they did a whole lot of heavy lifting all of which -- and of course all of the staff here at wisner, there are a lot of moving parts here and a lot of thank yous are deserved. let me just close very finally with -- i mean, the threat unfortunately is with us. but i hope that after today's event you also know that there is a commitment, a commitment to mitigate the risk, minimize the risk and to ensure that we are giving the men and women who are actually doing the hard work the tools to get their jobs done. transparently, yes. but there's going to continue to be hard work and irrespective of how things play out in november, we need to make sure that those at the very pointy end of the spear get what they need to get their job done. i'm going to turn it over now to the deputy director of the central intelligence agency, david cohen. thank you, david. the floor is yours. thank you for the opportunity to work with you guys. it really is an honor. david. [ applause ] >> thanks to all of you for joining us today. >> we've reached the end of another terrific conference on the ethos and pro