One of the mandates of the House Intelligence Committee is to evaluate the credibility of the intelligence community's conclusions about Russia's intentions last year.
In response, Trump attacked the credibility of the intelligence agencies on which he will rely for early warning of security emergencies and geopolitical developments.
Serious doubts were raised by the four men's legal team today in opening statements about the credibility of the intelligence reports.
The wrangling has tested both the power and the credibility of the intelligence chief's position, a job less than three years old that remains a work in progress.
So in conclusion, during a critical time in our nation's history -- 18-month period spanning the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to the invasion of Iraq on March 20 , 2003-- the credibility of the intelligence community, which is the spear tip of all actions, and particularly under a doctrine of pre-emption, was significantly compromised.
Democrats on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said late today thet they would begin their own inquiry into the credibility of prewar intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and its links to the terror network Al Qaeda.
The White House has said it will cooperate with the Justice Department and not conduct its own formal probe into the disclosure last summer that the wife of former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, who had challenged the credibility of prewar intelligence on Iraq, worked for the Central Intelligence Agency.
In the radio interview on the "Diane Rehm Show," which is broadcast on public radio stations, Mr. McLaughlin said his agency was intensely focused on what he called its real work, and he said that the credibility of recent intelligence about possible terrorist attacks had raised concern in the administration to a level as high as it had been since the Sept. 11 attacks.
For Julian, Cuarón wanted an actor who had the "credibility of leadership, intelligence, [and] independence".
"I find really that Clapper lying to Congress is probably more injurious to our intelligence capabilities than anything Snowden did, because Clapper has damaged the credibility of the entire intelligence apparatus, and I'm not sure what to believe anymore when they come to Congress," Paul told CNN.
