The Intelligence Reforms We Still Need

A new congressional report warns us that America cannot afford another failure of imagination.

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Acting NSA Director Lt. Gen. William Hartman, FBI Director Kash Patel, then-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and DIA Director Lt. Gen. James Adams attend a House Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 19, 2026.

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Twenty-five years ago, Americans woke to a beautiful September morning. Husbands and wives kissed goodbye, parents hugged their children, and millions headed to work. My former colleague on the Senate Banking Committee Neil Levin was one of them.

Neil had a breakfast meeting that morning at Windows on the World, more than 100 stories above Manhattan in the North Tower of the World Trade Center. It was a place he had been many times before.

French Hill

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French Hill

Congressman French Hill has represented Arkansas’s Second Congressional District since January 2015. He serves as Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and is a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

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