1. Kappes "was the guy who a generation of us wanted to see as the DDO [operations chief]. Kappes‘s leaving was a painful thing," Berntsen said.

2. Present at most meetings were senior agency officials representing all of our components, (DDI, DDO, and DDS&T) in addition to the ADCI for collection and the ADCI for Military support.

3. The assignment of the term "fabricator" to a human source by an official of the foreign service handling Curveball should have immediately prompted formal reporting up the chain of command to the DDO, DDCI and DCI.

4. TOWNSEND:В I dont want to preclude the discussions that will naturally take place between the DNI and the Director of CIA.В And I encourage you to ask the Director of CIA.В I will tell you what weve said is, what you need is a senior person, senior to the DDO, that will coordinate across the community.В I will tell you, in a time of war, the DO is fully employed in clandestine operations, many of which have been very successful in the war on terror.В And what you dont want to do is distract him with having to try and coordinate within the community.В And so what were suggesting is, you want a senior person to that who then will be responsible for not only supporting the DO, but also deconflicting and coordinating across the community.В And that person will naturally have to rely on colleagues from DOD and FBI.

5. TOWNSEND÷ I don‘t want to preclude the discussions that will naturally take place between the DNI and the Director of CIA. And I encourage you to ask the Director of CIA. I will tell you what we‘ve said is, what you need is a senior person, senior to the DDO, that will coordinate across the community. I will tell you, in a time of war, the DO is fully employed in clandestine operations, many of which have been very successful in the war on terror. And what you don‘t want to do is distract him with having to try and coordinate within the community. And so what we‘re suggesting is, you want a senior person to that who then will be responsible for not only supporting the DO, but also deconflicting and coordinating across the community. And that person will naturally have to rely on colleagues from DOD and FBI.