Clapper: Shutdown Hurts Intelligence, Counterterrorism Efforts

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a Senate panel on Wednesday that the government shutdown - which forced the furlough of 70 percent of the CIA and NSA workforce - amounted to a 'dreamland' of opportunity for foreign spies agencies. "The impact of the shutdown on the Intelligence Community's mission is not static, it's cumulative," Turner wrote. "Turner said as the spending impasse continues"we will need to make adjustments to the number of people we have working," Turner said. "Another official said intelligence chiefs 'should be freaking out' over the current level of furloughs because the public will turn on them 'if anything happens.'".

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/02/228548389/clapper-shutdown-hurts-intelligence-counterterrorism-efforts?ft=1&f=1003