Statement from Congressman McCaul, Ranking member of the Homeland Security Intelligence Subcommittee, on today's remarks by the President

"We are dealing with a lack of information sharing on two fronts: within our intelligence community, and between the administration and Congress. It is unacceptable that our intelligence community had information that would have allowed us to disrupt the Christmas Day attack before it materialized, but failed to act on it. If this resulted from a procedural flaw we must correct it. If it is human error we must hold the appropriate individuals accountable. Unfortunately, the President has now shown a trend of withholding information from members of Congress who have oversight authority, and whose role it is to implement policy changes and secure resources. I commend the President for his commitment to our security and look forward to him working more closely with Congress to address this problem."

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