国会纪录：2001年10月12日（扩展）Page E1880 2002财政年度______议员的致辞。德克萨斯州的罗恩保罗于2001年10月5日星期五，整个房子委员会在联盟国家委员会委员会审议了该法案。（H.R.2883）授权2002年度2002财年拨款，了解美国政府，社区管理账户和中央情报局退休和残疾系统的情报和情报相关活动，以及其他目的：保罗先生。Mr. Speaker, HR 2883, the Intelligence Authorization Act, is brought before us today under a process which denies members of Congress our constitutional right as elected officials to be informed on crucial aspects of the programs we are asked to authorize.有关此条例草案的信息仅限于为个人情报计划的美元金额和人员天花板，甚至甚至该信息仅限于在常规营业时间为“安全原因”期间为成员提供的分类附件。鉴于美国人民在9月11日之前履行智力机构的绩效的许多问题，以及智力机构是否能有效应对国际恐怖主义挑战的许多问题，我相信美国人民将得到良好的服务通过完全辩论情报界计划应对这些挑战的方式。如果国会成员辩论本条例草案所授权的活动的审查，例如使用纳税人的药物互联的活动，那么美国人民也会得到良好的服务，这是有效利用情报资源，或者这些资源可以更好地使用抵制其他更大的威胁。也许有针对毒品互通的钱以及是否应该针对反恐努力。 However, Mr. Speaker, such a debate cannot occur when members are denied crucial facts regarding the programs authorized in this bill or, at a minimum, are not free to debate in an open forum. Therefore, Congress is denied a crucial opportunity to consider how we might improve America's intelligence programs. We are told that information about this bill must be limited to a select few for "security reasons." However, there are other ways to handle legitimate security concerns than by limiting the information to those members who happen to sit on the Intelligence Committee. If any member were to reveal information that may compromise the security of the United States, I certainly would support efforts to punish that member for violating his office and the trust of his country. I believe that if Congress and the Executive Branch exercised sufficient political will to make it known that any member who dared reveal damaging information would suffer full punishment of the law, there would not be a serious risk of a member leaking classified information. In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, it is inexcusable for members to be denied crucial facts regarding the intelligence program authorized by this bill, especially at a time when the nation's attention is focused on security issues. Therefore, I hope my colleagues will reject HR 2883 and all other intelligence authorization or funding bills until every member of Congress is allowed to fully perform their constitutional role of overseeing these agencies and participating in the debate on this vital aspect of America's national security policy. ____________________