James R. Clapper Quotes

I responded in what I thought was the most truthful, or least untruthful manner.

What I said was, ‘the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens’ e-mails.’ I stand by that.

We must remain mindful of the potential impact of over-correcting the authorizations of the intelligence community.

Some of you expressed surprise that I showed up-so many emails to read!

We're talking about nuclear war with North Korea. We're talking about Russia. Does it feel like the world has shifted? Are we all just in Donald Trump's reality show now?

The FBI is unique in that it straddles both law enforcement and counterintelligence.

I have sort of a visceral aversion to the prominence of the either active duty, in the case of General McMaster, or retired general officers filling political, civilian positions.

There's nobody that wants the president to be successful more than I.

I think, as a professional courtesy, when the president asks you to dinner, you go.

The first week in intelligence school, you learn there are only two conditions in life. There is policy success, or there is intel failure. There is no other condition in life.