dr. patterson. we responded on a point by point basis to everything in that letter. so we'd be more than happy to make that response available to you so that you could see the point by point discussion. again, there were important ibs about looking forward. there were several things in there that i must say quite frankly, mr. chairman, that i disagree with. one about the security briefing. as you know. i have a great deal of trust in the director of the national intelligence to tell us what we need to know. so that's just one example. the idea is as you mentioned, the idea about the picking of people who would be on. we did not get any indication of people he wanted to see. i can just say that i think the general principles brought up by dr. keim, i totally agree with. i just have to say for the record, i disagree with many of the things in his letter. >> no, i appreciate it and i thank you for it. do you have reaction that the moratorium should be extended and if so, for how long? >> i totally agree about an extension. the real critical issue is for how long. this i

dr. patterson. we have responded on a point by point basis to everything in that letter. we would be more than happy to make that response available to you so that you can see the point by point discussion. again, there were important issues about looking forward. there were several things in there that i must say quite frankly, mr. chairman, i actually disagree with, one of which was the concern about the security briefing as you know. i have a great deal of trust in the director of the national intelligence to tell us what we need to know, so that's just one example. the idea as you mentioned about the picking of people who would be on, we did not get any indication from dr. osterholm of people he wanted to see there that weren't there so rather than ti it for tat on that, i have to say for the record i disagree with many of the things in his letter. >> i appreciate that directness, and i thank you for it. do you have a reaction to dr. i think always suggestion that the moratorium be extend and had if so for how long. >> i totally agree with an extension of the moratori

dr. penny patterson, her mentor, invited me up, and so i went up there and she is in this whole house, thisul, big house, and there is a little office outside here with some mesh, you know, and wire, so penny put the stool up next to the wire and cocoa came over and just put her shoulder up against mine, and pretty soon she started, a floor to ceiling door, and she started pointing to the door and pointing to a shelf outside in the office where we were. penny said, oh, she wants to show you her new television set. yes. she turned on the television set. no, that was not what she wanted. she kept pointing. then she point to the door and then she would point up at this cabinet. penny said, i am sorry, cocoa, she picked up a set of keys and she points to the lock at the top and the lock in the middle and the lock in the bottom and so penny undid the locks and coco undid one of these things that hold it is together, and opened the door and came out, took my wrist. >> touch me again. >> took my wrist, and pulled me into her part of the cage and she sat down against the wall and made it obvious sh

dr. patterson. we have responded on a point by point basis do everything in that letter.e than happy to make that response available to you so that you could see the point by point discussion. again, there were important issues about looking for. there were several things in there that i must say quite frankly, mr. chairman, that i actually disagree with. one of which was the concern about the security briefing. as you know, i have a great deal of trust with the director of the national intelligence to tell us what we need to know. so that's just one example. the idea, as you mentioned about the picking of people who would be on, we did not give me any indication of doctor awesome of people he wanted to see there that were not there. so rather than go tit for tat on the i can just say that i think the general principles that were brought up by dr. keim i don't agree with. i just have to say for the record that a disagree with many other things in his letter. >> no, i appreciate that directness, and i thank you for it. do you have a reaction, to dr. inglesby suggestion tha