According to dim talking points.
It is part of being in the kitchen.
My bet is Kerry will wilt quite a bit.
He has, afterall, been the greatest recipient of corporate money in the race, according to Howard Dean. His flip flopping is on the record and dramatically self-serving.
Clinton's most egregious act against intel was to make it just another part of law enforcement, which allowed ObL to wander off to Afghanistan, and limited our use of human intel greatly. Strictly Exec Branch power on that. His other was to talk loud and tough and then to do very little.
Earlier dim leadership gutted the CIA during the Church hearings and under Carter.
Of course the Republicans should have fought harder to stop the dimocrat irresponsibility, but there is only so much political capital available on any issue.
Ed