Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Schiff Statement on CIA Director Brennan's Proposed Restructuring

Statement

Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), released the following statement:

"I support Director Brennan for taking a fresh and critical look at his organization with an eye to finding ways to make improvements and keep up with a rapidly changing world. With this week's announcement of major structural reforms at the CIA, the Director has challenged his workforce, the rest of the Intelligence Community and the nation to consider how we conduct the business of intelligence in a world that is profoundly different from 1947, when the CIA was founded.

"I look forward to reviewing in detail Director Brennan's proposal to determine whether these changes will benefit the nation as well as the CIA and the extraordinary men and women who work there, while avoiding duplication with other elements of the Intelligence Community, and ensuring no diminution of effectiveness before, during, or after any changes that might be put into place. "As with any proposed restructuring of this magnitude, there will be opposition and it will be essential to determine whether criticism is merited, or whether it represents only a reflexive resistance to change."

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