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Positions and Views on Other Issues where Information is Available: |
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| Homeland Security & War On Terror |
Positions and Views |
| Homeland Security, a General Statement |
Lott: No Response |
| Making Our Homeland More Secure |
Lott: No Response |
| National Security Agency (NSA) Examinining Domestic Phone Records |
Lott: No Response |
| Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission |
Lott: No Response |
| Radical Fundamentalism |
Lott: No Response |
| Weapons of Mass Destruction |
Lott: No Response |
| Bioterrorism |
Lott: No Response |
| Department of Homeland Security (DHS) |
Lott: No Response |
| National Guard in the Department of Homeland Security vs. Defense |
Lott: No Response |
| Intelligence |
Lott: No Response |
| Domestic Intelligence Agencies |
Lott: As a member of the Senate’s Intelligence Committee, I understand that America’s intelligence system is basically a mechanism for saving lives by preventing attacks. So, it’s clear our intelligence system failed us prior to 9/11 and afterward, including some prewar intelligence regarding Iraq. For years Congress didn’t adequately fund our intelligence-gathering apparatus, and, in turn, our intelligence services themselves failed - relying too much on technology rather than trained people. We don’t have the number of skilled agents, proficient linguists and analysts that we need. Nor have we had a single leader in our intelligence community coordinating the dozens of intelligence operations America has. The National Intelligence Reform Act, now before the Senate, proposes three basic ways to correct our intelligence deficiencies and save innocent lives, all based on the bipartisan 9/11 Commission’s recommendations.
Better Leadership: First, the proposal calls for a National Intelligence Director. For the first time, a National Intelligence Director would manage the country’s intelligence gathering and serve as the President’s chief intelligence advisor. This director will have budgetary and personnel authority, as well as be able, in consultation with the Defense Department, to direct or redirect some resources among our intelligence agencies when they are needed. No longer will agencies battle with one another over resources, wasting valuable time and energy with "in-house" political issues.
The confirmation of former Florida Congressman and, more importantly, former CIA agent, Porter Goss as CIA Director will prove to be another leadership improvement. Porter Goss has the practical, hands-on experience to reform the CIA and significantly improve the agency’s human intelligence capability.
More Coordination: Second, it establishes a "National Intelligence Program." NIP’s budget would include the CIA and several other non-military intelligence operations. Th [Response was truncated to maximum response length of 2000 characters.]
Source: Candidate Website Date: 10/07/2006 |
| NSA Surveillance of Citizens |
Lott: No Response |
| Color-Coded Warning System |
Lott: No Response |
| Local First Responders |
Lott: No Response |
| Air Security |
Lott: No Response |
| Port Security |
Lott: No Response |
| Rail Security |
Lott: No Response |
| Hazardous Materials Security |
Lott: No Response |
| Cybersecurity |
Lott: No Response |
| Spent Nuclear Fuel |
Lott: No Response |
| Drinking Water Security |
Lott: No Response |
| Evacuation Preparedness |
Lott: No Response |
| War on Terror, a General Statement |
Lott: No Response |
| War on Terrorism Policies |
Lott: No Response |
| National Intelligence Estimate Assessment |
Lott: No Response |
| Al-Qaeda |
Lott: No Response |
| Guantanamo Bay Prison (GITMO) |
Lott: No Response |
| Terrorist Prisoner Rights Under Geneva Conventions |
Lott: No Response |
| Torture of Terrorists |
Lott: No Response |
| Waterboarding |
Lott: No Response |
| Trials of Terrorist and Combantant Detainees |
Lott: No Response |
| Habeas Corpus and Legal Rights for Combatant Detainees |
Lott: No Response |
| Enemy Combatants |
Lott: No Response |