[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 76 (Tuesday, May 9, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6335-S6336]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 NOMINATION OF JOHN DEUTCH TO BE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE [DCI]

  Mr. GLENN. Mr. President, I rise in strong support of the nomination 
of John Deutch to become Director of Central Intelligence [DCI]. As a 
long-time member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I have enjoyed 
working with him in his various roles at the Department of Defense--and 
I look forward to working with him as DCI. Dr. Deutch has an extremely 
impressive resume, and I ask unanimous consent that a copy of his 
biography be included in the Record at the conclusion of my remarks.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (See exhibit 1.)
  Mr. GLENN. Mr. President, his background and training clearly 
indicates that Dr. Deutch brings a broad background to the DCI 
position. His scientific background makes him particularly prepared to 
deal with the many, formidable technical issues confronting the 
Intelligence Community from satellites to signals intelligence 
[SIGINT]. Dr. Deutch also brings significant administrative and 
national security expertise to the DCI job from his past and current 
senior management experiences at the Defense Department. His toughness 
in making difficult decisions and his knowledge of, and experience in, 
national security matters will make him a very capable manager of the 
U.S. Intelligence Community.
  I have been especially pleased with the principal purposes Dr. Deutch 
has articulated for the Intelligence Community: Striving to assure that 
the President and other national leaders 
 [[Page S6336]]  have the best information available before making 
decisions; providing adequate support to military operations; the need 
for intelligence to address the growing problems of international 
terrorism, crime, and drugs; and that our counterintelligence 
capabilities are able to assure that America's enemies do not penetrate 
our national security apparatus.
  The new CIA Director comes along at an important time for the U.S. 
intelligence community. For almost half a century, the intelligence 
community--indeed our Nation's entire national security 
infrastructure--has been focused primarily on the Soviet threat. And 
during the cold war period, our Government viewed most national 
security issues--justifiable or not--through the prism of the United 
States-Soviet competition.
  Obviously, this is no longer the case as America is coming to terms 
with a rapidly changing world. And having a robust and effective 
intelligence community is an indispensable means to that end. Timely 
and accurate intelligence forms the foundation of our foreign policy 
and defines the threat to U.S. national security that is--or should 
be--the basis of our defense spending.
  Yet with the end of the cold war, some have argued that the CIA is a 
relic which has outlived its usefulness, and we should do away with it. 
I strongly disagree with such views. In this unprecedented time of 
enormous change and uncertainty in the world--as the on-going problem 
of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and recent acts of 
terrorism at home and around the world clearly demonstrate, our need 
for the intelligence community and a robust intelligence budget is 
greater than ever before.
  The requirement for an intelligence capability is by no means a cold 
war aberration. This year, we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of 
the end of World War II. And history has ultimately revealed to the 
public the important role of intelligence in that war.
  Mr. President, like all veterans of that conflict, the 50th 
anniversary commemorations of specific events of World War II have 
special meaning to me. One of the most moving ceremonies I have ever 
attended was last June's ceremony in France commemorating the D-Day 
invasion of Normandy.
  And unsurprisingly, intelligence made an extraordinary contribution 
to the success of D-Day's planning and implementation. Intelligence 
agents acquired an
 accurate map of the German Atlantic Wall fortifications, and an 
intelligence deception operation code-named Body Guard used German 
spies captured in England as double agents who sent false messages to 
the Nazis regarding the precise location of the planned invasion of 
Europe. This latter operation also successfully passed along false 
information regarding the location of Allied invasion forces in 
England.

  Intelligence played a decisive role in Allied victory in World War II 
in many ways. Signals intelligence [SIGINT], for example, played an 
instrumental role in winning World War II as Allied intelligence 
successfully broke German and Japanese codes.
  And as we enter one of the most unpredictable and dangerous periods 
in world history, we must ensure that our SIGINT as well as human 
intelligence [HUMINT] and other intelligence capabilities will be able 
to meet the intelligence challenges of tomorrow.
  Mr. President, in addition to the other recommendations being made to 
Dr. Deutch, as DCI, I would like to add one more.
  Next March, the Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the 
United States Intelligence Community--which was initiated by this 
committee last year--will issue its report, including recommendations 
to reorganize the intelligence community in the postcold war era. While 
I look forward to reviewing the Commission's report, I must admit that 
I have been somewhat skeptical over the years about the utility of 
Government by ``Blue Ribbon Panel''--and have sought to educe the 
number of such commissions through oversight action of the Senate 
Governmental Affairs Committee, where I am now the ranking member.
  As Dr. Deutch assumes his duties as DCI and he perceives significant 
problems--organizational and otherwise--that are impending the 
intelligence community's ability to meet its requirements, I sincerely 
hope that he will act expeditiously to remedy these problems and not 
wait for the Commission's report next March.
  Mr. President, I urge my colleagues to vote in support of Dr. Deutch 
as DCI.

                               Exhibit 1

                             John M. Deutch

       The Honorable John M. Deutch was sworn in as Deputy 
     Secretary of Defense on 11 March 1994, following a unanimous 
     vote in the Senate. He previously served as the Under 
     Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology) from 15 
     April 1993 until his confirmation as Deputy Secretary.
       Prior to his nomination to these positions, Mr. Deutch 
     served in a number of educational government posts. Mr. 
     Deutch became a member of the faculty of the Massachusetts 
     Institute of Technology in 1970 and since then has been an 
     associate professor and professor of chemistry, chairman of 
     the Department of Chemistry, dean of science, provost, and 
     Institute Professor.
       His government assignments include service in the 
     Department of Energy as Director of Energy Research, Acting 
     Assistant Secretary for Energy Technology, and Under 
     Secretary of the Department. In recognition of his 
     contributions, he was honored with the Secretary's 
     Distinguished Service Medal and the Department's 
     Distinguished Service Medal. He has been a member of the 
     White House Science Council, the Defense Science Board, the 
     Army Scientific Advisory Panel, the Chief of Naval Operations 
     Executive Panel, the President's Commission on Strategic 
     Forces, the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, 
     and the President's Nuclear Safety Oversight Committee. He 
     also served as a consultant to the Bureau of the Budget.
       He has been a trustee of the Urban Institute, a member and 
     Chair of the National Science Foundation Advisory Panel for 
     Chemistry, an overseer of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, 
     a trustee of Wellesley College, a director of Resources for 
     the Future, a member of the Trilateral Commission, and a 
     member of the Governor of Massachusetts Technology and 
     Economic Development Council.
       A graduate of Amherst College with a B.A. in history and 
     economics, he earned both a B.S. in chemical engineering and 
     a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from M.I.T. He holds honorary 
     doctoral degrees from Amherst College and the University of 
     Lowell. Mr. Deutch has been a Sloan Research Fellow and a 
     Guggenheim Fellow and is a member of Sigma Xi and the 
     American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
       Mr. Deutch was born in Brussels, Belgium, and became a U.S. 
     citizen in 1946. He has three sons, and his permanent 
     residence is in Belmont, Massachusetts.
     

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