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Right after 9/11, I mean, every agency can give their own gradation, but a nice, popular rule of thumb is everybody doubled down. I ended up in NSA... →
A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas, and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.
Global security can be formed or threatened by heads of state whose wisdom, folly and obsessions shape global events. But often it is the security... →
When asked if I miss being in government, I usually try to lighten the moment by responding that I awake most days, read the paper, and then observe... →
It was a long, difficult summer of 2004. That was a leap year, so several things happened - the Olympics and presidential election. And right in the... →
My literal responsibility as director of the CIA with regard to covert action was to inform the Congress - not to seek their approval; to inform.
I used to have a little saying I used when people said, 'What are your priorities?' I'd give them a bit of government alphabet soup.... →
There is no part of the executive branch that more exists on the outer edge of executive prerogative than the American intelligence community - the... →
For all of its well-deserved reputation for pragmatism, American popular culture frequently nurtures or at least tolerates preposterous views and... →
I told them that free people always had to decide where to draw the line between their liberty and their security. I noted that the attacks would... →
When I was at the CIA I asked my civilian advisory board to tackle some tough questions. Among the toughest: In a political culture that every day... →
An intelligence analyst may attribute an attack to al Qaeda, whereas a policy maker could opt for the more general 'extremist.'
The use of these techniques against these terrorists made us safer. It really did work.
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