My first concern is operational. I think it is a misnomer for foreign intelligence field work. Reducing the period by six months would be more difficult than anything else in the day-to-day operations because the operations sometimes take time, meaning that the information does not arrive on a regular basis. This administrative game that interferes in the process seems to be more like sand in the gear of the current operations of the organization.
On April 24th, 2018. See this statement in context.