now and invest in the future. we need to rebuild trusted working relationships with industry and the private sector on specific issues like encryption and the roles and responsibilities of government, users, and industry. i believe we need to separate nsa and cyber con. we should discontinue the temporary dual hat arrangement which i helped design when i was undersecretary for defense and intelligence seven years ago. this isn t purely a military issue. i don t think it s in the nsa s long term best interests to continue the dual hat setup. third, we must hire, train, and retain enough cyber talent for the ic workforce. clearly cyber will be a challenge for the u.s., the intelligence community, and national security for 9 foreseeable future and we need to be prepared for that. adversaries are pushing the
allies than we ve had. and this connection i m also compelled to note the negative morale impact this perfect storm had on the ic workforce. jenna: chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live in washington with more on this. catherine? reporter: thank you, jenna and good morning. nsa leaks, the damage to the u.s. intelligence community and billions it will cost to rebuild lost capabilities to collect data have dominated the hearing this morning before the senate intelligence committee. the committee was told former nsa contractor edward snowden took some documents if you stacked them one on top of the other it, would stretch more than three miles into the sky. the majority of documents are not related to americans privacy rights but rather sources and methods overseas and u.s. alliances. minimize the threat by, as we make these modifications and alterations but in general this is big hand-little map. we are in total will certainly have less capacity than we had