Director of National Intelligence James Clapper’s testimony before...
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week showcased “a misreading of the law and a failure of leadership,” ranking member Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, told Clapper in a letter Friday (http://1.usa.gov/GANPUB). Clapper had testified…
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about cumulative risks to U.S. national security that grow each day of the government shutdown, which affected more than 70 percent of the workforce of the country’s intelligence agencies (CD Oct 3 p6). “There appears to be no reason why the fundamental national security of the nation should be compromised during the partial government shutdown,” Grassley said. “In fact, it is your role as Director of National Intelligence to ensure that the work the IC [intelligence community] performs that is necessary for the nation’s security continues uninterrupted.” Clapper had mentioned that he was considering recalling furloughed employees, but Grassley said if so, they should not have been furloughed in the first place. If Clapper is really worried, it’s his duty to press the government to enact emergency legislation to change that, Grassley said.