies to achieve that 

goal, while still achieving all the other goals that we have here in 

America. 

Senator BLUNT. And spending some time in House Intelligence, 

seeing the relationship between the DNI and the CIA, what do you 

think you can do to add to the ability of the DNI to do the originally stated job of coordinating information, being sure everybody 

has access to the information that’s out there in a better way than 

we are currently seeing? 

Representative POMPEO. The statute is pretty clear about our respective roles and responsibilities. I have had a chance to reread 

that a couple times since my nomination. I’m excited at Senator 

Coats’ nomination. If he’s confirmed, I look forward to working 

alongside of him. 

I’ve also read the histories. I know that there have been conflicts 

between the Director of National Intelligence and the Director of 

the Central Intelligence Agency. In my role as a small business 

owner, I saw that, too, where there’s different people with different 

roles and you’d see conflict. My effort was every day to work hard 

to make sure that we were additive, that we each found our own 

space, that we worked across those borders, not only individually, 

but that we directed our individual organizations to accomplish 

that as well. 

So it’s not just the two senior officials, I think, that have had 

conflict. We need to make sure our organizations each understand 

that there’s a place for the Director of National Intelligence, to ensure that there is good communication among the dozen-plus intelligence agencies, and that that information is shared in a timely 

fashion, and that the Director of the CIA has his plate full performing his primary functions as well. 

Senator BLUNT. Thank you. 

Thank you, Chairman. 

Chairman BURR. Senator King. 

Senator KING. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

Congressman Pompeo, welcome. I always—as we discussed, I believe that an outside view of an agency that tends to be—not tends 

to be, but is—secretive is an important point of view. So I appreciate your willingness to serve. 

The larger question—the great foreign policy mistakes of my lifetime—Vietnam, Bay of Pigs, and Iraq—all were based in one way 

or another on bad intelligence or, more accurately, intelligence that 

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was tailored to fit the demands of the policymakers. You can’t read 

the history of those decisions without coming to that conclusion. 

There is no more intimidating spot on the face of this Earth than 

the Oval Office. Will you commit to giving the Commander in 

Chief, the President, unpleasant news that may be inconsistent 

with his policy preferences, based upon the best intelligence that 

the CIA can develop? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, you have my commitment. 

While I today am going to avoid talking about conversations that 

the President and I had with as much energy and effort as I can, 

I can tell you that I have assured the President-elect that I’ll do 

that as well. I shared with him that my role is central to him performing his function and important and critical only when I perform my function in that way, when I take the great work that 

these men and women put their lives at risk to develop and I deliver that to every policymaker in a way that is straight up and forward. I commit to doing that with you and the President. 

Senator KING. If he doesn’t say at some point ‘‘Mike, I’m disappointed in you. Is that the best you can do?’’, you’ve failed. 

The President-elect’s choice for National Security Director, General Flynn, has been quoted as saying that the CIA has become a 

very political organization. In your written response to our questions, you said ‘‘There is a sense of a more politicized intelligence 

environment.’’ That’s sort of like saying people are saying there’s 

a politicized intelligence environment. What do you mean by ‘‘there 

is a sense of.’’ Do you agree with General Flynn or do you not? 

Representative POMPEO. Sir, I’ve had a chance as overseer to observe the Central Intelligence Agency. I have had a chance to sit 

with them and watch them fight through fire to get the real facts. 

I have seen, however, I’ve seen political actors of all stripes attempt to try and shape that. And I don’t mean in hard ways. 

There’s no demand—— 

Senator KING. I’m not talking about outside political actors. I’m 

talking this allegation is that the Agency itself has become politicized. Do you believe that? 

Representative POMPEO. My experience is I do not believe that. 

Senator KING. I appreciate that. 

There are unsubstantiated media reports that there were contacts between the Trump campaign and the Russians. If confirmed, 

will you commit to exploring those questions and if you find there 

is validity to those allegations refer the information that you discover to the FBI? 

Representative POMPEO. I want to make it clear that I share 

your view that these are unsubstantiated allegations. 

Senator KING. I emphasized that. 

Representative POMPEO. I understand that. 

Senator KING. These are very serious allegations. 

Representative POMPEO. There are a number of very serious 

things that have taken place. The leaks that have occurred as well 

I consider to be intensely serious, too. I think that Director Clapper’s statement from last night or this morning about his concern 

about these leaks is worthy as well. 

But to your question more directly, I promise I will pursue the 

facts wherever they take us. The Central Intelligence Agency has 

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that as one of its singular functions. You have my commitment 

that I’ll do that with respect to this issue and each and every other 

issue as well. 

Senator KING. Thank you. 

On July 24, 2016, you sent the following Twitter, quote: ‘‘Need 

further proof that the fix was in from President Obama on down. 

Busted, 19,252 emails from DNC leaked by WikiLeaks.’’ Do you 

think WikiLeaks is a reliable source of information? 

Representative POMPEO. I do not. 

Senator KING. And the fact that you used the word ‘‘proof,’’ ‘‘need 

proof,’’ that would indicate that you didn’t think it was a credible 

source of information? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator King, I have never believed that 

WikiLeaks is a credible source of information. 

Senator KING. Well, how do you explain your Twitter? 

Representative POMPEO. I don’t—— 

Senator KING. Sorry. I don’t want to be accused of the wrong 

term there. 

Representative POMPEO. I understand. I’d have to go back and 

take a look at that, Senator. But I can assure you I have some deep 

understanding of WikiLeaks and have never viewed it as a credible 

source of information for the United States or for anyone else. 

Senator KING. I appreciate that. Thank you. I appreciate your 

candor here today and look forward to further discussions. I just 

hope that you will hold onto the commitment that you made today, 

because it’s not going to be easy. But your primary role is to speak 

truth to the highest level of power in this country. I appreciate 

again your willingness to serve. 

Representative POMPEO. Thank you very much, Senator. 

Chairman BURR. With the indulgence of all members, I made a 

promise to all members on the committee that were they in other 

confirmation hearings and they showed up I would show them preferential treatment on recognition. And if there is no objection, I 

would like to recognize Senator McCain for five minutes of questions. 

Senator MCCAIN. I thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I apologize to 

the chairman of the committee for the hearing on General Mattis. 

I’m here to support Congressman Pompeo’s nomination, despite 

that he has overcome a very poor education and he’s been able to 

surmount that handicap, which has been a burden for him 

throughout his career. 

I just want—as you know, we conducted—we passed legislation 

that the treatment of prisoners would only be in accordance with 

the Army Field Manual, and that law was passed. The vote was 

93 to 7 in the United States Senate on that particular amendment. 

Will you continue to support that and enforce that law? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator McCain, I voted for that and I 

will. 

Senator MCCAIN. Thank you. 

And will you, if you have any new recommendations for changing 

the Army Field Manual or other rules governing interrogations, 

you’ll share those with the Congress? 

Representative POMPEO. Yes, sir. 

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Senator MCCAIN. I don’t want to take the time of the committee, 

but obviously the Russians have been hacking. There’s no doubt 

about that, obviously. And whether they intended—what their intentions were and whether they actually succeeded or not, there 

was certainly no evidence. 

What do you think it’s going to take to deter Vladimir Putin’s 

continued interference, not just in our elections, but attempts to 

have access to our most sensitive classified materials, secrets? 

There’s a long, long list of offenses in cyber that Vladimir Putin 

and the Russians have basically compromised our national security. What do you think it takes to deter him? 

Representative POMPEO. I don’t know that I could answer that 

question comprehensively today, but I can tell you it’s going to require an incredibly robust American response, a response that is a 

security-related response. That is, we have to get better at defending against these, and a response that holds actors accountable 

who commit these kinds of actions against the United States of 

America. The form, the nature, the depth, the severity of those responses will be the decisions of policymakers, that will be beyond 

me as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. 

But I do view my role there as essential in providing you with 

a deep understanding of what’s taking place, how that took place, 

and a set of options surrounding the kinds of things in the intelligence world at least one might take action on so we can successfully push back against them. 

Senator MCCAIN. Wouldn’t we first have to establish a policy as 

to how we treat cyber attacks, and therefore from which we can develop a strategy? Right now we have no policy. 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, I would agree with that. It is 

very important that America, all of government, develop a policy 

with respect to this, and I promise I’ll work alongside you to help 

develop such a policy with good intelligence. 

Senator MCCAIN. Right now we are treating their attacks on a 

case by case basis, which is neither productive nor an enterprise 

that will lead to success. 

Representative POMPEO. I would agree with that, Senator. 

Senator MCCAIN. Do we have the capabilities, in your view, to 

adequately respond to cyber attacks? I’m talking about the capabilities now, not the policy. 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, I want to be a little careful in 

open session talking about the full scope of American capabilities. 

But this is an amazing Nation with incredibly smart people, and 

if given a policy directive to achieve the objective you’re describing 

I am confident that America can do that. 

Senator MCCAIN. I thank the Chairman and the indulgence of 

the committee. 

Congressman, I’m sure you’ll do an outstanding job and look forward to working with you. 

Representative POMPEO. Thank you, Senator. 

Chairman BURR. Senator Lankford. 

Senator LANKFORD. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

Mike, it’s great to see you. You and I served together in the 

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diately in policy issues and that your passion was to be able to 

come and help. That still remains today. 

Your greatest asset is no doubt Susan and your tremendous relationship and your family. I know that will be a great asset to the 

Nation as well. So thank you for stepping up to do this. Your whole 

life changed a month ago when you accepted the possibility of the 

nomination for this. So thanks for stepping up and doing it. 

Let me ask you about the role of the CIA and its face and the 

direction that it looks. Can you walk me through your philosophical 

perspective of it being a foreign face, and what is the role in the 

United States for the CIA? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, first of all, thanks for the kind 

words. I enjoyed working alongside you on foreign policy matters 

as well. 

Look, the Central Intelligence Agency has the mission to steal secrets and it’s to be an espionage agency, getting hold of information 

that bad actors around the world don’t want us to know. These are 

foreign entities, foreign actors, foreign countries. Whether it’s Iran 

or Russia or whoever that actor may be, the intelligence agency’s 

fundamental role is to make sure that we deliver that information 

to policymakers so that you can make informed judgments about 

how to respond to keep America safe. 

That’s its function. It has lots of pieces to it. There are people 

pieces. We have to make sure we have the finest talent all across 

America so that it can deliver that product. We have to make sure 

that we have policies and processes in place so that we can deliver 

that. We need to make sure, when asked to perform covert action 

activities, that we do so in a professional way, consistent with the 

law, and vigorously execute the President’s directives there. 

This is a world-class foreign intelligence service that, if confirmed, I am humbled to have the opportunity to lead. 

Senator LANKFORD. Let me ask about gathering intelligence and 

getting it on a timely basis to the President and decisionmakers 

and policymakers. It has been one of the ongoing disputes, the 

speed of the turn-around, how fresh that information, and at times 

for agencies to think and re-think, edit and re-edit information, so 

that by the time you get it it’s so stale, it’s so cold, that it’s not 

as useful any more. 

Talk me through just the methods and thoughts about trying to 

get fresh information to policymakers and the President? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, it’s incredibly important that 

the information is timely. I understand sometimes there is a tradeoff between accuracy and speed and depth. That’s something I’ve 

dealt with in the times I’ve run my two small companies. We have 

to make sure that the CIA is world-class with respect to developing 

this information in a timely, speedy fashion and getting it to policymakers in a way that is both reliable and timely. 

We’ve all seen this. It’s a complex world with difficult foreign intelligence collections and pockets. We have to make sure that the 

agency is world-class with respect to delivering that to you. 

Senator LANKFORD. Let me ask a strange question for you. You 

are going to often be in meetings with Dan Coats and the President 

and yourself. What’s the difference in the information that you’re 

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tional Intelligence cooperate together in bringing information, and 

what’s the difference in your roles there as the two of you sit and 

bring information to the President? 

Representative POMPEO. Look, the DNI, Senator Coats if he is 

confirmed in his role, will have the important function of being the 

President’s senior intelligence policy adviser. I have the glory, if 

confirmed, to lead the world’s premier intelligence collection agency, certainly with respect to human intelligence. I hope to be part 

of making it even better. So we’ll bring a set of different perspectives. He will spend more time evaluating intelligence that comes 

from different parts of the intelligence community and I will focus 

on the work that our Agency does. I’m pretty confident that he and 

I will work together to deliver a comprehensive view of America’s 

intelligence posture and the information that has been derived 

from that. 

Senator LANKFORD. Thank you very much, Mike, for your service; 

and Susan, for yours as well. 

Mr. Chairman, thank you. 

Chairman BURR. Senator Manchin. 

Senator MANCHIN. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

Congressman, thank you for your service. 

Representative POMPEO. Thank you, Senator Manchin. 

Senator MANCHIN. Also, congratulations for your nomination and 

to your family, who I’m sure are extremely proud, as they should 

be. 

With that being said, we live in a troubled world today, as we 

all know. I think I just want to hear your thoughts on your experiences within the military and also your experience as a 

Congressperson in the position you’ve had in Congress on what you 

consider the greatest threat the United States of America faces 

today and what person brings the greatest threat to our country 

and wants to do us harm? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, it’s always hard to rack and 

stack, especially in terms of the turmoil that we find in the world 

today. But let me give it a throw. I begin with the threat from terrorism as it extends into the homeland. If you ask what is the most 

immediate threat, I think it’s certainly that. That is, it presents the 

most immediate threat of personal risk to a person living in southcentral Kansas. So we need to be—— 

Senator MANCHIN. Is there a country associated with that? 

Representative POMPEO. Boy, there are too many to name. But 

let’s start with activity that’s taking place today in Syria and Iraq 

with terrorists, both Sunni and Shia terrorists opposed to the 

United States. ISIS and Al Qaida would be the primary organizations today, but it extends far beyond that. We’ve also seen challenges from other radical Islamic terrorists. 

Senator MANCHIN. You believe that terrorism is the highest 

threat we face? I’m just saying, in your position right now, in your 

experience? 

Representative POMPEO. In the near-term threat to life and limb 

of Americans, yes. I’d put North Korea, China, and Russia right up 

there alongside them. 

Senator MANCHIN. Which one has the weapons to do us harm? 

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Representative POMPEO. The nuclear powers are the ones that 

have the biggest threat to do catastrophic harm to the United 

States. 

Senator MANCHIN. And which person in the world in your estimation has the desire to do us the most harm? 

Representative POMPEO. Boy, to ask me for a singular individual 

is really a tough question, Senator Manchin. The list is long. 

Senator MANCHIN. There’s a lot of them? 

Representative POMPEO. Yes, sir. 

Senator MANCHIN. West Virginians are asking me continually: 

Can we trust the intel community? And I go back—I keep referring 

back because of a lot of the political campaign rhetoric. We had 

weapons of mass destruction. We declared war on Iraq. We found 

out that we could have taken a different course or altered that 

course. So they have concerns about that. 

I would just like to ask, do you have confidence in the intel community, the CIA in particular that you’re going into? 

Representative POMPEO. I do. Look, I’d never stand here today to 

tell you that the Agency has had perfection throughout its history, 

nor that it will have perfection if I’m confirmed on my watch. But 

I have great confidence in the men and women who work there. 

They are patriots, they’re warriors. They are real people who have 

dedicated their lives to keeping America safe. And I have the utmost confidence that if I am confirmed I will get an opportunity to 

lead efforts that aren’t politicized. 

Senator MANCHIN. Right now, I think you’d have to agree that 

the morale is fairly low and they’re being hit by many different angles and different sides through the political process that we go 

through, which can be very damaging, if you will. What’s your first 

step that you intend to take if confirmed to lift that morale up and 

let them know that we’re on the same side? 

Representative POMPEO. I might just respectfully disagree with 

your question a little bit. I have in the last few weeks had occasion 

to spend a little time with a handful of people out there. I haven’t 

seen the bad morale as you have described it. But they’re human 

beings. They’re Americans, too. They watch the political process. 

What I have seen from the spirited warriors at the Central Intelligence Agency is a desire to sort of get out of the middle of this 

fight and continue to perform their function, to do their work in a 

way that they know how to do. 

I don’t mean to denigrate the leadership of the Central Intelligence Agency at all today. Director Brennan has performed amazing service to America for a long time. But many of them have 

served under multiple Presidents as well, and they know that 

times change and leaders change. I think they’re very much looking 

forward to the new Administration to help them to continue their 

function. 

Senator MANCHIN. I definitely wish you well. 

My final question would be your thoughts on sanctions. What 

would be your thoughts on sanctions? Because as we’re looking at 

sanctions should we be looking at it state by state and country by 

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tions in place to address all of them the same? Or should it be 

country by country, deciding on what sanctions that we think 

would be more detrimental? 

I’m just saying that if the intel community confirms that a statesponsored effort, they should know exactly what they’re going to be 

facing if we confirm that. 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, You’ve actually given me my 

first opportunity to step out of the political world today and tell 

you: Look, that decision, that policy, I think will be left to others. 

I do have a record with respect to sanctions. I voted for legislation 

authorizing sanctions on a number of countries during my time as 

a member of the United States House of Representatives. 

Senator MANCHIN. Were they evaluated country by country? 

Representative POMPEO. My recollection is, Senator, they were 

nation by nation sanctions that we were evaluating. 

Senator MANCHIN. So basically, whatever relationship you had 

with that nation, you could be a little easier on one and tougher 

on another. Don’t you think as policymakers that we should have 

sanctions that, listen, if you do this to us and it’s confirmed that 

it’s state-sponsored by you, whether it be financially, whether it be 

economically, whatever it might be, these sanctions will go into effect immediately? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, I’m going to defer on the policy 

question today. I’ll make sure you have all the information you 

need to form good judgments about it. Thank you very much. 

Senator MANCHIN. Thank you very much. 

Representative POMPEO. Thank you, sir. 

Chairman BURR. Senator Cotton. 

Senator COTTON. Mike, welcome before the committee and congratulations on your nomination to be the Director of Central Intelligence. Susan and Nick, it’s good to see you again. I know that 

you’re very proud of Mike, as we all are. 

This has been a very thorough hearing. We have spent lord 

knows how many hours at the Agency and traveling around the 

world, so I think I have a pretty good sense of your views on these 

questions. Therefore I will reserve the rest of my questions until 

the closed hearing, where we can have a little bit more frank discussion. 

Since Senator McCain scurrilously attacked your education, I 

will stand up for our Army background. I will say I’m troubled 

somewhat by the material I found in your biography that you came 

in first in your class at West Point and therefore had your choice 

of branches and chose armor instead of infantry. I will consider 

this a youthful indiscretion that does not reflect on your current 

service, and I will see you this afternoon. 

Representative POMPEO. Thank you, Senator Cotton. 

Chairman BURR. I am glad to see, Mike, that you haven’t forgotten where the razor is, like some Army veterans. 

[Laughter.] 

Senator COTTON. I’m preparing to collect covertly. 

Chairman BURR. Senator Harris. 

Senator HARRIS. Representative Pompeo, I was glad to meet with 

you earlier this week and congratulations on your nomination. 

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For clarification, have you read in its entirety the IC report assessing Russian activities and intentions in recent U.S. elections? 

Representative POMPEO. I have. 

Senator HARRIS. Do you fully accept its findings, yes or no? 

Representative POMPEO. I’ve seen nothing to cast any doubt on 

the findings in the report. 

Senator HARRIS. Your voting record and stated position on gay 

marriage and the importance of having a, quote-unquote, ‘‘traditional family structure’’ for raising children, that’s pretty clear. I 

disagree with your position, but of course you’re entitled to your 

opinion. 

I don’t want that, however, to impact, your opinion on that matter, the recruitment or retention of patriotic LGBT women and men 

in the CIA, some of whom have, of course, taken great risks to 

their lives for our country. Can you commit to me that your personal views on this issue will remain your personal views and will 

not impact internal policies that you put in place at the CIA? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator Harris, you have my full commitment to that. I would only add that in my life as a private businessman this same set of issues was out there. I had my views at 

that time as well, and I treated each and every member of the 

workforce that I was responsible for at those times with dignity 

and respect and demanded of them the same things that I demanded of every other person that was working as part of my 

team. 

Senator HARRIS. And do I have your assurance that this equal 

treatment will include policies related to child care services, family 

benefits, and accompanied posts for dependents? 

Representative POMPEO. Without knowing the full set of policies 

and benefits at the Central Intelligence Agency—I haven’t had the 

chance to find that out just yet—you have my assurance that every 

employee will be treated in a way that is appropriate and equal. 

Senator HARRIS. And that you will not put in place any policies 

that would discriminate against any members because of their sexual orientation? 

Representative POMPEO. I can’t imagine putting in place any policy that was discriminatory with respect to any employee. 

Senator HARRIS. Thank you. 

I’m also concerned about rhetoric related to Muslims from highprofile members of the incoming Administration, particularly Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, with whom I imagine you’ll be 

working closely. I don’t want to impact recruitment or retention of 

the patriotic, critically important Muslim men and women of the 

CIA, some of course who have taken great risks to serve our country. Can you commit to me that you will be a tireless advocate for 

all members of the CIA, all of the workforce? 

Representative POMPEO. Yes, ma’am. 

Senator HARRIS. CIA Director Brennan, who has spent a 25-year 

career at the CIA as an analyst, a senior manager, and station 

chief in the field has said that when, quote, ‘‘CIA analysts look for 

deeper causes of rising instability in the world, one of the causes 

those CIA analysts see is the impact of climate change.’’ 

Do you have any reason to doubt the assessment of these CIA 

analysts? 

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Representative POMPEO. Senator Harris, I haven’t had a chance 

to read those materials with respect to climate change. I do know 

the Agency’s role there. Its role is to collect foreign intelligence, to 

understand threats to the world—that would certainly include 

threats from poor governance, regional instability, threats from all 

sources—and deliver that information to policymakers. To the extent that changes in climatic activity are part of that foreign intelligence collection task, we will deliver that information to you and 

to the President. 

Senator HARRIS. In the past you have questioned the scientific 

consensus on climate change. Nevertheless, according to NASA 

multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals 

showed that 97 percent or more of actively published climate scientists agree that climate warming trends over the past century 

are extremely likely due to human activities. In addition, most of 

the leading scientific organizations worldwide have issued public 

statements endorsing this position. 

Do you have any reason to doubt NASA’s findings? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, I’ve actually spoken to this in 

my political life some. My commentary most all has been directed 

to ensuring that the policies that America put in place actually 

achieve the objective of ensuring that we didn’t have catastrophic 

harm that resulted from change in climate. I continue to hold that 

view. 

I frankly as the Director of CIA would prefer today not to get 

into the details of climate debate and science. It seems my role is 

going to be so different and unique from that. It is going to be to 

work alongside warriors, keeping Americans safe. So I stand by the 

things that I’ve said previously with respect to that issue. 

Senator HARRIS. I’m not clear. Do you believe that NASA’s findings are debatable? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, I haven’t spent enough time to 

tell you that I’ve looked at NASA’s findings in particular. I can’t 

give you any judgment about that today. 

Senator HARRIS. Can you guarantee me that you will and we’ll 

have a follow-up conversation on this? 

Representative POMPEO. I’m happy to continue to talk about it, 

yes, ma’am, of course. 

Senator HARRIS. Thank you. 

Chairman BURR. Senator Cornyn. 

Senator CORNYN. Congratulations, Congressman Pompeo, on 

your nomination. 

Representative POMPEO. Thank you, Senator. 

Senator CORNYN. And your family, I know they’re very proud of 

you. I have every confidence that you will do an outstanding job as 

the next Director of the CIA. 

I want to ask you about the comments that were made by the 

FBI Director back in May 2016 when he identified what he called 

the ‘‘Ferguson effect’’ on law enforcement. Hang in there with me 

and let me make the application to this context. Basically, the argument is that law enforcement was being self-restrained in terms 

of its policing activities, thus exposing law enforcement to assaults, 

many of which were deadly assaults, and that public safety was not 

being enhanced because they were not using the full array of their 

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authorities for fear of what might happen in terms of public opinion or political retribution. 

I have read your predecessor’s, General Michael Hayden’s, book 

‘‘Playing to the Edge’’ and it strikes me that he states the proposition well in terms of my view about what our intelligence authorities ought to do in collecting intelligence and protecting the safety 

and security of the United States. 

I don’t want our intelligence officers and authorities to restrain 

their activities for fear of political retribution or fear that they will 

be criticized for using the lawful authorities granted by the United 

States Government to the edge, not going over the edge. But I want 

to make sure that they take full—they take full use of those lawful 

authorities. 

I know that one of the conundrums that we have in a democracy 

is that when we start talking about what those authorities are and 

what they should be there is a natural reticence to do so because, 

of course, in Russia and China and North Korea and Iran they 

don’t have those problems. In dictatorships and autocracies, they 

just do what they want to do without regard to any oversight, any 

laws, any constitution, that necessarily and importantly limits 

what we can do in a democracy. 

But I think there is a danger when we start talking about the 

role of our intelligence agencies that, either wittingly or unwittingly, sometimes misinformation or disinformation about the nature of the activity and nature of the authorities enters into the debate in a way that eventually damages or limits our ability to play 

to the edge of our lawful authorities and the interests of our security and safety. 

I just want to get an idea from you about what you think the Director’s role is in terms of engaging in the debate when it comes 

to what authorities that either your Agency or the FBI or other 

members of the intelligence community need. There was a question 

about metadata, which of course metadata is not content. The 

United States Supreme Court has said that there’s no reasonable 

expectation of privacy, so the Fourth Amendment isn’t implicated. 

This is information that’s routinely collected by other, by law enforcement agencies. 

My concern is—and maybe I’m not being as direct and clear as 

I should—I just want to know what you think your role will be in 

terms of standing up and defending the lawful authorities of the 

intelligence community in order to play to the edge of that legal authority in the interest of the safety and security of the American 

people. 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, thank you for that question. 

It’s a great and incredibly important question. I share your concerns that we run the risk of not using the authorities in a way 

that is important in keeping America safe if folks are afraid that 

there will be political retribution. 

One of my tasks in that vein will be to make sure that we’re 

doing it right, that we are doing it in a legal and constitutional 

way, and then when we are to defend the people who are doing 

that vigorously to have their backs at every single moment. You 

have my word that I will do that. 

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There’s a second piece to this as well I think that is important 

and you hit upon it, which is I think we have an obligation as leaders to share with the American people all that we can about what’s 

going on and what’s not going on and to do so in a truthful and 

complete manner. It’s part of why I think the oversight function is 

so important. To the extent we’re surprising people, whether we’re 

surprising members of Congress or we’re surprising the public, we 

run the risk of losing those very important authorities. 

So I think each of us has a responsibility and if confirmed as the 

Director of the CIA I will see it as my responsibility to do everything I can to make sure that we’re talking about the critical nature of these authorities and how they keep Americans safe and 

the goals that they have accomplished in this good work in a way 

that permits the intelligence community to lawfully and constitutionally do all of its responsibilities. 

Senator CORNYN. Mr. Chairman, can I follow up just briefly with 

one last question. 

Chairman BURR. The Senator can. 

Senator CORNYN. And of course none of those authorities are 

going to be decided in all likelihood by the Supreme Court of the 

United States. In other words, the Office of Legal Counsel, the appropriate authorities at the Department of Justice, are going to 

give guidance to the CIA and our intelligence community on what 

those—where that line is so you can, consistent with your commitment, make sure that you apply the law that Congress has passed 

and as signed by the President. 

But ultimately, no one’s ever going to give you 100 percent assurance that you’re playing consistent with those laws as interpreted 

by the Department of Justice and the Office of Legal Counsel won’t 

be criticized in a political format later on in such a way as to cause 

retaliation perhaps, or some concern that intelligence officers are 

going to jeopardize their career and their family’s livelihood by 

playing consistent with the best and highest legal guidance that 

they’re given. 

How do you view that role? And maybe that’s just inherent in the 

nature of our system, but it always strikes me as a tremendous disservice to our men and women in the intelligence field for politics 

to intervene and come back and undermine the lawful authorities 

and direction that our intelligence community is given when they’re 

conducting their activities. 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, it’s a real risk. It’s an important part of my role to make sure that we have clarity, that those 

lines that you talk about are clear and bright, and so that this risk 

that you refer to—I’ve heard others talk about it as second-guessing—is minimized, happens as rarely as possible, and that there 

aren’t surprises to people as they go through. 

That’s incredibly important, and the Director of the CIA has an 

important role there, both making sure that we’re behaving lawfully and, when we do, defending the men and women who we ask 

to do really hard things inside of those laws. 

Senator CORNYN. Thank you. 

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

Chairman BURR. The Chair will recognize Senator Warner for a 

brief statement and then Senator Wyden for one question. 

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Senator WARNER. I understand what my friend the Senator from 

Texas has been saying, but I just wanted to respond and put on 

the record—one of the things that’s impressed me with you, Congressman, in our meetings is your thoughtfulness, and I think 

you’re a student of history as well, and we’ve talked about that. I 

think part of the responsibility of the Agency you may head is 

unique in that it is tasked with taking on covert activities and relies in many ways upon the oversight of this committee and, frankly, the trust of the American public to not go over the edge. 

I think there have been times—and we could debate those 

times—where clearly in the history of the Agency there have been 

examples where, whether it was through political pressure or otherwise, the Agency went over the edge and, unfortunately, that in 

the end did not make America safer. 

I’d also say that in many of these areas, whether it’s the changes 

of technology—and I know there’s a robust debate around 

encryption and privacy in the digital age—that edge was not defined yet both from a legal standpoint; and many times Congress 

has not done its job in terms of giving this, this policy guidance. 

So I want you to and hope that you will carry out your duties 

and keep America safe, but I think we get into a treacherous area 

when we’re trying to push over an edge where those edges are not 

defined or Congress has not done its job. 

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

Senator WYDEN. Mr. Chairman, thank you. 

Congressman, during the campaign the President-elect essentially laid out something that looks to me like outsourcing surveillance. He said about Russian hacking: ‘‘I’d love to have that 

power.’’ He encouraged the Russians to hack Secretary Clinton’s 

emails and suggested they be provided to the press. 

We’re now in a different period. He’s the President-elect. And it’s 

one thing to talk, as we did earlier, with respect to your idea for 

collecting metadata in the future, ‘‘all metadata’’ in your words. 

But I want to ask you about outsourced surveillance. If a foreign 

government, an organization, a company or an individual provided 

the Agency with the communications of Americans on whom there 

were no warrants, what would your response be? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, that’s a complex question that 

you’ve asked. I understand that there are policies in place, I believe 

at the Agency—it may even be at the Department of Justice—with 

respect to this very issue. If I can step back and tell you that, look, 

it is not lawful to outsource that which we cannot do, the Agency 

cannot do, under its laws. That is, we can’t be too clever by half. 

Senator WYDEN. But that’s not the question. You can’t request 

the information from a foreign government, we understand that. 

But the question is what happens if it’s provided to you, especially 

since it’s being encouraged? 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, my understanding is that the 

same set of rules that surrounded the information if it were collected by the U.S. Government apply to information that becomes 

available as a result of collection from non-U.S. sources as well. 

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I would only ask, in writing I’d like your response on that. Obviously, part of this involves minimization. There are other issues, 

12333. I’d like that in writing. 

[The information referred to follows:] 

Senator WYDEN. I’d also like in writing before we vote what limits you would have on your metadata proposal, particularly since 

you’re advocating that it apply to personal lifestyle information. 

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 

[The information referred to follows:] 

Chairman BURR. It was the hope of the Chair that we would 

allow the Congressman an hour in between this and the closed session. We are down to 30 minutes. I’m going to recognize Senator 

Harris for a very brief question if I may, and then I would ask, if 

there are any additional follow-ups, they be moved to the closed 

session. 

Senator HARRIS. Sure. 

Mr. Pompeo, on the issue of climate change, I understand you’re 

not a scientist. What I’d like to know and what I want to hear from 

you is I want a CIA Director who is willing to accept the overwhelming weight of evidence when presented, even if it turns out 

to be politically inconvenient or requires you to change a previously 

held position. 

So what I want to hear from you is a guarantee that when presented with that evidence you are willing to then take a position 

that defers to the weight of that evidence even if it requires you 

to change a previously held position that may have been politically 

helpful to you or a position that you have taken during your tenure 

in elected office. 

Representative POMPEO. Senator, you have my commitment to 

that. I am an engineer by training. Facts and data matter, and you 

have my assurance that if I’m confirmed in my role as the CIA Director I will look at the evidence and give a straight-up answer to 

you and to all the policymakers to whom I have a responsibility. 

Senator HARRIS. Thank you. 

Chairman BURR. Congressman Pompeo, this brings to a close the 

open session of this hearing. Let me add something Senator Cornyn 

and Senator Warner spoke on and that is that’s important that we 

realize that every President has the authority to provide direction 

or directives, and that has certainly been the case for every President I’ve been involved with in the intelligence community. And 

that directive expands or contracts in some cases the ability of the 

Agency, and all members of this committee should realize that. 

I want to apologize for not giving you the hour and I apologize 

for the power interruption. But I want to thank you for your service to Kansas. I want to thank you for your service to the Congress. 

I want to thank you for your service to the country as a board 

member of West Point as you have served, like I have, in the past. 

I want to thank you for how you’ve used your military education 

and, more importantly, how that’s highlighted the greatness of the 

institution and the role it plays in developing future leaders of the 

country, of which you exemplify that. For that we are grateful. 

This hearing is adjourned. 

[Whereupon, at 12:32 p.m., the hearing was adjourned.] 

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L MICHAELI'OMI'EO.IlO SWEAR THAT lllE ANSWI:RS I HAVI: PROVII>EO TO Tlll!i 

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Senator Richard Burr. Chainnan 

Senator Mark Warner. Vice Chainnan 

January 3. 2017 

U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence 

21 I llart Senate Office Building 

Washington. D.C. 20510 

Dear Chainnan Burr and Vice Chainnan Warner: 

Thank you tar the CommittL>c's letter dated Deccmhcr22. 2016. As you have requested. I ha\'c 

complct~'ll the Committee's Additillnal Prchearing Questions. which are .:nclllSCd. 

I look lhrwurd to appearing before your commitll .. -c on January IJih. 

Sincerely. 

/I . , ~ ~ · . , 

Mike Pompeo 

Hncl011ure 

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~. wldah:ia 1IDique .In our DdioDa1 secmity ealabliabroeu.t. 'I'hDD8tioual-hmal role 1br . 

CIA 8lllll:ya[s bu belli. aepalllfls 1lom tbe:mlee otlhDl)eplrlmtm ofDafiaa and Dlhlllr 

'fn1n1Hganro ComnumhJ ~ wha&opr.lmary IIDIIlydo ouall:laulr8 1118 the heads oftbldr DWJl 

c1cp1rtmea1B. 'Ihia DldiOmd IIIIII)Jfic misakm has 1bllllnd a daptb. bl:ead1i2. and oJieoftvlty in 

CIA'siiD8lytic capabiJI&a 1hat, if 0111'6' ••M. I will soekto ~and pmmoiB. 

QllBSTION 4: Wbatp:lnaiples llhoaldioftm the dtvbdm of~ 'bat\weD the 

ClAm t~Je ocmduototccm:d aot1cm 1JIIderTifloSO and the~ofDaliuom the 

ccmdUat of auy aimD.ar or :m1abld actlvit:fllll undlr TitJe 10? 

'l'ifie 10 and '.tmc so ICiiYitiei ~toaJs:fbrtbeP:tesidaatmd•dfngthe t1DfiiKl Sfalea. ltis 

theWs defmnfru!tion lito whkh too18 sbou1d be UIIICl:lnagivan ~ 1bD 

pdmaryprlnoipleato be OOilllidtnd 1ft whfdl o.rpnization can most~ aad~ 

Ofrr1 out aparticuJar aatlv:HJ, ccmalamntwilh the 8latuiDI:y autbadties, reapo.aaib.l1iU ~ 

Hmifaticms 1111t acmm aatl.v.ltias Ullder 11t1e so and Tiflo 10. Carfaln trac'lft!onaJ mflitary . 

aol:l9fdas are mDat appL'Opl'iila1y cloDB pat'II.UIDt 1D '1lt1b 10 llllllloritiea. At the 11111110 time, :III8DJ 

acliv1tles aro baat:pdlmuld by the CIA pmauaa:t1D Tiflo SO 1!1'!tbndfla~ Tbse is 100111 aad .. 

JIICellllty ilr 110m11 aotl:v.ltlea 1D be condmted uu.der both 'l1Ge 10 8lld ntt. SO. ~of 

wbat mtbprltfes are'UIIIId. Ibelfe9e~ mlllllCmtiDatianiCl'OIB ~ u we11 

u with CcmpaB.-"riiallJ important . 

A.. What IIJIIICdfio arilll:la are CXIIIIli&tmed whm deciding 'W.btllhet1D aJ1ocate 

1"'lppDDIibb1i to 1118 CIA or the ])oparlmm:lt ofDa6mae in 1beso ar.tJdt 

The Preaichmt, wm. of oomae, m.aD 1he cleoision on how beat to anoaate '9lldoaa 

neqxma!bl'thiea consi!!lat wifb.1he 1fl:w. Jf onnfirmod, 111'1 job will be to hap CIA on tbe 

cutting edge, claft1opiDgDeW 10ilJa llldabarpeoiug aistfDg ciaptbflfti'll to support 1118 

P.reaidaat's clireotlon. I Will also :need to OOil1llDIDiarde1boao C88fl8 in whiab. the CIA 

poase8111181111iqao capabiH.tles 1o !MlrXW!J.PDih a mfiaasl milaion lltld, irnpwtaul1), those 

Cl8lle8 m whfah olfm:nadonl11ools mfabtDI.Ol'O et'lliladvciy .vetheWs dcshed 

polfoy oijeolift. CIA baa 8llDI8 eaquisiiD oapabJlitles. whiah am patdonlmV 'VB1uab1o 

wllau.mactivitymust be ccmd:ociBd oovmfiy. 

B. Howalmshoulcl those divisions of:tll8pOD8ibilit be~ 

The division of~ begimJ with 1he llfat1Jfary 8DdresoJatmyl.'V8,PQIIIIibi aad. 

anfboritjea of each arganfndlon In D111117lllllllll, 1bose aulhad.tf.ce IDd respcmsibiiitie 

onntbJDed wi1h., cspabJlf:tfal oflllllh orprization, will ............... the appmpriste 

utplrlwo!icm 1o l"'llDD.plish a piiElimilar mission. Plum time to 1ln:te, patiaahrr aalf:9fdes 

· may be 09ll1r.adDcl to cJe1mmine if bile is IIIIOiber rqaniPtioniflatmay better perbma 

mission, COJlllilln¢ with ita llllthorities. I do not hlmiiiiiJ speal:liD 1:ime :B:ames :in mind 

:tbr 8IKlh ovehlalicms. I DOIB bowmlr that fbere may be roJ.alift1y 1isw aoti:v.i1i118, a1tboagh 

tbao may be im,portml1 aalivilies, that am liblysu1Ueot to eva1uaticms because the 

diflilriDg autbprJfios ofeaab. wpulza!ign maylaltr.lot the ability to pedblm a apeclfio 

aal:fv.IW, If G(!!lfhmed, I will npport ll'9II1Daticms of 8Dfhf1Uis to tMD."e 1he mission is 

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A. WhatJs }011rview oftbo CJA•s ccmdudfD,g inWJ..,.....11111111Bis 1'CIIdive to CJdtfca1 U.S. 

wJmnbiHtfes ml!lldioaal scCmity ~ ibatlie CJDflictD 1bii80 tJ:ac1i.tblttl 

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'l1lc CIA's mJsslaa. a.u,d autbnrftl. fiXlU8 On the coD.ectkm. ~ and dfawwnfnition 

ofiJJm1ligeaoe tebdcd to natioDa1 aecudty, iDclaciiDa the llllllbaiB of emogi•l8 ii:Jreala. 

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UDdalwtm1 it, tho Al!/tiJIJ1:IDDDitam a '¥8dety of~ th1:eafa to :Daficmal 

seam:ity, inAl»dingnew%1111bt1nlada aad IIIIIO'Dated liab to ildllW Stama. In t:ba 

flll(IJ!Q!JIIol'lllllm. muchofibe CIA's fbous Js to wam aoalar U.S. poll~ about 

dmJiopnclma thatmaiaflilct glollaJ. amwth.ll1abili1r. m1 fillimdal!DIIda:ta. If 

ccmlilh!od. Ilookb:watdto wo:tkiugwith ad:lfnlemm:da of1he J:melHpa!l" · 

CoJmmmltyto BIIIIIJl'& CIA is pl'O'f.!dirlg tho ooJlrJOtloD, aualyals, a.u,d 8llppOlt llllliiCieclto 

mJerstand ~1fnala aDd w1ua'ahllidesto O.s. fDIIlreafa.ina gk)ba1i2led, 

diaitized. aDd dpamfc ao.vhoDm«1t 

Q1Ja'DON 11: In wllatwaJB can tho Dil:eolnr ~sdfcieatixll:llpmd'IDC8 8114 

dislanoeftompolitlaal OODIIidcn1fons to IIIIZ'VDthonation with objeothe IIDil dlapaasioo8ID iniN1Igence oo1ledion mlCIIIlyals? . 

It is of «itica1 imporfaoce that~ lJaVB the beat infbrmaticm possible, 1ImB ~m:aatbo:tme ofpolitica1 ~ ItiatJpto &l>.heofot lllldf!Rf!lt.YCIA 

affkla:oto maizdafnthe.Apaay"s~ and objccli.vlty. Thfa is attbe care oftba · 

fdenfifJ oftmq CIA officer ml acl:ivlty. It fa a CJ:81De.:!D..pm HqGhlillldllt 11om themDIIHIIIt 

CIA hires a:IIDW employee llldilho arabD 80pll'llfxl81lom ibe .Aptmy. lfconflrmed, l w.ltL 19Uik 

with D17 J.ea.leisl•lp 1ilran 1D bep aCXIIIIbmtpullo on the VIDfk:flnoo 1br o'bjeoiMty CDliOCID8 BD4 

c1o .mat I can to Cll'liJiml fbal: fiVfl//fCIA affkla:o lives &ytbo words eta1:lcd m tbs wall of111c 

OrJsimd l:Jeadqum:fla BulldiDg "ADd ye aba11lmow1ho1rath and& tmlh lilldmab )OU 

ho. • I wm wmtm CIIID1'01Df offbrs areproduc.il:la inlelHs,euco'With the hfabasttradeoratt 

8114 wJJl stand bahiDd the lme,pity oftbattmdecra:ft asthoy pre~C~ltittopo~ 

~rr.. How wm yollllliiUftl1bis incJe.pea&moo 1a maiidaiued, smm JOU1'1'111adrmabipa. "81PbJialwlaaa:M'amber.ofCcl:lplsmJ.speci:lblly.asa~of11JeHouao 

Pcmaaeat:.Select Cammll:led oni:atrl1.lJplco? 

All a Member ofCoiJg!:eas. I IIIIZ'VD a role. I represcmthundrecls4f6oasaads ofKar.uama 

m1 ad'viloaiD :tbr fbeir indf:viduala cdlecfiyo~ on 111e BPSCr. I Oftll1ICO & · "' !lllfkm.•a ~ aacMties. Ifoonfinned u CIA llialator,. I will hae a llif.&lamtjob. 

• IwBl boloadiDg m.Jnckpmclantand.~ CIA wmfrfhn» m~out:Jtamillllioa · ·· ·- ·10-dilima 5 U_DiiicfStifili. 11D11biiiliurOfCIAiiuwt.a~.- MY~--

polidca1 ~ wD1 inDO wa.y iDftaclnco CIA~ or how I p!.'llllmtibat IDI1Jafs1o 

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pa1Zio1B ""'" ••'Ibid 1o oar Dldhlll.'aiii!OIJd.ty who oBen pqtfhair lives at :r:isk: mliiiiC!ltiiee qulel:1y ibr1bair 

~ 

llllkm. oar :1111t1.cm clarlaDdi CIA oflicca aoileat.111111Jze.lllld. dfllaa ,1, ·• iaiSa a 

lllld 1D aagageiD.IIdl:llltpaco opcnlicma 1D 811.1im,pa!D'fl~Mfa and~ U.S. 

!llldo.uallllllllldty. In an~~ lllld oomp1icldBII worJ.cJ. the clomaada em. tho CIA 

IID4ifl 1IVIIIfdbrce wDl emir iDI:naalcl. Tho CIA lllld ita wud:Jiaco 111'8 up 1D 1DD abalJ.eap. 

Tho CIA witurc ill pared 1D meet tho gmw.lq del:xumda Aom.po&yma:kmls 11114 b pubJlc, with 

a ()C'""dtmem 1o ifB miaaioD, aabalautiw and~ 8Xplldfae, 8lld Cll'llld:lWI "li'eeutioD of its 

1ll8b. na CIA:hu lDiiqaD aufbadtlea aDd capahilitiea that ma'b it iDdfllp:mBab1o 1D 1he Jlldiao.'a 

seaudty', but& CIA abOuld coDaboraiB aloaeJy wilhits ~:lJIIl'b:=l in& U.S. 8Dd w1th 

]:'llldD8ra abEoad. The CIA wDlllllled 1o aontbme to adapt 1D 1DD morpbblgkeat 'Jancfarurr 8Dd arowiDs tea1moiogica1 dcmmdiJ, whilD atill opemtlng llll'oolf.wiJ 8Dd suataiDab1y ln.boatilo 

idltlUAiiilllODf& 

ltill'lho ultimate profillllljoual honer 1D be mrrdrudeci 1D 1llad 8DCh an Ol1fBiarldiDg urpnlzalion 

11114 1belllllllllid 'WODiat who compriao illl ~ Ifconfhmod, I wD1 do 69-.,lbiugpoaalble 

1D lead 1beDJ'IIllllld 'WOIIIaJ. at1be CIA w.bb.paaai.cm. ~. 'YiaiOD. 8lld a :Ibm «•nml1ment1D 

iiB mfsllon. . . 

A. What ue,uar (lOlls :lbr CIA's ea1ture !tllCI worldbreet 

Ifoorrfbmec\ I will build on 1bc ~ oflltrcflg Jeacfrn:jh]p atth6~1D lead a · 

dymanic.'JI10Ci9ated. ancl:miaakm-:lbcused wark:lbJ:oo. M:y aoat 88 tho DimcturwDl bo 'Co 

CIJI1IO'Mit1bese men ancl110111'111 oftha CIA 'Co fblBD. ita 'qDique mfBim wifh 1hohf&be,at 

depo ofinlegdty and aflbmw byp:ovidiDg aleardlzectfan, leadenbip. aDd 

IeiiOIJ1\le8 ~ fhD CIA 'Co :lice our CX1111dry'a DlD1III1iDg :lbl:eian lllltkmaliJIIC'IIIi1J. 

oballenps. 

If confhmed, I wi11BI:ri9e to maiDiain rmd atrenafben CIA 88 the pmnk:r fnf!iDa.oo 

. IJIIIIICYirl the 'W01fd.--GDe able 1D adapt qafc'ldy'Co & a1sifllDa s1obal ~ m:l1D 

meet1he grow:IDg demlmda ofthoAII:IadAlllllpooplo and u.s. poiksJmalan 1D da6md 

Dtdlcmal. aecmlty ildll:e8ta. Ulf:fmala1y, CIA Jlhoa1d 'be aoen and treafed as a:DIIfilmal 

~ 

~ill ret""""'"a, Jnnavative, aad a:lobal reach ill f.eaald by our 8IIIIDfes aDd 

8lld admimd by our competi:fma 8Dd allies. .DB pr.ohJaicmals should fllal great 

p:ide in tWr miaaion 111111 an t'bair arpnlzation does 1o p:otect1he u.s. 

· Ifccmfirmed. then lire aDIJIIlber ofm~~~~ wJHa I wDl ::lboiJa ldllm1i0111D fiiiiiUDiltbat CIA 

8lld ita wodc:&:aoehawfhls capabflitiea Deeded 1D meettho hl&haat ataDdarda aDd p1s aet 

oat by fbe :lllltl.cm'aleadenlhip -::fbr 1xlde;y'1 mfaaton 8IJd illlo 1ho ibtal:e. 'Ibis wB1 iDc1udo 

tboib11owiDgprioJ:itiell: 

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almiafMnlng theAgritmy"a HtJMnn' Cl8piQity 111111 tradecnft 

imp:ov.!DgAg::t.111yoapibili&II1D opel.'8tll inladlo~ llldiO'lft - - --hml-collooticm Jli.V'blema,....., ;Aa"t~acy oe,pabilitlelrto oJili'id\'lmam.oro-afgltJ?M,; · 

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IIDIIl:y1fo capabiHiieB. hmoYatioDs. BDd infbrmation fecs1uxikv Bylltem8j zearaitiD& 

eaablfDg. tndaiD& BDdl'ltaiDDig a c11:nrae, capablo, llldc:ommittlld wmkibtw with 1bl 

light stDls and. flllmltliiiO&Id fD :l'alfDl1he.ApaaT!Jmfaalon In the lcqr1am; aDd 

........tmtlog ..._and tnolmolnsY .ilmovation and. ooDa}londiOJ.I w.ilh the pri'vld8 aeclor. 

No doubt ibiD will bo obrp.::iorfdar, tmd if Cl"'"'••o:J. I w1U eotertha Apa!Jyp:e.pered 

1D Jaan and oaprfo 1lslm fD 1ho WOLtibtce ibr ita icleBa ibr bow best1D impro'9e CIA. . 

'Ihtoagbord:. I wD1 seek to Imp:aveihe waytho Ap/IIJJ Iava:apa ita D&Om:ces 1'1111 

capabflitl• i:DIIerDillly and with the 'bload8r Jnte'l1igimce Commuaity:ibr'TIIIIIimmn 

mfaalon dot aud cost efli.cUaoi. 

B. Wllatue theaflpl JVll pia tv tiD to achlmlthelepala? 

· If CIClidlmiacl.l wDl seek to pmr1da W. I~ and supjiQEt'fD aDowiJu;AI!i:r»y 

"WDJ!!dbroo 1D IIUCCIII!Id inilsmlaalon; To aahifmt tho got1s set :lb.dh &bow, I wln:bd&md-1D 

tbaus 011:1ive core lliel8 of Aptt::y opention: · 

1. Pf11'1101f18l. Tbo CIA'a ~IIIBit remaiultbD cJcdblad.llllll. aDd -Mm:um of'thl 

ApJs:y. I w1U seok1D appoh:lt. elevatD, ~ 1'U1aiD. tmd&:UJ!Owat 1he beat aDd 

br.Jgb.fllllt CJA pelllllC1M1 atheadquarll:a 111111 m 1he &14 -provJdll:ls'lbam"'dle !lel:l8lllllrY 

tools and llllfbority1D 8llhieYe 1he milliclla •81iiped.. TaldDg care ofaA. pci80JlDIIl aur1 

tWr1llmflilll ia eilaotial1D 1hef:nle ofcalf:um 8lld 'WUifdbale I wm soak 1o cna~e. 

RdyiDa em atroDg, cJlwae, and dedioa1l!d aflicarl who can load tho },prJDy dita 

flmotioDI-fbr aboit lllldkmg tarmmiaaioos and iDidatlv• -'WfD. bo midcal1o 

tnaitdJdning'thl CIA'al.'lliltum of........Uoooo. 

2. Sll't*gy & Pollt:y. Fartbe CIA 1D work: cf.'l'ectt98ly,1hete ueeda1o 'be olarity of 

~atzatoiiea. prforltfM. poimiea. ad fllli""A'dkm Aom tha.nation'a 

laldmbip am aldzemy. If c:cmfbmed, it will bo !DJll'lllpOl:l8ibJ 1D.f111811r8 dadty of 

atrafegy, policies, !IDd pr:loddas w1tin the AI/IIIS1arn m. 1he Tmel1lgeaco cumi!Qmlty, 

withl'llllpllllt'lo fnWIIpnco lamlliD. fbll mad.lllld Aompolio.Jmaba' 8lld 'lfle pub)io'a 

apeolatiOliB ofthe.AgaDoy. Pdtuiliziug amcmgfbll 'varfed mquiD:meafs IUII1 diiGim1a em 

1lle .AarasYwill bo cdloa1 Jn apa:lod wJ:Jore ~ napehilitfee aa411Utbor.it:1as aro 

needed 

llllllh1al 

:mme 

optimal 

afhln "'""""'Oil 1D detlmd 

of1he 

u.s. 

.Apncy"a 

naticmalleCIDity. 

milaicm. 

Clarity of policy llbd ~ 

3. P1'octl.v. 

~ 

I believe tbe Db;eoCor of tho CIA. aboul4 caaie a traDajlaniDt set afproce•e• ibr 

IBIBI Dt.RDfa lllll(h::viclwa. 8CCl01IDiabilit,ll1id 1180 IIJid ~of 

hmDim oapifal and:lii80U1'0eiL This 1'CII}'IJheathllt1he ~a hmmud orp•!laifno, · 

C!O!!!IDJmioatian. ad oomdiDatkm. 8ftl designed 1D hmaae1'e801U.'0ell aud 1Bl8llt 

e.flBcttvely aud eftiaiaDfl.y. T.bfa aJao .requims fhere 1o bo a1arlty ofpmcess aud da:iakmllllllr:bJ&pdorltfzatlcm. BDd taaJirjugwllhfn fbll I'ntl'lDigm:o CaaJIIiiillllty lllld with 

-poJicymalars. If ('lnlfi••ned, I w.i1I seek 1o shape and 8fiiWard ef:1iQieat proceaa 1bat 

alkJwibr CIA. aDd ilspcnol1D81.1D OJ*Ide ~ aud ~. withmbdmal 

ciiatraoticla or dmg. · 

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.A. Doal thianmdn ,.,urpoailion? If not, pieue flllPlaln :yuurGUI.DIIIlposition mi w.hfit obaDpl. . . . 

· I 'llllda:8llmd ihltprevba colJecdo.n programs fnvoMDg!1181adsta. ~were cxmducfecl puliUIIId: tu orcla:B offilderaljudgel. providlld a sJpifioanttool fur tile 

Intelligenm ()mmmnity'fbatJa 110 loDpr llftfJab1.e bacause ofctumgea m u.s. Jaw. 

"Whil8 IJJaw not chaDgedmypoaitic.m. I 'llD.da:Bbmd w.hf Ccmgraaa abase tQ abaqe 

fhe Jaw and in :&let, as amombar of flus Haase ofRq1roseufatlvea, I '90111clibrthoae 

ofulu&es 1D metadata colleolioD. 

B. Please o1adfr wllelhtlrthia sratmnoot applies tu u.s .. pemcms. 

I 'lll:lderabmd tbat the dfpoontfnned prosram. COilduotBd pDl'8UIIDt to judlaial arda's, applied 

fo .u.s. peacm8 aad 'W88 CODd.uo1lld put'BIJIIIltfD 'lhall-edsl:blg law pdorto 1be 1epl 

arnendmcmta ]llllllllld bftbe CcmgJ:eas. . . 

c. Please ciad:fy "ooUect£an of all metadata"'l What kfD&J ofiJIIIIBdafado you beHove 

a'bould boilmndfnto a~ Slllll'Qbabicdafabaso? 

I waa ~ tu melldalaoftbe type oo1biCted UDder tho then-alstillgpO&ram 1liat 

wu amdfablefur1119iBwunder pmoecll.ua aud OOJJdidonamrfewed aod ~ bJ 

fiK1amljlldgei. 

D. Plalao clarJfywhat "'jjJttmt::tJl -~~you 'bel.ie9e ahauld bo .Included 

fnaOCIIiipiiDDible, 

~ 

llllllft'lhabtedafllba&e. PJasedelatJ. 'Who, wifbhlfhe U.S. 

a'bould be lllllhorized tu colleot1hfs fnfbnnation mi what;Jf811J, 

.reatdotkma a'bouldbo Paced on III10h c:ollectlon. · 

As DOirlcl fn the Wall Sltwt JOfl1'1ltll op-ed. 1al:odat 11U8J111018 wbo 'Visit jfhadtat Wt1bs11as, 

"'"""""'"-with tm:mdat.lesden. mab alamdJJs soalal:mda pos11. orcmy out 8IIIIPiaf,ous 'UIII:I8IInfJDD aboa1d be c:oaafdemc1 :tbr ap_ptop:iate 8Dr'ltlillaaoCI Tnfbrmaticm 

that fs pabHaly ava:IJabbs on tbo fnlllrr.lat or OU. public ileiabaaee Cllll bo impoz1811t 

cbs in idmJ.ti:t)iDg1hoae who would seek tu harm Ama:lca. If ocmftrmed. I wJ1l &6r · to po1icymakara. Jmbxlfngtbe ecmaa-, on wllel!l« Jt wotdd bo l()lii:Opl1al&to oo.Uect 

aucb. fntbmuiticm, tbe aact htbmaticm tube ooJleotad. 1fllo would oo11eot IIKlh. 

~ 

infbrmetjon aodappwp:Ldtu:ealrlotintll llmlellllCb.aotivif.y'WODld. 'bcffhe 

oftbo FBI or other appl'Op'JatB oqpmizalicma. Inotea1ao that flus 

Tnte'!HIJillll.lB Cu.mmuuf11lllllr, :fbr lDIIDf docadea, applilld l"""'dntfnD8 io minimim 

inftmnaffM ooJ1eoled an u.s. pei'IQDIJ. mglvcUng m. IIOliiD oasa. 11IIIC:rfotloDI omiect oat 

lJildcl'thc ~ aad aupenialcm offilderaljudges. 

:r. Whatiotodo 

8IIIII.'Qbablo dafabase"'? 

1011 balfiMStha 

P1essa 

CIA 

provide 

would.Plarwith 

w1ult in:ftmnation 

tegard'llttlle 

you believe ~ abouJd bo 

coJleoted anli'how7011aae 8Wib. a databuo.operatlng. 

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Aa nollld above, oollection of the type d.tsouaaad in tho op-ed gaua.11;y:lklls outaido 

CIA smtlwities as I 'llDdersbmd them. Rwill bathe te8pQIJiihility of tho FBI or ofbar 

appr:opriate orgauhafkm, Jf cmftrmed, I will dedbr 1p poiiay.maba on the awt 

llliiiiM ofpablio'IJ &YIIilabJ.D iDJbrmation that would be appropriatD to coDect, :If aey, 

&Dd tho operation of such a database.· 

I believe that tho appropr1ate U.S. govtli!WDIIIIt ageaoiea llavo a dut.Y to l1IIO pn'bHclJ 

~data to 1awibiiJ Cl011duat1balrfnveatiptions, IIUbjoctfo approprisle pri'9acy 

and othec legalrestr.iclions lllldl'llgU]atfons. Wi:lhrespeetto U.S. P.JL110DS, 1he CIA 

should haw i1B bfstoriDally oJroomscn"becl m1D. 

1'. Whatiblm of 8DOUtlve branch. COII8ftlll8iona &Ddjudicial cm.mrigbt ibould -with 

mgard to the databeso? . 

Aa DDtod fn tho op-ed, I expressed the v.iewthatiftbe 1J:um..cx:istin sumiUm:K::e 

programs weraOOl'ltbmed, ,.,]nbanced ocmgresaiOna1 cmll'lllgbi-& trae pa:rtnerahip 

botwum the ClleCldlw aud CoDgrese--is needed. Eaohmcmlh the TntaJH ...... Cammuui1¥ sbou1d provide classified bdelingsto the Bouse 8lld Sellldis iaiD1Ugence 

COIJ:llJiitmes on how IIQmlilJaace programs are wo:ddDg, what adioDahJe infhtmatlon 

hail bean deve1Dpec1. and whellundstabll or abuses :IJa'ft; oooatted. • If cmftrmed, I 

wm cl*to po1icy.makera on appropriate OV8l1ligbt, butl!Ot& that l11tl.da:slaud that 

fhen-axfating 

OVII1'8igbt. m addition 

llllMilJ.aoceprograms 

to significsmt excculive 

~subject 

bamah 

to jadicia1 

oversight 

imd 

by 

~ 

the Whl1l1Housc, · 

De,pezlmeut ofJ'ustl.ce. the~ of the D.b:eclorofNatOOoal JntelBgeucc, Inspectom Generals. aod olbcr on1if:les. . . 

G. rn 1hill8111110 waUStNBt JuumaZ piece.~ stailld 1bat. at e. broader 1eve1 tbat "[l]Bgal 

aad bureauoratio itJ:Ipedimmmlto liUMllilJaDce sbould be remaved. "Pllase descdbe 

wbid1 impecti!T!CIII!!I )'OU ~ MlillJirlg to lttl4i seek legislative clumges :to mm._ove them. 

I was~to 8DIJ fmpeifimonhs that did not a1eady eabaace protectiaos mr u.s. . Pct'liODIIo but llad significant mDaion impaot. For examplO, I UllCieraland 1:bat in some 

oases, ia.veatlgatma ~l!Ot able to acoess frdbrmetfmi available to ~ wJth an 

in1m:nclt ~ Aa an·CIIII1DP1e, tho DNI.bas only iecemly allowed itmlsl:iptom 

carryJag out bactgmuDd inveatiptlons 1br lltlCU1'.Ily alearamles to ~ pab]fdlyavailab1e soaiid mediafdmnetlon about applloan1a. SeO Seam:ity ~ Aput 

Diteoti:Ye Five-Colleclion, Uao, and Relmtion of~ Avallahlo SoolldMIIdia 

In1.bmlatlon inl'ellamu!ll Secm:ity Background Jnw.stigati.cms 8Jid A.clj1tdicadons {Mity . 

5,2016}. 

. . QUJrSTION 17: Please deaDr:ibe ,our nnderatancfing ofthD limftations ~ o.nJer 

12333 places on tho CIA witb.roprd to ~in tbe United States lll:ld with:rep.td to U.S. 

plllBOIIS. . ' 

CIA's aeliv.lties m:elimit8d to ilB authD1izllct ~1hose set:lbtfh by tb8 NatioDal 

Secudly Actofl947, as amldlded,;SOUSC § 3036(d), andE.O. 12333, Sec.1.7(a) (deaadbfng . . 

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.As noted, I have not f!1!'81Jlined PP.D-28 with CIA co11eati.cm. apa:1B. In Gl111Dtinlng PPD28, I will only sect chauges ~ 11tD0D8 olhar tbiDgs, fb.o chaDgea 1'llllll1:md in material 

imprcmJauzt inAgfa;y operati.cms and capebilities. Ultimataly, po1ioy:malamJ will have 

to 'Mii8h the impact af rcy d:llmges to PPD-28. 

QnrBJ.'ION:lJ: Undarwhat~ it' any, is it appropdato for co.mm:Urd.catloos ofU.S. 

pemanstobeabaredwith:fureignpartuers.eilhorfinisbedorinmr,m""l"!m!?Jidfbrm?'Ulldar 

what olrcmnslancea, if IIDJ, is it~ :fur oommmlirnrtiODS ofU.S. parsons. collcck:d by a fbreip.partncr, to be oblafDed, 1IIICid ~ dJsanminaiM by the lDie1ligalco Cwmn~? . 

The 

oommmriMti'lDS 

CIA gena:a1Jy 

ofU.S. 

does not""'"'n'nate 

,Paons, to fbreign 

:iDformaiJon. 

govea:rmmts. 

CODCei:Ding 

There 

u.s. 

are ohoumsmnces,. 

pcno.ns, ~ 

howmlr, 

whc:l1 ih8 CIA diMcminatea 8lll!b it$ftnation inibrtliemnce afita BlabdurymissiaD. Suoh 

dJssemfnation .,_, iDc1udo, :fbr ~ hl'f.brmatlcm. cxmatitulfDg:lbleign infdljgenoo (Fl) or · 

cqtmlmiutellipaco (C[) Jn1bnnatlon obtaiued in the couraeofaJaw.lblPJ., cr, intcmatioDal drag, 

or in1mudlcma11amtism. investlgatlona; ir16 • matlon needed to protect the lllliBty of pet'BODII or cupnivtiODB, includiDgtb.oao Who are targefB. victims, or hoslagoS of .imer:aaticmal tm:rodst 

01'gl"rizatlDDs; intbnnaticm·ncccbld to·protect FI or Cl soufcea,llllltbod8, and acti:t.ifies from 

111J11Ufbori'zixi d:i.aclosure; IIJld incidmlally obfaf:ued lnfiu •••ation that may inclicatD ~in 

"aclivitiea 1hat mayviolatD u.s. law~ Ar13 infunnatiem ~ a u.s. pcr.!ICliD. will be 

dlssa•d• !ated only if :necessary, or ifitis l'CI8IIODIIbJy believed that it may becomo DCCC11811l7• tO 

undeaJtrmd or aaaeas"tho :lntbrmatlon. M.orecmlr. tho CIA.,_,~ the :f.bmigu gD'9tlriiJIICI1 to 

comply witb.reatriotiaDa on the use or:fbrther dj!!!M!mim¢lcm ofaach ~on." . 

If1bo CIA 1'IICJill'lllll a:fbmlgn pirmar colleot oomrmmicatfms of a U.S. J1CDODo I Utldlll'lllllud that ~aud. diMeJi!lt i!¢1DD llhou1d be done pt1Elft18Dtto 1he IIIIIJI81Dvcl. of approvals that wuuJd 

also.applyifthcs 

be xoqaiJ:ed if the 

CIA~ 

CIA ifllelflNEO 

in 

to 

fhe 

onlleCt1hose 

co1lecticm. 

GOIDDI.lDlicado 

acd:vity :to such. a 

"'1uuao 

degree 

aa.tr~e 

that 1hD 

~ 

I.01iv.lf1 

becomes, in C88CilCO, aj~veatme by bdfh tho: CIA audfumign.~. · 

In 

~ 

IIOJII8 cirouiDslaruies howevllr, a fbndgn partner may collect OOJDDllJiiiCatums of a U.S. penon 

:lbr their own pu:poses.IIJld_DQt at fhe Mqlieat of the CJA. At 'limes, the fixeigtt 

paztoer'amv:iew of~ U.S. plll80.I1 prmmnnrioafiona 1118J':reveial.~Dtbm:ustiou. tbattbo 

p8l!tDa: ~may be ofinta:a!t to tho U.S.--dbrhtstinco, tlte partnar msy,diBoover 

iDtbrmatlon tbatconsdti11BB FI or Cl :ftum the tJ.s. pEil'llpCKltl:va, orthatia J:IDI'Jded. to~ the 

aa&4y ofU.S. pai!IIO.II8 oi Ol1P"'fmtfODS If~ appropiate :l.br~ CIA to I.1ICIIi:9e IIJCb. inlbEmation 

fiom iDigD. parCrumtwitboutthe aam.e requiJ:ementB tbat would apply ifthc CIA itaelfWDto 

colloettbo infbrmation or to request that the :lhrdgnpartn=r oolleattbe fri1bnnation. In Vflr1 

Hmi1ed aircumstancea,llowever, the tii8Dtlel'in whioh afixeigtt pm:tner oollected the infimnation 

cooJ4 "tie so improper that it would not be llpJil'OFiatB :l.brthe CIA to l't'JCCiive, usa, O.r tbrther 

cHs...njnam the infbrmatioD. · 

Qtlli'STION20; ~1DthoCIA's.policicstmd~1'alamdto. 

sipaJs intelligence: 

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aodmaniF"' on eulti9atiugproper:rdat:l0Mbipa; andl'CiqiMIItiDa.. m..,1f:lllt1elt the 

hllllfh oflllllJdo objeotlrifl. I am IUl'O 1bln a •1Dola as 'Mill and w.Dl wa1comD 

o"''".ru-Vambani''fbouslds em tbia impoJtaD:t e8brt. 

QtJJ'B.riON 24: You have allled aeqiBII.'adon a "homeam, • addiDg "'I aotaallJ IIOIIgbt 

~:lo'w:" ~ 1tmiJ& 'lbat's why ita mi1J a :floDtD l'IID.IIIldnot a.IJI.'IIId sJam.• 

A. Do 3'D11 stand byfbfs S(ala •IC!Dt'l 

Yes. 

B. Do -,ou baliCYC 11:!0 CIA sbouh1 :rec1ace :lis fbDditJg'l 

Mf Blaleweot oaaccmicJ ovadlavela offildcal ~ Jfoonftnnf.d.I vdllmvfaw· 

CIA's "budget. I tiDk it Ja cdlfcal"fbatDidkmal seou:dty ageaal.es. iDcludiq1bo CIA. are 

1bi)J timded with 1lus ft1110111'0C8lieecled to pro(lsot.Amarioa. Ddmdb:lg aitlzcma :fi:om 

ll!ltlmlal.~tbreara fa afbnclammtal obUgrdl.onoftbD ~1bltabould. recelvethcnecaary flmdiDg. . . . 

Q1JI'BT.[ON 25: 'Ille Sb:atesY Bfllllll thattlul CIA "w.i1l COII1IDue 1o '!fll'lc:i1 Oar~ by 

1arpl:iDg di"ftlllll c-•mi!Hnd!lea IIGl'OIB the UDl1ed Statea1D Dlllfll: our ta1eat DIJIIdr, wl1h 

dec1laatBd pl'08l1IID8 ibr citizlms of.Afthvm. Asian. BilplmiD, Mi!fd1e BufBm, Somh.Ashm. 

&DdNatln Amllrlcandolcaal; Lorlbiao. Gq B.iMmiJ; aod 'IDMpn&!rli:ldf.WdDaJs; PCIICIIII 

wlff1Jli8abflitlali Vellllma; aDd WOIDIID. • Do -,ouimaod 1o maiDtBin an oftbetle decliadl:d • "l'QIIlDII? 

Meh)fainfuga di'NI'I8 ami cfedioatod 1't'01il:fbme fa ~ b: CIA's mJaalcm, Cllp0Clia11y st-. 

1ha global ohal\mps oar aouutl:y:fioe& !have DOt beal.br.ic::t\:d oa.&pograma DOIDd, blit I 

look ibtwat'41D 1ear.Diq more aboat all CIApi:OSl'IUD81D teemit, 1min, and Jlllain:motivallld 

wmlma dedioaled 1o tbD aeoar:lty of our 001IIItry and tbD axt offllte1llgam:o. Jfoonflrmed, I 

lookfbrwatd 1o ewluat:iD&theao J:IL'OII.'IIDI8 and otbara 1D IIDIIl11'e tbe CIA -.,.,.wuak~ 8Dd 

I look ibrward 1o 'WUddDg with 1he Commitb:io an t:bllae illlaea. · 

Qlii8TION26: In2019. ;you wted agaiD&treautfadzfngtbc ViolellooApiDit W'ommAot. 

Howsbould.1bD 'WOIIICD 8lld llll!ll oftbe CIA infelpret,our "90CD? If oorrf!nnM, howwoukl 'JUU . 

"tftD: 1o Glllllll.ethat aU liii:IDbar:s oftbe CIA ~w 1bat therhaw am ad"90CIIIB in 1be 

Dlreotor"a oiJi.r:AII 

If cnnftrmed, I wflliiiP.[ICirt, ~and aciwcrdle ibr CIA pGIIOOI :1 pralillalonally I.Jal ~ lJIIDIOIII)Iy. "WhiJe fD. COIIIJE'I8It I :&ave \101bd bltrd 1D oppoee "9iolaDDe apiDit the D1011t 

. 

:fbrtbe 

'IIJ1:Dmib1e Violtlloe.ApfmatWOIIHilAd.~·m2012. 

:Itt oat MI!!I!!!Udtfea, partloalady womamand abildraa. 

Ifillt1hattbD2013 

Wbllalvoted ~ 

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8I.'IIIEI* lllld by ollulr 8JI.Pl01ldate DaiiiL It also aaafgDa tf.leDNI ~f:br 

poridiDg O'M8l1 ctirecdonibr, aud OOOJCtimdlon:tbr. the ~afJIIIkmal 

iDidlipD:e 

~ 

auf8ido afthe tJniCBd Stdl8 throuab lmmao.IOUl'cal hTeacb. e1tmaat aftbe 

Cwmu111iii;J. CIA WOib aklsel:ywith thoDNiaud ODNI eJenumts, who 

Wp CIIISUI.'81bat bmmm. oo11ectioD.aotiviliellap!!OJ?CIIiy D:asra•od with~ 

fnleJJiaenoc aotivJ!ialfD ClliUl'Otbeoptimal collcotion afiotelllgrmoo end awld 

liDDDC!tl!Pr:Jtiak or do,pHoation of aftbzta. · .. The ADtuaip tho CJA.~tbrfbe OOClll.'diDati. afmlational!f,pa betweiiiJ. tile 

e1amerda affbe Tnfe1Haanoo Conmmnlty and tbe iDtlllligenoo or IOGIJI'lty senices of 

foreip~ on anmaum ilmJlriDs lutDJUpaooreJatad fD the:aatiolllii.IIC1IIitl 

orf.uleDfamce aaqafred throu8h cJaodclltD.olQIIII%l& 'l'hD ADt di:n!ola dJat such 

OOCII.diDadoD. s1la11 be~ 'QIII)er1be dhectlon of1ba DNl 

'!be ADt direcla CIA fD coaola.te aDd evaluate intrilliploo mlal:ed to llltkmallll'lCllldfJ 

aud diawminate BUCb. iDIDlligfllce. CIA par.fhr.ma'lhill :1budfon m IIOI.lGl'demce w.ilhDNI 

guidaDco tbr the TutelJ.iaorloO Ctmm:amfty IC~pfttiugthe preparation 8lld cliRmin!dion of 

. iJJMmgnnce. 

B. What a ,uurinbl:ldolla m 111 :6lr • ibrlbcliDgtbe lR.TP A's ~of p!ltllr foteiUpnce tnmgratiOD IIC1'088 'dJo IC? 

If confirmed. I wm·expknw.,sm wJiiah gmat~:rfnmcritton OIID.~tbe 

]M""fuim1111M oftbD CIA. and 1ho CIJd1e l't!!nJiigaloe Cunmmnlty, to impmve ourDIIIiODal 

seoarity. I will'\lVOrk wJih 1bo DNI m IIIJi!POZf: afthfa Dllllldatn, akmg with otbar leadorB 

~ 

af1be}'n!eJiipuoe Cnmrll1lllif¥, to pul'IIJO inWati:vea...., ildepdioa C1811impn:l¥e tbe 

~fD ~ 8lld 1Jllimamlybotterprotect1he00llllt!:)". . 

QUBS'J.'ION 32: Inl'CIIpOia fD the 9111 atlllllb, Ccq,ress Cll'flldlld 1ho poablcm.of'tbe DNI (•. 

partoflR.TPA. 81 nofedabovo) to lllli:Y8. ibehaadoftho JntoJHamce OI!IDDJ!lh;y ar.ul 

eslabllah an :imqpatod :fiii11:11':WQ1'k to pramoCe a lllllRI cl:'liKlthe inte1JJpaoe IIP.(ll1'8tlll tbr our 

~· A IIUilllllllld.bDNllllllbe tbe~ Cwiunmity moree:flioieat. mora 

ool1aborati'9e, and~ seaoilaas irllbnuatian abadns IIClOII8" ourinrellipnoo ~. 

A. Jn -,nqrW!w, what fs tbDpropc:ll'mlo of the DNl'l 

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The DNihu aJI'IIIIlbw ofafpffioam nspcmslbi1itiat aa outUnecl in 1bo Nallcma1 Seoarlty 

.Act o£1947, B.O. 12333, md ollc:r poUcfes,' ThD DNI. in o'Wn!IIIDgtbe fmpl...,...,;on 

of the Nldioaal J:Jdl:!lipaoe P.ropm. canpmmot11111 fDIMfp ated I~ C"""'"nity tbatle11Ul18 fD. a mare CIIBiot1Ve IDd collaborative intliJHpJoe udvitlos. ThD DNI J.a 

Owraigbt ofboth 1brafp !IDd d.omeltio intempnoe timcti.oaiiiDd helpi1D oloeo ieama 

betwec tbreip ad clamestlc inllllligmoe to delllctfl:lrradsttbnlala from aLroed aimec1 at 

the U.S. B)r GD11bJi11s plldm' wcJiuBtkla. acroaa tho~ Ccmumluily, ad iboaaiDB fbe·1bll ~ ofb OQI!!IIIQ!!It, Oll. b p!lltelt 'lhreall fidugtbe GOIJIIII:y, 

1JMi DNI 0111help drive bdDir ~nl111111 llldiOP.PQtt1D polioJmaba. In 

addi1ioD, tbe DNI can fmpove poJh:iel ad pmaodurca aowmfDa the IllfeUialcmce 

Comm1mity ud WOik with polieymakwa tl;l idlmtlf.Y msu wbcro cbaapa 1o Jaws or 

mgulaticma 11111 1mpa:o11e per:6111wmoo 

B. Whilt part lhould tbe DNI play with %aspect "to inanagemmt of till! a.A? 

As DOted abcml, tho DNI is usigned,by lla1ulrl imparlaDt IC..wideresponaibilill. aad 

antbor!ties-to promote ..-iJJIIIplfon. while DCJ:A is 88lliped by atatute the 

autb.oJi1¥ ad1'llllpQOiibill :lbr tho m81188"""'irt 8Dd dtrection of the CIA I wiD 

spect"to Wadi: cJoae1y with the DNI 1o sapport the DNrs ~litiea 1Cit'0111bo 

17 JntelHpnoe Collu•m•rity eklmeaml ofthe IC aa safgned "to tbe DNI fD.1be.National 

Security .Act of1947, B.O. 12333,111111 okpoliaiat. hvoald awili.on.fiequlllt 

CQ111!11Jmication with tbe DNI in aupportoftbeDNrs InfeUti*JOO ('.o'"""""ti)l · 

respmdhffiti!!llj providing upc1ldes 1o the DNI on. CIA activitiea; IDd pmvJdiaa allsource~ llllll.y1liB 1o die DNI tbat CIA pmy!des fD.auppozt ofpolio)'JDibm 

: and IC-w.ide. 

C. AI. Dm:okir of the CIA. haw would yoa wo1k with tho DNI 1D advsDco 

intelligaaco in1Dgratlon.'l . 

If oonftnned.l will 'WOlk closalywlth, tbeDNI to tld.vlmoo fmeUJatwe 

iJ:dBpdicm. Tbil ViUDid iDillude tb11 padkipati.ao.Jn DNI-hld aflbrts on ~~ad ...... "to lmptmtthoperfbrmanoe oftbe lnteftigence Conuiiipol&ytmdmectthcCiftll'oiDci:IIBIIIDainmlU....,..cbaDeops1ilciD&tbeU.S. 

wifbJn "tho 1iDilliDd T"lllll1Upnoe 0:11ni!Dinit,1'1!110111'0e8. I wJil aamiDe W8.J1 in 

whidl the CIA can~ provide Bell'9icea of CCII1IDIOil CCD:IIIbl"1D 11» TutethJP""'C{\di!l!lll!llythatwooldleadtopatfmepdicmadmote~ 

and llftklilmt par:lbmlaDco. . . . . 

D. How do )'OU~betRea tbom'lll oftheDCIA aad tbeDNI in 

ClldllbHahlng. mainhliJdn& 111111 OOordinatiDg :fbreisn fntellipaoo mJa1fonebfps'l 

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. ro'falionahips iii. i\:illy ~lii8DIIIIl' fa abao1l:dely addad.1o 81\ efl.l!lati.ve 

,InteJUpnco 

betwwn the 

Commi'IJiity. 

DNI aod.DCIA. '.lbls~aao1Jabarattve In. practice. I Ulldel:atud tlusttha 

~ 

DNI 

IIDd 

p:ovidea 

~ 

policy 

guidaooe. hdtthee with :polieyl:aa1an onfurelplhdacmU.U.. and, it alltiBtejic~ 

IIIJ.P.(!Odi1bo......,.,.... oflulolligmxtCcmmamity CllditleB with 1brefsn Jiiilcm .... · bat does DOt lllllk au. CJP""Blfon•l :role. Iuacmtrut. DCrA has an OpatkmallVle aod a 

1mla llisfol.'y ofmP&I"""'¢wJ,fh ibraipHaiiDDIE9bs m the :tl:lr4llsn :fWd o.a..a day1o 

day basiL 11z.DCIA 1lms fa \1lliqal:q saitad 1o ~ .. impli!!QMI1faffnn of 

ilnlp.lf.ai&cm.mlatfonaidpa IICifOIIII1he TD!!t'Ufgcmce CotnnmnifJ an aday-fo-day basis.Jn 

·~while aariDg ~ COil1diuafioa with 1he~and~ J"'!''llgerm (!ooul!!!!!dfr}llld1UII.'& . · 

lt. How do }0\\ vleWthe lllatUiaty ~mKJ...fbl Nldkma1 SeourJty Act of 

1M71o bep tbe!ntellipm:ocmalabt OnmnltiNI "1b1Jy aad ~ildbrmed"'of 

all significant~~ inohJr1fDa .,mr..Uip.ace:iililurea? 

'IhoDhoatorofCcmtral ~Agwsy lsl'8qt1ired by law to bep1hejnfe11igance 

CO"'"'''Ieea oftbeCcmgrela iblly aod oarrently fD1brmoc1 afiid:et1Jaeooeaofivi11ea. A.. a 

member ofQousreas OIID.'tlllflJ aerv.ibg ait the BoaaePermanrm SoJeot Co.malitbiO an 

JDle11iamoe, I llllC1cataDil the impodaDce of~cmll'ld&bt 8tld die Dllisd af'lbB . · intelHgenoe o•mminees ibrfnfhrm&licm to eoable pedhrm"'t'l" oftbelr crlticat OVtll'lllaf.t 

:fimolicm. Alrmti'IIf oftba CIA.' a hdel1iplce acti:rilieB am highlJ oluaiftod in o.tdcr 1o 

p.vtlletDIIticmal securl11 •. ClOD8fC'IIIII.o OWII8igb:tplQB a cd:liaaliOlB in om 

~democracy ofeanu::lug1flero 1i CMI.'Idgbtof'tllele actividoa. If oonr6r 11!e<J, 

I am oornmiugd to CIDIIIIting that '!he CIA ll~Jdea!mJda 1he impci!IBDIIc> of CODgl.'flllllin · 

cmafgbt.~ filrnWriug complele aud 1ima1y lldl" nlllfkal to·fbe l.lC!!'tp!B!tlnna1 

irdllllipnno C)lpilfldlleee. 

. . Yes. I axpeot all CIAperso.llll.elto povJcle ol!lectiw. :ftlall.ba8edrepol:tiDg wifbout . ~ 1opolkblllQI!aidcndlliD8. . 

L How~ l'OUBfrallath.en tJiit iuJF,radw? 

~ oltfeaCivlty&Dd illfagdtJ Js a :fbnc'lametpt valuoat erA. .ltiiiiiiiCGCfal'fo 

majntajnfng CIA's cmdib.i1if;y with pollcy.mab:a aDd t11at Amedaau.peop'ie. Tbis 

tra8t meta 011 ~prellllll:bla oJiecti"te IIIIII1Jals withollttl!lpl'd 1o paWigal . 

or;maJdnti~ or policy prdraacea. If w •"'• ••eel, I win mali:B a'klar1blt11ds ill a 

prinalp1e I apeat all CIA pealOIUleJ. to uphold. 

2. PlDaaeeaqialnYour~ofb~bfp 'belwaal'lhe 

'CIA&Dd tbeDNL 
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Qmm'ION 33: P.klaae a.oribo JUQt aiJs ISI'l«lltU to lJow 1WI1l b. CIA is 'W01tiDg 

wltb. CoiJarea. amd apeal:flcaiJ:J, with bt~ lnfBliiiJ'I'oe ~lllii!dflees., 

GeMmlJ;y spealrin&, I bam beeo.llltillftecl with how CIA wor'Jm with tbo CoDpaiJ amd tho 

C'!ommftfNs. Dadugmyb cmBPSCI, a.Ahu bcauespcmsi:Y01D O•nmjtlllellOqQCII(B aad · 

to m.r:reqaests, mlhas bea1 proa.olt9e in plO\'idiDgt:adbrmaticm 1D CoDareu-both good DeW8 

mdbad IIIIWlL I boHcrve CIA ~provides ConpiiiBtbo iJifin mat;fon itDICids 1D ccmduct 

ol'Diotlve cmaigbt. 

'J.'Iun have of oourao been elalC!(Jtlons to this palllm af~ that bam 'been 

aJallDIIIIly tiilstndiDg to me. I have beeo. vooa1 about WJ::IIiBa DOdfiCllld.cma that I tbcntg'&t 

~ 

sholildha"ftl bem provicled to tho CommiUaes sociua:. ·I 1uml. "f9.bh 1'e8pCIGt 1D al11lll:lber of 

belicmd that tho Agetm:y wu not slw:f:as ita lll1llyaia wifhBPSCI mND'hem fn a ibll 

8Dil1fma17lDIDllfll'. I \l!Uifatand that CIA is aeddDg to impme ita notifi.cat:ttll procec1area. amd 

if aordbDM:Id. I wJil suppm:t1hat 6tt 8Dil I am oc mu •rifted 1D 'Wor:ldng to pmv:ide Omgra with 

11!e fntwmaflon it DlleCJa to both:II:IIDpoli.Gr 8lld ~ita OCillral cmaigbtrole. 

A. What Js dlB appropda1e re1atimwhip 'between 1lHI CIA and Congress in 8har.iDg mtb.m:ation? . 

Seolion502 oftho Natkma1 Soour.ltiY ASJt~ tho DeJA, .. tho heed af ari. QllllC1 

"iir9olnd in inta1tlgenQe aatMt~.as. •u; "bop the~ iDletBpaoo ClOIDIIIitiiiCI • 

1bJ.ly 8Dil ~fllibrJud" of'1UAIJ,rmy's fnteJ!fpoe ~ inoludfag alanfflcant 

llldiaJ,pitad ~ aativitlas. aignHbnt jnJB]Jjpm:e ~ IIIJd 1111 fllep1 illfeUfgenoe tiotivlties. ~NalioDal Seoudt,y ASJt also impoaea s.peol1kl requlremaaiB wlfb.1'CIIJ;*tto abariDg IJJibrmatlon COJMlOi nlug ccmrtactiollpmsrams. 'I'b&a 

nbHgatinM-to be ih1ff&d "conaaa'mlt with dve 1'IIPl'd b the pror..ctkm:liam 

l1I!8J1t}pimi c1lsaloiJum at dassi&ld Jnibrmat!on relat!Dg 1D 8CIIIIIi:tlve in1a1Hpoco souroea 

. . ami :metbods 0: otbllr CII'CCipliOII&lly 8llll8itl:vtl matters. .. 

B. What, if81\Y. fnfimnlflcm caDeoted or aaalJozDd ~tho aA. or aboat1he 

"'"'""i•iUeN? 

CIA. do you belleveahoalcl not bo shared wltb. tbo ClOJ181"8'kmal ~ 

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matflllm."· .Aa a llUI.'1'fllltmanber al'BPSCI, I 'Ollderallmd 1bo fmpadJuulc of CCJII&l'CIIIIi< 

cmnfgbtaud tho noed ibrprovkBng 8ClOIJEidD, timolf llrft1111wflOJ1 to~ 

iula1ligmce C'*ift!Diftmel Pmlllotingsenaiti've IJOUI.'Ce8 audmalbocfa rDIIJ attfmes mquJre 

ltmiMimw on tha ctialdhul:ioo.ofinhmation, ino'!ncHna apeoiDo opalimlaJ &ails about 

IIOUl088, 1Didooratl, aad adler CI.JCI'¢nr•Uy ~ fnfbrmatlcm. · 

Qlli'Bl"'ON !4: HOw. as CIA Direotor.:w:lll )'011 seek to e!JIQI'Otbat~ ICliv1tiea 

thateClOIIdurlllld by1boiDmlliaa~Ale_Ccannnm!ty aruotifiedto CoQgi8? . 

If ccmflrmec1, I lvm bop 1he ccmgresslolla1 :i:nlalligeDoe 01 !hiinillees '"tbJly&Dd currant1y 

mtbaaect'" offhD .ApDt;rfsin1d.'llgeogo aotiv1fiea, ""DfDhl&mt withmy ldatlltor.J~ 1o .. 

prolectib1aUigmee 

I w.llllllllist t'he DkecflDr 

IIOII1'IXIII 

ofNadonall'DtlltJigeace 

audmetbDda, and ok 

in :t\:aifilHDs 

~ 

1bo o.fJ.ioo•s 

&aD<ivo.DIIItb. 

8tatt1tm.Y reporliq 

~ 

nquiN1ueall (e.g., Sacl:i.on506 of'lheNatlimal SecurJtf Act). as1ftillaafaallilllfa1fle 

reporfiDg obJisatinns of aOicca within CIA (~g.. the adal'~ OJB.cor»s tepot:liug 

zequh......ms uader Section 509 ofthe Natlaual Sec.lurity Ad.). 

As amabet of the House Per.mauaut Seleot CommfUlOe on l'DteJ1fgaaco, I am Ulfll)y....tt.iw 

to aad IWIII8 of the CIA lllld JmdiJganco \lOill1lltlllltsl'N.PO""'NHNios1o 1espcmd to 1'IXJ.UII8bl ibr 

infbrmation fi:om 'Mcnbra OfCclaplss. OapeofaJbr tiJo relevant cmaigbt "*''~~lli'klce I -.peat 

1he o'bliplion IIDil noed:fbr'fbtlilfeU~ ComJ:mmit.y to bop (!oops fD1bmled ofJm 

llllliY:iti& Seotlon sm ofthe Natio:aal.Secln:ity Actmquil:us that the DCT.A. ~withdno 

1'0gllft} :fbr1bo profllcliDn .fi:om 'UDauthor.i21ed ctiaa1D8Ill'O of o1aaafffed infbrma:tfoii1Blat1Dg to 

IICIIIIltl'9e~ IIIJ1IIDI!IIIIld mefbDda or othar~ IIIDIIil:lve matlllrs." ibmish tbe 

ccmgresalcma1 ClCIIDD1Itleea '"any fnfbrmalim or mafldal OOIIIlfii.'Din& infel~ 8DilviSill8 

(fnabidiDs the Jepl lads 111ldarwhiah tbe~ activfty:ls WDg orwu CIOllduciBd}. other 

1llan ocma.t llllllioDa" 1lat fs in tho Agrtt:Jr:y's CIJ8tGd.r or ~ '"whiahia 1'CiqUIIIItlild byihe 

ClQDgllBikma1 ~ Ql!il!ll! dUJ!ejj lnOI.'d« to Clll'l7 aatila lll'lfboriz1Kl~ .. If. 

OCH•ft• u+t, I wDl respeaUblllle !)bUgatiQI!ll, ~I wDl CCIIIIp]:y not oaly wifh the J.effrr of 

tbe law, but also ita spiritwltl.ch Is, 88 I Ullderstand. "ftD, to CI18Ul'O tbat1l!c Jegisladiw brand1 has 

thoinfellipnae bxfbrmatlon it is duo in ordertbatit mayper:ftmnita omiBtftutional duties. 

• A. Jn ,our OjJhdon. sbouJd 1he Whim Il'oasll have au;ymle in delwmi••'•w whatbar, or to ·• what flltfaJ.t.. tbe InteD.fawtao Cormmmit,yrea,paads to 'Mim:lbem ofCongreaa? If so. 

plae deaadho 'WIIat,ou ~'lbattole should be. 

· ·The Prealda:tt, as the lulad of'lhe cxecutiv8 B1'aDob, lias file ullimldD 8.'IJihDdiJ OYell' 1bo 

dJsa1oam:e of aJasrd:lled fnfbrmatjm byibt eate011dve13amob. I lllldcnlaDd that flll'll.ll are 

ateas, such 88 covwt action. wha:c: tbe Pnllid&mt.has a apeaifio role m fiJ:I.lii!OWl and 

.~to CoDgress by llbdufBand p:aalfce. While Iamnoti.'Ma:ll of a~ 

Pr-idonfial role in tbo :ftecpntmtaraotkms 11114 disal.osmesto 8111 ocmp11ioDa1 

iDte11iprv:e Cl'•mmltfBea, and wouldDoUbreeee IRICIJ.a:rolo gobig:fbnnml. I Uilidllata:ad 

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~ ilii HUUUUI !U f!l ill Ullli 

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. !li nnnu UIUi! nJnn I! nn I il 

... a '.I a - ~~~ { ~ i ~ 5 f.JJ # o: • ill' f . f ;; • U ~ ~ 

Ut hlf~g tnh r . 

11iih t jlU • !~ 

J'~ · utli

11 Uttif! .}hh,J ~ IIU .II 

. r .. ~. a a.r a r .. f . &. 

1rr .. , 

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f~Jfi~tii 

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l

~t·IIJil 

iilitili~ J.ii·il. i! ilt:~tti!l i

· d 

1iif 

U!'!',~i 1 IIUi .~ UUUt,.Ul. 

t . ~ ~ (lf 1 ~ . J.l ~ f 

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I l'lriiJ}I !

• tnt . HHHU 111 .

Jl 11'1 ' 'q 

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Ofcoune, fba:oblml bean~ slgnfficmt IIIICI1l:iiJ fili1ures ccnnndtlitd by CCllltmGt 

emp1.oycea of the IC. I am aware that since 'lbe.Snowda:!. iDcldeal;, Jha,'o ha:ve been~ 

~"""""mlty affbrt81o lllOdemi2B the security oJearanco pmcea 1br bofhOL'IIItlfdcds u 

well u ~ emp1oJccs. Tfoonflnncd,. I will~ seek to ciaauJ:e •hlml 

tho moat afDiotfve ,P1'0JI.'Ibl8.filr fdaJI:i:f.)'iDg :iDsider 1hreala. 

QlJBS'l'.[ON 42: If confimwJ.. how'Pt'OUJd. ,UU!1181311&0. and wlustp::lmitywould JUUsive to. 

~the :tbJlowins iss'aes: 

. A. 'J.'hD wbla:abi1ity of CIA .fnib:rmation 8JI(aDs 1o hllrm or ~by 1l:usted 

illsk1en; . 

The inshfertil!eat fs anfmparlant !uue::lbrthe U.S. Dil:icmal aecarlt;y communityto 

addiess. 'l:b8 CJADIIJIItwmk abety wifh the lrrtellJIP'IICO Couwumft.y 1o «<D8l1le fba:o 

11n1110 W\lllk linb or 8l'llkmio ppa tbat ~ vuJnerabfHtlea :lbr frusted buddll:a 1o harm 

U.S.IJ,JIItflml or eDPF :bi.llltlpfonage. It fa mJ unc'Jerslaodina'Cbat Cl'Allaa buD:t aad 

oanflm'ICI1o euhaaco an insiderths:eat detecliOn p:osiam. AB with qr lalp-soale 

infimnat!nn syafmn .viag a pograpbicalq divl(nepopa1111ioa. CIA mlieB em a 

~~appmach 1Dprore0t~ mliiCIDIIitivemftmnadtm. In additiaD. 

CIA lias Bll:cag Ime1Jfpaoo Ccxmmmity-wide p!IL11lm:Bhlpa to itl:eD&thliiil iDaidtl: threat 

detDol:hm 8Ql01181be oumnu•nlty, If om&• "IOd. I llldicllpafe ouncl mdog to 811pp0tt CJA•s 

iDBidarilaat dofDotion oapability 1o 4IIIIDl"' the llldltty aDd liCC:IUEity of CIA data, QBtllmll. 

and pell'80D1'l81. ~I lootibl:waM 1o EIDIItldug'lbe ~~ m.ida: thleat 

p-oJbl!llfl app:oprlaiBly DIIIOU1'0ed, managed. aad cousdlneflld with 1he &oadar 

Jntellipuae Qmmmity. 

B. '1'h8 m"l'8bJJitf of CIA intbrmatitm.8JI(ans to ouiBk1e ~ 

'.l':be CJA'a infbr.mation I)'BtaDII11n1 a highly attraoti.'98 target 1o naticm. slaflls and other 

llltaolan. If ccmftrmed. I plan em oouliw dng the .AgeooTa ~Oil ofiJIBII>.of· 

1he-art p100CIII808 aud llla1miqaell to monitor aud oormfrlr atlllmptll '10 ;pei:llilf11dti or ap1oit 

· ~ fDtbrmatlnn J7l(emB. I autlclpale t!llJIII'.iDg a oullme of oyber awatCIIUIIis aDd 

lllllppOJ:I:Irlmnafmeutmfnftmmd:lcm ~:ldast&aoture and~1oola and 

pmeessea. 'lbepmteolion of'lb&!ae S)'lllamB will gmw tmm more impodaut u aoloal :In 

oyber IIJIB(lC grow more aophiaticaled aDd :will requJJ:t, o1oao ooorctiDatiaa. with fhD Oflioe 

of the Dh1llllot o.fNaticmalln1e1Jigc:aco u irdbrmafion syalmulllftl•:l\uther moderidzed.. 

C. 1be readlmlsa of CIA 1D SDiimain w.ul.b:tu:ity ¢ operaticms; 

The 

~ 

CIA's ~ lllld cou.timJf.ty ofoPemtiona fa aa.iDqiartaot iboua 1br AfiJDISY 

Itfs my'IJIIdarabmdiug that CIA IB weJl-poaldaaed 1o 8IJ8bdn ita IT 

~aDd hall devo1Dda11mld.on to ita 1.'eldiDa8s aad co.utiuui\Y otopcationa, 

imlw'fingwith the c1e1M:q afreailfart critical in:fbrmation 8JB1r:m8. lf onnflnned. I . dalpD cantlnnblg to sap,po.rtpmgrama 1o advance and impxml ccmtimdt.J of 

. opr.a.ficms oaptblJitles-alougthe apeall'lm of COL'O.Avfm1 aolivJdaa. I will also plan 

1D pEOJIIId:y N80I2l'CO the dcvel.op.m.em ~:reftcah of inftmnadtm II,YIItamB to I!IU8III:8 

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llYIIilabiiity ad~. 

D.'IbeabilityofCI'Atoidopt~liilbrnwtion1eahna1oBJef'llelendymleflilotivaiT. 

ad 

At ita~ CIA is. aml baa alwaJs boca, a1Bcbnology-:lbcu8Dd fiFilC11D!t:bas adapted 

Cll'tl81:ival:yto a~JaD&es milD inbmatim feabno.IOSY earimmDellt. Tbat id:Mmat.km 

tecf:iaolo&Y cmiroumlild: omtfma to clumpDip:idJJ and~ inatlmtfonal aafJity'ID 

eutlllletbD CIA Cllll.meetifB miaakm. pis attbD hip.t .lavels. Aa I 1UidanlaDd it, 1ba 

~has taba. gmat IIDps to fliPIR1l'O 1hilt its (and tbD lt!talHIP"'LC60cwUIII11J1If;J"I)'IT 

iD1iallmclmo amtretamd digtlal ~:mabmdn parity with c:otnmeKiial.SDd 

COIISIIIIIIl' lldYimlx!& TbD CIA II&ICidatD maildam 1ha abililytD adapt ~1o~ adopt, 

aDd lm:ap hdbm'lflm 1ecboolOgy advauces. If OC!IJ!ft•11WI, I loothwarcltD 

ocmf'bming1D auppod potp:a1D81D ~ advlmDad teabnologlea aad:lbllfllr Cdlidlvfl:) fo 

meetiD'lbrmldkm. dlm:ilmdlllt miiBkm apeod. . 

E. 1be CIA's xw:uitmtmt and Dlfa:1tioa. af'akillcd ~on 11cbnology 

pmftuionala, inghafing ~peaoiiDI'II 

'l'.b CIA's abilifJ1D ~ and1'8111in a1dlled fllabnoloay prof'ell8ioDals unmimpollaut 

miasfonrequflemmt. With 1'CllpiiGt fo lOill!tlitwwt, it is IDJ uniJanlfa"ding'lbat t1Ht 

ooqtlnned f6QI.'Dlblieat ofhigbq skilled lu.fi '" 1wMn.1ealmologyprottwkmals 1'IID8iDs a 

By~ pdadty h aA. Cloao pa11Dilnbipa d. aeieoted aoahmic :iDSiitlltl.cms 

rmab1e CIA 1D :nault a wotlr:tbtoe wf:lh tbD digital a1dlla :aaer:1ad 1D iblfillanJoomulugl;J 

complaltm:laai.an iDa more~ IIDd iub:matlcm c1l:i'9'llll warhl. .Addi'ticmlll1. a 

m:w c1odioatBd 1ec:l1milllll hidug cilemallr; a robust atadeDt wodt...tud1pmgram; aDd 

phwmmt ofpd:vafll IIIK'Jtot ccm1:n1ot pciDJO.IIDe{ iD fecl1mical :fie1ds Clll&bJe CIA to obtaiu 

taleatw.lth cliflilreDt a1dJI llmila. . . . 

Wifh:n~~~.PCGtto :mllml:loD. I~ tfl:lt C011IiDued pnfhaainnal p;wth oppmlmlitiea 

ml a '9llliay offmpeclfbl miBaf.aDa aflbl:ded 1D CIA pel'IIOIIml). :lla've aided iD. miBiDfDg 

'IIIG1:mlcal ofticxa. 1be ltl/fiDIJ1l!llillOIJl'l8l ita ofB.ceiB fo pirticipale iD 'lllo1mioal 

ClClilfb:euces md laii:DfD& }II:Oil'IDI8 aii41D 8ft!lk a VldCII:y af1eahnf.aal w1gnmant!l 

tbroug'hout 

~ 

CIA and tbD lntal'Hpace Comumuit.7 as part of1balrpr:afilll8laaal 

MeintalnfD& Asf:Jos;y woddbroa morale m11bcas onmiBBI.ou-while 

il:lrllpdiDs and re~Jiugcm..bdhrrnatlon 1ldmology pohalonala in the avoh1l.km afffle 

~in aldgbly fluid ma'lmology ~-wJll al:wap be :lmpodant to MllmlfDa 

of'lillaa1lld pmhafanals in tbia llpiiCCL 

lfoouftnned, I.Jook:fbrwad fo lVVfowJDgtbcso programs and mah4al,,lil8 fbO ~s 

1bcua em. the lOCltllitltalt. diwelopu:uat, and zeCa1llon of ski1Jed fnfbnnalfon 1eolmolos:1 

pi.'OJlllls.lmwla 

QliiS'.l"'IN G: Bow do JQ1l thlnk:thatJndtvl.dua1s wbo mfsbandJe. fnlentkmally ar < 

gnlntmticmally, cJaaalfild btfiauwtftm abould bo doaltwlth? Would ,oa &h'aw distlnalicma 

baaed onmtxm? 
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Mimandting of cJusificd infimuaticm.la a 8lldous IDIItlllr amn fhD.poll'lldal impHcatiaaa 1br 

U.S.1181:lcma1BICII:If;y. lnt;BvfdDa1s d«mnjned to JaavemlabandJed olaa!f!...J hdhrmat1nn 

aboWd bo t:reated in IIOC01l18llae with re1ava:at poJicieB and the law, acooi1111:1Dg :tbr ro1mmt 

italamhdmfinahmmaudbmntoU.S.iDmrella. Puniplnnmtmaywrycltpnftngcm.tbD 

ol:roamala1:lce of-Clllle. 

To basin witb,. iudmdliaJs should bo Jrllld*l110011118 to olwifiedinfbrmatfcm. cm.]J when olearlj 

oomsiHieood wilh 118 hlflaeiB of1181:lcmalte!JUI'.ifr. To that ead, as a geaera1 rule. paD~~~~ a aro 

'II:DibJa or11llW.llUDgto ~ oJasaH'fed in1brmaffm """""M'''ib ahouldilot hold a IIIOUiity 

olBil'IDillt. · tJ's1Da; c1irlatodoo.1:ho .AtlomGy CiaDcl1l1 may IICIIIk pni""Qfkm of cues :b: 

mlabimcUtngof cJIIBIIfled in:IJmnetlm It Ia c1oady the oaaethat the aoonnnhibilif,y acxUind 

wiffuni•lvmtJ1tas of ataaaiflecl fa1brmatkm. abou1d depal em aliiJIIIber af'ftaaeom iDoh:lding the 

acopo, dm.'ll1icm, fnbllionaJity oftbc mi•bmDJn& bat aD cues ofmitb"""'ina ofalaasifled 

iDfimnadoa.must bo addrossad 11141Klf:hma Dm8l: bo takm to prevent thalr~ . 

If onnftnned, r 8JitGipdD fhD1 COCJ.liCII.1din wJih the Dcp~ztuumt of .Juatioo 11141he Dinoror of 

Nariana1 Jmellfgenco in 811181dl caaes, inolJu'IIDa'lboae deamcd. by the A.tlnmey Oental to be 

appopdatB ibr p.'OitiCIJiion. . 

QliiB.I.1:0N 44: In wwo:lug1he :fbllow.iD&.pleuD iDa1:ade ,our nnclmdmytipg ofthe 

obliptions of1JJe UDit.ed Stales UDd!:lr U.S. law aDd irdJomat!prwl law, 88 applied 1o 1ho 

Jn!allfaeace Coi!ii"'nilly, wilhJ:IIB!IOOtto tho d.Mntfnn aod inleaogallar1 of detafn-a aarl 

also wilh.11111!100!:to aooesa to tlum byibe Jrdmnatlnnal ('..tmttnltfm oftbe Red CrOas. 

A. Whai principles abmJid JOftlm.1he ddti:IIIOD, lnferrogaticm, IIDd 1'ellldition p:aetlcaa 

IIDd polid.es of the CJA? 

erA. aotivi1iaa llOI!!l08!fns~DJ clmation, :irdl:aogati011 and 1l.'rma6lr pL'IUIIices 

ahoald ClOJDil]y with 1ho la'ltin a1ll'lllljleCIIB. A1st aotiY.IfJea of aA. in tbla area 

abould also cm.]J bo 11lldedakm with a alearunclarBtaadfDg afl'dlelher the aotivity. 

is within a tm1que 011J111bDii7 aftluiA.piJDy tmd fa Mt tiD ~11uit aim bomoro 

afLlloti.vel:y or ~parfunned by llllOihar orgwn!zaflon AllUJ.Dber of 

mpuiulioiw, iDalwtingtbc Dlpldmcat ofDe.fei:J!se ml1he Pedead .Banal of 

Jtmo.stipticm.lumt hfablr afgniftomtoapabilfh aod ~ oomunhc 

cJe!entfm mdJntarropfion ofiDdividaala. 

More speci:Bcally, I DOlD 1hat amm:aber ofllfatuiDI:yprovJakclaad execulivo orders 

OIJI:rlllltly govem 1heao aclMtie&. Among otherprovfahma, ~ Jaa1.udo: 

!Wmtigp· BDaati:9e Orela: 13491 probibits 1he CIA bm.CJ.l~C~~d~Dg a deleatioa fi&aDit,y, 

othertblm.a:faailf:IJ uaed 1o hold h1dlviduals an a sbm:tr4am, tl'll118ifDey' hlais. Jfb CJA 

delah:llld mindtY:fduaJ. seadnn.104S of1be NafianalDallmso A1JibarJzafion Ad.1br 

FY2016 requhaa fboDJroolm af111D CIA to "provide the lnlemetfonal Q>mu •lltee of~ 

Red Cross w.ilhliiJiifklaf:lol at 8lld piompt 8COC88 to.auyindlv.ldual c1efBlDed in 8111 

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0\ ~~a t ~· {IJJ ~~~ ~~ ... if1~1Ji;Jif ~; fli! 

ltl ! fl ~f!t ~~~ r~~~ lilrll!f_ II fgi( 

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SO'ftlbiDUIIt cupnlzdoas with signfficaat expcdcnoo llllCl oapsbiJity on the loi:JB.fllrm 

deteDtion offndiv.ldusJs, hdudfag& De,parlm&at ofDdlllse aud fbe De,parlmant of 

Jusdco.. I am not llWIIle ofa·Deed 1brthe Ar;sm1ym.unilerlalcD Im:tat-tmm datmflon of 

iDdttkb:llll, but haft not OOII8IllCBd w.iih.Aps:IDy ear;pa:ta Oil cummt operaticmalDellds. 

B. In September 2014 you llllid that, "Pleeddoat Obamahaa ocmdtrvalqmfbled m tab& 

war on radical Ja1amlc 1a:rarlsm IICI:.Iou8l.T' lllld. oifld "erJdfDa our frderroptkm 

pt0Bri1D.in 2009" u an CIIIIIIIPlo- · 

c. Do you beliovefh&l propm aliould COIItimle? 

If 

~ 

ounfir "teet. i: vdll OODBUlt with ~p:nftlas.kmela m 'IUlderafl:tod tbe 0\llftlllt 

DIICIClu af20171br IIDf ohauaea1D curdllti:atmogatbt or cJeflladon 

pmgaama Jnvolv.iDg CIA. .A:a:ymann mwtdstfooa b ahaDps 1D 1he cummtprogram (bat 

I would DIIID wouldnaeci m be baled onlllllll1 &elm illc1ndina: ammat11a:es.tB m the 

ootll:dZy, apecff!o infB1HF"""'ueeda. aud 11Df1JiliqaecapabilifW and~ of CIA 

CODipllled. m other u.s. aovtiiiliDiild: orpnizadons. PnDdammdalty,IIDfpmaram must 

:f:bDJ oomplfwilh the law, which ourrcmtl.y IJBt8 :tbdha dcltaUed 1i:alnewo!:k guwmhlg1he &dlmllon&ftd.intcrmgldion afiDdividl1als. . . 

Qtlli'.S'fiON 49: :ru llgbt ofreoeat mmfl fnolurling& Arab Sp::lag, Cdmea, aud fbe a:lsia in 

Syria, there him been:mnnriO'DS attfc1ea and llpCieduls llfaliDg how._, DO 0110 aaw it 

comiD& .. and wbatpolhly.makrn aboiJ¥ be able to aapect iDm the "ftdalligtw"~M Community in 

lmDII af-eadJ wamiDg. .. 

.A. What do you belkmt fal'llllll"'118b 1br~to a:pect1he 

:r:ateJJipnoe o,. .. mmth:y m be able m llllli4lllpdoin 1a:ms ofmllfor 

geopolitiolll muiB'1 

Pleaaoxafilrmtrq l11l8Mil' m quadkm 49B. 

B. Ja if: 1'IIIBJ!IIIbJe :fbr poli0)'.111Uma m ax:peot the CIA m antloipale aach CMID.tl'l 

'Ihe CIA'aibl:mdfng can be'lraaed t.ak.lalply m'the attack: at Pead B'arbor. Pl:o'tidhlg 

lfl'ate8io wamlng ill a core CIA~. Whllllintolllganoe lead8IB deaadbetba 

oomp1uity oftbc threat8 tbs.f:&lce todl:y, 0110 aspect ofibat onmpiMI:ty fa'fbo dtnad:IJ of 

those flneaiB. CIA and orha: intaJHaan.,.. ......... 10 built lll'OUDd 8blll1iDg IIIIOftiiB:. but 

some 1llhqpa • tll11mowabJe. CIAahould:laJ.owif.RI&iafB pliummgm i1lvade Cdmea or 

ifs,da.is cJm.pphJa ohlmiosl "RRppD8 on its people. ADc1 CIA abould lmowbtsome ~lumflmlowl aupport:D:om 'lblirpowerbeaea and tbat1bin'k1Dsfbmaih . cnntinpnoiesthllt 

a'bouJduot 11J11PCGt that 

could 

CIA 

lead 

aould 

mtbeirdown:fil11 

prediat1bat aar:reet"fttlldor 

'WDtl1d be* 

would 

~ 

sethinl8elf ~ on &o or 

tbatthiscmatWou14Ar~Noral!oulds:tt:~thatCIA iihQilldlli'VikiiOi.li ZiDD m A.bkJiDe was gomg fo lfDp 

down betbrehohimself decided 1D 1lee the ClOUilfry. • 

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QUESTION 50: What is your view ufthe IC's coordinated assessment on Russia's 

cyber activities, as described in the October 7, 2016, DNI-OHS joint statement? 

Please refer to my answer to question 38. 

QUES'I'ION Sl: This Committee is planning to conduct an investigation into Russia's 

involvement in the 2016 U.S. election. If conlinned as CIA Director, will you support the 

Committee's oversight investigation and promptly provide any documents deemed necc.,Silr)' 

by the Committee? 

If con finned, I will support the Committee's oversight investigation and will promptly provide 

any appropriate information that will enable the Committee to fully explore the i~'\JC. 

QUESTION !W: In ynur I·'chtllary 26, 20 I(,, piece in the Wa.thington Examiner, you not<..-d 

that you bad recently applied for a visa to travel to lmn and that the visa was denied. 

A. What was the inlend<..'tl pii!JloSC of your visit to Iran? 

B. A.<J Director of the CIA, would you encourage Memlx.'I'S of Congress to tmvcl to 

lnm'! 

As a representative of the 4111 District ofKIIIl.~S and a llouso Pennancnt Select 

Committee on Intelligence member, I spent many ywm focused on the threat front Iran 

and have followed the negotiations leading to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action 

(JCPOA) with Iran. This includoo t111vcl, l'eiiCIII'Ch, and briclinga. As explained in my 

visa application nnd op-cds.l bad several goals in my attempted travel to lrun, including: 

demanding the release of detained American citiztma; meeting with human rights 

activists; testing proclaimed lmnian Opelli'ICSII to dialogue with the Wm; und 

understanding better Iranian J.eadcnhip undelltallding of the JCPOA terms and the 

regime's intent to cornply with the JCJ•OA. That trip did not materiali;,,e since tbe 

Iranians denied the visa reql.lest. 

If confirmed, it will not be my rcspon.•ibility to encourage or diliCOUI'IgC congrell.'lional 

Members' intematlonallnlvel. I will look fui'WIIrd to providin& backpound information 

regarding propuscd viait'l and the potential impact of a Members' international uctions. B11 

requested. 

QUES1'10N 5S: ln July 201 S, the United States, Iran, France, the United Kinadom. Germany, 

China, Russia, and tbe Jiuropcon Union signed an agreement intended to prevatt Iran from 

developing a nuclear weapon for at leut a decade or more while imposing a strict oversight 

n:gime during the following years. The deal i! baaed, in part. on C111111rina that Iran remeina at 

least a year from developing enough highly enriched nuclear material to build a weapon. The 

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s-tar Ron w,deD 

s-tar Mlrtla Hlillriah 

1111U11r)' 3, 2017 

u.s. a.. Seleat C')wmtlttee 011 IDfeUilence 

211 Hilt ...... Olllce BullcUIIa 

Wullillpln, D.C. 20510 

n.r s-torl WJdcaad.Heinrich: 

'l't.ak )011 tbr your J.eaer dalllcl Deoember 23, 2016. A. nqllllllld. I blm o 'lftllked ,our ~~aad.Ihne-*-lmy~ 

I look tbrwlrd to..,.,..... bela )'OUI.'oommillle on Jlaulry 11*. 
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Pnh!vJM9worf!wllrtlatB'errrhltMik!Pom•-.......... "" tMDir!tfprala. c.tnJipftlllpneA·-. 

'l1le Commftteo'a ·qnntkma td.m:imlo your .Taouuy2016 DJ1"CCd m. n. WllllSitRt JOIII7flll m. 

which JOil wmte: -caaar- aboa1d ,_ a Jaw J.'CH'IIIh!Nf!!ldna coJlcalioD of all JDIICidala, a 

combinlna it with pabD.c1y avaiJab1ie ftaulclaland Bibatylo lnfbrmltiall fDfD a ccnnprebenahe. 

IICIIIIIl1tablo clatabao. • PJeao I!IIWel:' tho 1b1JowiDs edctitional quiwttaaa. 

• · P1euo c:Jadfywhetller"ooDectioaof till ........, .. a~ to bultcoUcctionof 

ftHltade1a If ao. wbld 1dDda of JDIIIIadllla clo JOI1 be1i6vo ahou1d be colW in buJt l1.ld 

· eabndiDto a·~ ..ablodatllbase"? 

I was referriD,I to meladataoftho 9Pe coJlecllld 11llder llul ~pl'CI8rlll'l that'W&II 

avalablo fbrmvlewlllldet poceclurea aud cnnditkma m:iMnld aud approved byftderal 

judpa. 

Aa DOCod in tho op-ed, I 'Will gaDII81Jy mfilrrhlato aMJtlcal }iUblia1y AmlllabJadala 011 tho 

fmeraat or ather puh1lo databalea'lbat Clllll.pnw)do lmpodaat oluea in fdaltlt)JDa tllalo who 

'WU\114 seat to harm Amcrioa. IfaoJdhmod, !Will ~to po.UoymaJrm. inalvdUJa the . Ccll!paa, 01l wbatlier it would bo lpplOpliate to aoDect JlliiiD1a lllld publla'ly ll'9allllble 

dala, tho a.aat Jnfbmwtfon to .. co1laceed. who would colJ.eotauoh idmnetloa IDd app~op:iafczealdotlcm& I DD1D that sach aatlvi1;y would bo1bofOIPOI"'bbJJI..ofthe P'Bl.or othcrappropiafo~ IDOIDallothattbe~Ounuaiatt,-., DDIIIDJ' cJeoadea.IPJIIW l'CIIIdcdcma to mm;...tp inftmnatioa ooDaolrxl 011 U.S. por10118, IDolvdfDs iD 

1101DD c:aaei, RllllridioJia carriocl out uader1ho apprcml8Dd 8llplilr'IJtdon offedenljuda& I 

~-triininrilllfion requiremelds- bolh ~ IDdJiillllelllt). 

• Do,.,. belitmsmetadllfa:lbr klle.PlmYIIIIl-el.eialnmio COD!11'!!!!Jcationa abou1d bo 1realed 

equa1JJ 1llidll' tho Jaw. or abould t1leJe bo mom 1'08lricti9Ds on tho ~of aue 1p 

~mctadala VI. tho other? . 

'l.1la .,., impo.rbmt qaelllaas that ma:it thomu&b lltlldy. 'Ibero an a wide 'fllliet7 of 

ClOIJ8litotioaa llllltUirJry,llll4 odulr l'llfPIIalmy rulea &DftiDial tho 1!'Mimrd of dl1&reat 

flpal ofDillldata 'l'1IIID 1111118. 1IJ just 1111111e a ftlwl.!ll.llllJIIel, tlvm POUith Atwaclmlat 

CODIIideralloal, to thoPonlipTntellipace survemaace AM. (laal\ldiq ~tmutllkePea 

~-'IDceprov.illiolll), to Pedal~ C'ommllllon%Ulu Oil IIUbladbor data. . 
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• PI.. oladfy"pdllc{JI tiWII14r6lt.fiDacialaod Jifilltylo hdbrmtdaa. .. What OCibltll\ .. 

llpabJici.J awllllllllutwallfioa"'t Dow it iDDJ:ade :lulbnlillllcla JIIU'f'kW by m )lllldlaid 

flam tbiftl ,Pil'liel? 

MJ op-ed Wll cfelipld to pvvJde ...... t1laashtl Clll tbltJpea ollub•••li<m tbatmq be 

llelp1b1 fn ]IIOialllqtbl DQUIII.IJ. I dkliiOt'lltibdh alpiCiflc lilt of'illml, but fn ....-J. 

~ 

Wllmfi:IIIDa to pubUaly aYIIilibJ. fptbrrnetjcm, U hi&Mn*dhlft ~ by1hfrd pad& 

1otblatlallaaflplbliGly&'VIIIIble!Uivlati*Dftpaoe ............ tlllmq 

be obllliDed fn1bll....,.... wilh au pd-., lawa, .. Jdcnllllcwt lllaald be CDIIIidacl ~~~ lf~IDp.ofllat1beeoaatry, . 

• Plel8e aladfy • ~ ~4r~tcr~Hft •WJdoh u.s. .,........at . departaalaaod .......... ..u ........ Illite, 1oOil JDJ/or tr.lbal ..... llboald 

)law --10 1be c1tdl1ll8e Ill' 10 1 ......... dld9lld ftam 1be ~ Wlllt 

ftlllldulioM.If-r. clo '" beliove l1lpuW be piiDic1 Clll --..ot s-........ 11111 . cli-""'llb•oftbl 

~ 

... of ............... to u.s .............. Jaw .... CJI' 10 :&lnlip pWUUiWIIIII? Bow -. lhDaJd fht l!jfiWiiwfloDfD tile 

dala1lale be....., 

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Senator Richard Burr, Chairman 

Senator Mark Warner, Vice Chairman 

January 18,2017 

U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence 

211 Hart Senate Office Building 

Washington, D.C. 20510 

Dear Chairman Burr and Vice Chairman Warner: 

Thank you for the Committee's letter dated January 18,2016. As you requested, I have 

completed the Committee's Questions for the Record, which are enclosed. 

I look forward to receiving and answering your classified questions. 

Sincerelv. 

SIGNATURE] 

MikPfPompeo 

Enclosure 
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QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD 

REPRESENTATIVE MIKE POMPEO 

QUESTION FOR THE RECORD FROM SENATOR FEINSTEIN 

During his campaign, President-elect Trump publicly called for U.S. forces to use torture in the 

War on Terror. He said he'd reinstitute waterboarding, which he called a minor form of torture. 

and bring back "a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding." 

1. Do you believe that waterboarding and the other 'Enhanced Interrogation 

Techniques' previously utilized by CIA personnel in the Rendition, Detention, and 

Interrogation (RDI) program, such as stress positions, forced nudity, slamming 

individuals into walls, slapping or hitting detainees, constitute torture? 

In the past decade, the law has changed significantly concerning interrogation techniques. 

Section 1045 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2016 provides that no 

individual in U.S. custody may be subjected to any interrogation technique or approach 

that is not authorized by and listed in the Army Field Manual. Executive Order 13491 

contains a similar requirement. Other statutes, including the Detainee Treatment Act of 

2005, the Torture Statute, and the War Crimes Act, would prohibit certain interrogation 

techniques, alone or in combination. I understand the interrogation techniques mentioned 

in your question are currently prohibited. I have not sought legal counsel to address the 

hypothetical as to whether any prohibited techniques meet the legal definition of torture. 

2. Do you believe that waterboarding is effective? If so, based on what? 

I understand the disagreement over the past use ofwaterboarding and whether 

information could have been obtained through other less coercive methods. The current 

Administration has submitted to the Committee written documents detailing results of 

the Agency's interrogation program. I would refer you to those publicly available 

documents from the current Administration. See, for example, 

https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/C!As June2013 Response to the SSCI Study on 

the Former Detention and Interrogation Program.pdf and 

https:/ /www .cia.gov /news-information/press-releases-statements/20 14-press-releasesstatements/cia-fact-sheet-ssci-study-on-detention-interrogation-program.html. Those 

documents also note that an exact scientific study has not been performed as to whether 

less coercive methods could have produced the same results. 

3. Do you agree that waterboarding and other former CIA "Enhanced Interrogation 

Techniques," are unlawful and will you commit to upholding and executing all 

applicable law that prohibits them? 

Yes. Section 1045 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2016 provides that 

no individual in U.S. custody may be subjected to any interrogation technique or 

approach that is not authorized by and listed in the Army Field Manual. Executive Order 
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13491 contains a similar requirement. Other statutes, including the Detainee Treatment 

Act of2005, the Torture Statute, and the War Crimes Act, would prohibit certain 

interrogation techniques, alone or in combination. 

4. Will you provide this committee notice if the Justice Department concludes that a 

statute is an unconstitutional infringement on Executive Power, or narrowly 

interprets a statute to avoid such an alleged infringement? 

I am committed to keeping the Committee fully and currently informed of any changes to 

detention and interrogation policy in accordance with applicable law. I cannot speak for 

the Department of Justice, but will honor requests for information from the Committee, 

including providing relevant legal analysis underlying or supporting CIA's intelligence 

activities, as required by law. 

5. In your prehearing questionnaires you've stated a desire to consult with intelligence 

professionals to understand the current operational need as of 2017 for any changes 

to current interrogation or detention programs involving CIA. 

a) Will you commit to refraining from taking any steps to authorize or 

implement any plan that would bring back waterboarding or any other 

enhanced interrogation techniques? 

M. noted in my response to the Committee's pre-hearing questions, if confirmed, I 

will consult with experts at the Agency and at other organizations in the U.S. 

government on whether the Army Field Manual uniform application is an 

impediment to gathering vital intelligence to protect the country or whether any 

rewrite of the Army Field Manual is needed. If any differences are justified, a 

fundamental requirement is that such differences fully comply with law, including 

laws governing the treatment and interrogation of individuals. And any such 

differences would need to be based on a clear, justified need and carefully 

implemented by appropriate experts and with full oversight. I note that other 

organizations, including the Department of Defense and FBI, have extensive 

experience with detention and interrogation and would want to understand any 

unique reasons for the involvement of the CIA in detention and interrogation. I 

would expect to consult with the full Congressional Intelligence Committees on 

any differences that are appropriate, including any changes to law that would be 

required. 

b) What would prompt you to review current law regarding interrogations? 

If experts believed current law was an impediment to gathering vital intelligence 

to protect the country, I would want to understand such impediments and whether 

any recommendations were appropriate for changing current law. 

c) Do you believe there are any circumstances in which a reinterpretation of 

current law (rather than a change in statutes) could justify departing from 

public Army Field Manual techniques? 

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I am not aware of authorizations for departures from the Army Field Manual by 

the CIA. I have not consulted legal experts on any hypothetical circumstance that 

would impact existing legal interpretations, but I intend to fully comply with the 

law. 

QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD FROM SENATOR WYDEN 

Surveillance 

Your January 16,2016, op-ed in the Wall Street Journal stated: "Congress should pass a law reestablishing collection of all metadata, and combining it with publicly available financial and 

lifestyle information in a comprehensive, searchable database." If confirmed, you will 

participate in poli'cy discussions in which your views, and those of the CIA, will be solicited with 

regard to the necessary and appropriate scope of U.S. government surveillance activities. 

6. In your responses to pre-hearing questions about the op-ed, you wrote: "I was 

referring to metadata of the type coHected under the then-existing program that was 

available for review under procedures and conditiom reviewed and approved by 

federal judges." In addition to the bulk telephony metadata program conducted 

pursuant to Section 215 of FISA, there was also a bulk electronic communicatiom 

metadata program conducted pursuant to Section 402 of FISA. Do you support the 

resumption of that program as well and, if so, would you combine it with bulk 

telephony metadata into a single database? 

As I indicated at my confirmation hearing, I voted for the USA Freedom Act that 

effectively ended the bulk metadata program conducted pursuant to Section 215. If I am 

confirmed, and Agency officials inform me they believe the current programs and legal 

framework are insufficient to protect the country, I would make appropriate 

recommendations for any needed changes to laws and regulations. 

7. During the hearing, you stated that "the American people demand that if there is 

publicly available information, someone has out there on a publicly available site, I 

think we have an obligation to use that information to keep Americans safe." 

a) Do you believe the U.S. government should collect and retain this 

information when it pertains to Americam who are not connected to an 

investigation? 

b) If so, are there boundaries to the appropriate scope of such coHection and 

retention? 

I made the statement that you quote in the context of if"someone's out there on their 

Facebook page talking about an attack or plotting an attack against America." In 

such cases, publicly available information can provide relevant information and 

generally involves fewer privacy concerns than other collection techniques. Of 

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course there are boundaries; any collection and retention must be conducted in 

accordance with the Constitution. statutes, and applicable presidential directives. 

8. During the hearing, you were asked whether there were boundaries to the kind of 

"financial and lifestyle information" you would include in this database. You 

responded that the boundaries would be legaL Do you believe that, if information 

on U.S. persons is legally available to the U.S. government on an individualized or 

limited basis, it is always legal or appropriate to collect and retain it in bulk and 

include it in a comprehensive database? If not, please elaborate. 

I have not consulted legal experts on a hypothetical database and whether information 

that is legally available on an individualized basis could, in every case, be collected and 

retained in bulk. Such a compilation of information would require examining the specific 

types of information and ensuring that any collection and retention of information was in 

accordance with the Constitution, statutes, and regulations. Of course there are 

boundaries; any collection and retention must be conducted in accordance with the 

Constitution, statutes, and applicable presidential directives. 

9. In your responses to pre-hearing questions, yon wrote that "I did not set forth a 

specific list of items, but in general was referring to publicly available information, 

not information purchased by third parties." (emphasis added.) 

a) Are there any examples of information that could be purehased or otherwise 

obtained from third parties, such as data brokers, that could, or should be 

collected with regard to Americans who are not connected to an 

investigation? 

b) Are there any such examples of information that could, or should be included 

in a comprehensive database? 

I have not studied what information is available from third parties and the 

applicable legal restrictions on obtaining any such information. 

Information from foreign partners 

In your responses to the Committee's pre-hearing questions, you wrote "If the CIA requests a 

foreign partner collect communications of a U.S. person, I understand that collection and 

dissemination should be done pursuant to the same level of approvals that would be required if 

the CIA itself were to collect those communications." During the hearing, you reiterated this, 

stating "It is not lawful to outsource that which we cannot do, the Agency cannot do under its 

laws." However, your responses to pre-hearing questions also stated that, if a foreign partuer 

collects the communications of U.S. persons independently and not at the request of the CIA, "It 

is appropriate for the CIA to receive such information from foreign partners without the same 

requirements that would apply if the CIA itself were to collect the information or to request that 

the foreign partner collect the information." Furthermore, you wrote that "it may be appropriate 

for CIA to collect [that] information in bulk." 

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Absent a specific request from the CIA, a foreign partner, company, organization or individual 

may nonetheless provide the CIA with the results of extensive cyber operations or other 

surveillance, including targeted collection against, or bulk collection that includes the 

communicirtions of U.S. persons. That information could include the communications of U.S. 

political figures and political activists, leaders of nonprofit organizations, journalists, religious 

leaders, businesspeople whose interests conflict with those ofPresident Trump, and countless 

innocent Americans. Moreover, Donald Trump already encouraged the Russian Government to 

conduct hacking operations against his opponent, thereby raising the prospect that the Russians 

could share with the U.S. government the results of their cyber-operations against Americans, 

absent a formal CIA request. 

You wrote in response to pre-hearing questions, "In very limited circumstances, however, the 

manner in which a foreign partner collected the information could be so improper that it would 

not be appropriate for the CIA to receive, use, or further disseminate the information." 

10. Please detail what those "very limited cireumstances" might be. 

In my response, I was indicating that I could not rule out a circumstance in which the 

conduct of a foreign partner is so egregious that CIA would not receive the information. 

This would be a highly fact-specific determination, but information obtained through 

such egregious conduct may be inappropriate for the CIA to use or disseminate. 

11. Besides the manner in which the information was collected, would the CIA's receipt, 

use or dissemination ofthe information be in any way restricted by any of the 

following: 

a) The source of the information, i.e., from an adversary rather than an ally or 

established partner; · 

· b) The intent of the foreign partner, i.e., to disrupt U.S. democracy or support 

illegal or undemocratic actions on the part of the U.S. government rather 

than support U.S. national security; 

c) The nature ofthe information, i.e., communications of U.S. persons engaged 

in First Amendment-protected political activity rather than terrorist 

suspects; or 

d) The scope of the information, i.e., bulk collection on thousands or minions of 

U.S. persons rather than a more limited set of communications. 

All of these considerations, and others, factor into decisions regarding CIA's receipt,· 

use, or dissemination of information received from a foreign partner. Importantly, if 

an activity furthers no legitimate U.S. governmental interest, CIA would not use the 

information. In addition, to the extent that the information implicates the privacy 

rights of Americans, the CIA's use and dissemination of that information must remain 

reasonable and further u.s. governmental interests of sufficient importance to justify 

the privacy intrusion. The listed considerations could all be relevant to either the 

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nature or degree of a privacy intrusion, or to the importance of the U.S. governmental 

interests at stake. 

During the hearing, you stated: "My understanding is that the same set of rules that surround the 

information if it were collected by the U.S. government apply to information that becomes 

available as a result of collection from non-U.S. sources as well." The CIA's collection of such 

information would presumably be governed by its authorities under Executive Order 12333. In 

your responses to pre-hearing questions, you wrote: "Because CIA activities under Executive 

Order 12333 are strictly focused on collection activities abroad, with very limited exceptions, 

there is a smaller risk that these activities could implicate U.S. person communications compared 

with collection under Section 702 [ofFISA)." You cited this as among the reasons why "the 

CIA's access to, queries of, use, dissemination, and retention of U.S. person communications 

under Executive Order 12333 are appropriately governed by broader and more flexible 

guidelines, compared with those required under Section 702 [ofFISA]." (emphasis added.) 

12. If the CIA received from a foreign power information known to include U.S. 

communications, should that necessitate the use of minimization gnidelines more 

stringent than those applied to other information collected pursuant to Executive 

Order 12333 in which, as you stated, there is a "smaller risk" that they implicate 

U.S. person communications? 

If there were a circumstance involving significant volumes of known U.S. person 

communication contents, I could foresee circumstances where more stringent 

minimization guidelines generally would be appropriate, but I would need to consult with 

experts on the applicable laws, including Attorney General approved guidelines that may 

apply. 

13. In your responses to pre-hearing questions, you described as appropriate CIA 

queries of U.S. persons' communications collected under Section 702 ofFISA, so 

long as "the query term is reasonably likely to return foreign intelligence 

information, as defined in FISA." Given your statement that CIA's access to, 

queries of, use, dissemination, and retention of U.S. person communications under 

Executive Order 12333 should be "governed by broader and more flexible 

guidelines," what do you believe the standard should be for CIA queries of 

information obtained pursuant to Executive Order 12333 known to include U.S. 

persons' communications? 

The requirements applicable to collection conducted under Executive Order 12333 should 

be flexible enough so that they remain feasible and practicable in the range of 

circumstances in which queries might be made, while also protecting the privacy rights of 

Americans. Because the categories of information outlined at Section 2.3 of Executive 

Order 12333 regarding the collection, retention and dissemination of U.S. person 

information largely fall within the definition of"foreign intelligence information" under 

the FISA, I understand the standards for querying are similar in some cases. I understand 

that in a number of circumstances, for information obtained under Executive Order. 

12333, the standard for conducting queries is whether the query is reasonably designed to 

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retrieve information related to a duly authorized activity of the CIA. I understand this is 

a complex area governed by detailed laws and rules and I would consult legal experts on 

specific standards for CIA queries of collected information. 

14. In your responses to pre-hearing questions, you described as a priority "expanding 

intelligence cooperation, coUaboration, and models of intelligence sharing with state 

and non-state partners globally." In your Statement for the Record, you stated ''We 

will need to rely on liaison services and new relationships, which are critical to 

gathering information around the world." 

a) Please elaborate on which new partners and relationships you anticipate. Do 

they include Russia? Do they include companies, organizations or 

individuals that may conduct eyber operations against U.S. persons? 

b) For what purposes do you anticipate establishing new relationships with 

state and non-state partners? 

e) How do you anticipate mitigating counterintelligence risks? 

d) Will you ensure that all new or expanded relationships have the approval of 

the country Chief of Mission, are fully coordinated with the Office of the 

Director of National Intelligence, and are fully lind currently notified to the 

Committee? 

I was not referring to any specific partners or relationships that need to be 

developed, nor did I highlight this with a specific collection priority in mind. 

Since our national security threats are becoming more complex each day, the CIA 

needs to improve its collection operations-through both unilateral and 

cooperative means. As your question highlights, increased cooperation brings 

increased risk. The CIA already has a strong counterintelligence program and, if 

confirmed, I intend to look closely at our counterintelligence capabilities and 

operations to ensure they are up to the task. I will ensure that all foreign 

intelligence relationships are coordinated and approved in accordance with policy 

and law and that the Committee is notified in accordance with the law and 

standard practices. As we discussed in our personal meeting and during the 

hearing last week, I would welcome any specific recommendations or concerns 

you have regarding the CIA's Congressional notification practices. 

15. Is it legal or appropriate for the White House to obtain from a foreign partner, or a 

company, organization or individual information that includes the communications 

of U.S. persons? Is it legal or appropriate for the White House to retain such 

information? This question does not pertain to finished products provided by the 

Intelligence Community to the White House. 

I am not an expert on legal guidance that may apply to the White House on receiving 

information. I am not aware of a role for the DCIA in providing legal counsel to the 

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White House on its activities. However, I understand that the White House is not an 

operational agency that pursues intelligence collection, but instead relies on the 

Intelligence Community to pursue lawful intelligence gathering, pursuant to rules and 

reghlations governing such activities, including rules and regulations governing the 

collection and retention of infonnation concerning U.S. persons. 

16. If you were to learn that the White House had obtained or was retaining the 

information described above, do you commit to informing Congress? 

See my response to the above question. I am not aware of a DCIA role in supervising 

White House activities or providing legal counsel to the White House on its activities. I 

understand the White House has legal expertise available to it from across the 

government, including the Office of Counsel to the President in the Executive Office of 

the President and the Department of Justice. If confirmed, I will comply with legal 

requirements to keep Congress informed. 

Chief of Mission authority 

Questions previously submitted to you included the following: 

"22 US. C. 3927 states that 'Under the direction of the President, the chief of mission to a 

foreign country ... shall have fidl responsibility for the direction, coordination, and supervision of 

all Government executive branch employees in that country ... ' Do you believe that, absent 

direction from the President, the CIA is obligated to cease intelligence activities, including but 

not limited to liaison relationships that do not have the approval of the chief of mission?" 

17. In your response, you stated that you would "seek to resolve the disagreement with 

the Secretary of State or, in the extremely rare circumstance in which the 

disagreement could not be resolved, seek further guidance from the President." If 

the disagreement has not yet been resolved with the Secretary of State and further 

guidance from the President has not yet been received, is the CIA obligated to cease 

the intelligence activities at issue? Please respond yes or no. If the answer is no, 

please provide supporting analysis of the meaning of the statutory language 

provided above. 

As I mentioned in my answers to the pre-hearing question, I would seek to resolve the 

disagreement with the Secretary of State, or in the extremely rare circumstance in which 

the disagreement could not be resolved, seek further guidance from the President. In that 

hypothetical and extremely rare circumstance, if confirmed, I will seek, and expect, an 

expeditious decision from the President. This would eusure the decision to cease or 

continue intelligence activities reflected guidance from the President. 

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Lethal operations against U.S. persons 

In your responses to pre-hearing questions, you wrote that: 

"[W}hen the United States knows in advance that the specific object of its attack is an individual 

U.S. citizen, it proceeds on the assumption that constitutional rights- in particular, the Fifth 

Amendment's Due Process Clause and the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable 

searches and seizures- attach to the U.S. citizen even while the individual is abroad Those 

rights are considered in assessing whether it is lawfol to target the individual. " 

The May 22, 2013, Procedures for Approving Direct Action Against Terrorist Targets Located 

Outside the United States and Areas of Active Hostilities (PPG) includes the following: 

"[W]hen considering potential direct action against a U.S. person under this PPG, there are 

additional questions that must be answered The Department of Justice (DOJ),for example, 

must conduct a legal analysis to ensure that such action may be conducted against the individual 

consistent with the laws and Constitution of the United States. " 

18. Do you agree with this requirement? If so, what form should the Department of 

Justice's legal analysis take and should· it be provided to Congress? 

As I referenced in my response to pre-hearing questions, the U.S. must consider an 

American citizen's constitutional rights prior to targeting him or her for lethal action. I 

have not studied ·the PPG implementation and its impact, if any, on intelligence 

operations. Without referencing the existence of any specific activity or operations, I 

understand that CIA attorneys frequently consult with, and seek guidance from, the 

Department of Justice. If confirmed, I would expect that practice to continue. I do not 

have a view on the form of the legal analysis, whether that is a formal legal opinion 

taking many weeks or months, or a shorter analysis based on operational needs, if any. I 

cannot speak for the Department of Justice in terms of providing its legal advice to 

Congress, although I am always inclined to ensure the Committee is fully informed of the 

CIA activities and their legal basis: 

19. Do you believe there should be any additional ehecks wi~ regard to lethal actions 

against U.S. persons? 

As I currently understand, there are a range of other checks and requirements that must be 

met prior to conducting direct action against a U.S. person. As with other critically 

important responsibilities, I would welcome the Committee's thoughts on this matter .. 

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Public statements 

20. If, for any reason, you or a CIA official makes a public statement that is inaccurate, 

do you commit to making a public statement correcting the record? 

I understand the importance of accuracy in public statements. While I cannot envision 

every circumstance or reason that a statement could be inaccurate, I do understand that in 

some instances, making additional public statements in the nature of corrections may be 

complicated by the need to protect American lives or sources and methods. Especially 

with respect to my own statements, my bias would be to correct publicly made statements 

that are materially inaccurate with public statements that correct that material inaccuracy. 

Declassifieation 

21. Executive Order 13526 (December 29, 2009) provides that: "In no case shall 

information be classified, continue to be maintained as classified, or fail to be 

declassified in order to: (1) conceal violations of law, inefficiency, or administrative 

error; (2) prevent embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency; (3) restrain 

competition; or (4) prevent or delay the release of information that does not require 

protection in the interest of national security." Executive Order 13292 (March 25, 

2003) and Executive Order 12958 (April17, 1995) prohibited classification based on 

the same factors. Do you disagree with the prohibitions in these Executive Orders? 

No. 

22. The Executive Summary ofthe Committee's Study of the CIA's Detention and 

Interrogation Program was released after the CIA had redacted sources and 

methods, as wen as names, pseudonyms and, in some cases, titles. Do you believe 

that, in redacting the Executive Summary, the CIA failed to protect Americans? 

I have not reviewed any assessments about the impact of redacting the Executive 

Summary on protecting Americans. 

23. If you have responded to the previous two questions in the negative, would you 

support declassification and public release of the full Committee Study, assuming it 

is subject to a CIA redaction process similar to that applied to the Executive 

Summary? If not, why? 

I understand the status and release of the Committee Study is the subject of 

litigation. Beyond this high-level understanding of the current status, I have not studied 

this issue and it would not be appropriate for me to comment on a matter in litigation at 

this point. 

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CIA and congressional staff 

24. The CIA's Inspector General determined that Agency employees improperly 

accessed Committee shared drives the Committee used in preparation of its Study of 

the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program. The Inspector-General also 

determined that a crimes report submitted by the CIA to the Department of Justice 

related to Committee staff was "unfounded" and was based on "inaccurate 

information." Do you have any reason to disagree with the CIA IG's 

ileterminations? 

I have not studied the CIA IG's determinations. Nor have I studied the CIA 

Accountability Review Board's report on this issue. I do not intend to revisit this matter. 

If confirmed, I would hope to work closely with the Committee to enable oversight 

activities and ensure that the CIA and the Committees never find themselves in such a 

place during my tenure. 

QUESTION FOR THE RECORD FROM SENATOR KING 

25. During your open confirmation hearing, I asked you about a message you sent to 

your Twitter followers on July 24, 2016, which referred to information from 

Wikileaks as "proof." During the open hearing, you said that you do not view 

Wikileaks as a credible source. For the record, please expand on your answer about 

your use of Wikileaks, your understanding of that organization, and the message 

you sent last July. 

The January 6, 2017 report from the Intelligence Community provides details on how 

Russia has actively collaborated with Wikileaks in releasing information. The tweet I 

sent in July 2016 was not meant as an endorsement ofWikileaks or its practices, but 

rather remarked on the content of the material now in the public domain. I understand 

the concern over the tweet's reference to Wikileaks, given how disclosures by Wikileaks 

have targeted American institutions and democracy. The tweet was sent in reference to 

political issues in the middle of a hard-fought campaign. Based on additional briefings 

and information, including the reports released by the Intelligence Co~unity, I now 

have a much deeper understanding ofWikileaks and its harmful activities. 

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