UNITED STATES - JUNE 3: Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., speaks at a news conference in the Capitol on the Veterans Choice Act, which would provide veterans 'with greater flexibility and choice in health care providers and increasing accountability and transparency at the VA,' June 3, 2014. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

The Republican who may chair the Senate Intelligence Committee if his party wins control of the chamber in next month's election isn't too worried about CIA snooping on Congress, or about the agency's combative director.

Relations between CIA Director John Brennan and Senate Intelligence Chair Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) have been chilly since she revealed that the agency spied on Senate staffers who were working on a report about CIA torture tactics under former President George W. Bush. Some Democrats have called on Brennan to resign.

But Sen. Richard Burr -- a North Carolina Republican who could become intelligence chairman in a GOP-led Senate -- is much cheerier about the CIA and its leader.

“Dianne may have some problems with it, but I think we’ve gotten a full accounting of what happened,” Burr told Politico. “Listen, I think there’s some mistakes, but I don’t think it’s the first director that’s made mistakes.”

Burr's conclusion seems to be at odds with that of the Senate's own sergeant-at-arms. HuffPost reported Thursday that because the CIA erased crucial computer records, the legislative law enforcement body was unable to determine the full extent of agency spying.