There's no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field.

There's no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field.

We need spies that look like their targets, CIA officers who speak the dialects terrorists use, and FBI agents who can speak to Muslim women who might be intimidated by men.

Many women have been successful at breaking the glass ceiling only to find a layer of men.

I think I am aggressive, I think I am critical when it's necessary.

We can no longer expect an Intelligence Community that is mostly male and mostly white to be able to monitor and infiltrate suspicious organizations or terrorist groups.

As the Ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, I have been briefed since 2003 on a highly classified NSA foreign collection program that targeted Al Qaeda. I believe the program is essential to US national security and that its disclosure has damaged critical intelligence capabilities.