An intelligence analyst may attribute an attack to al Qaeda, whereas a policy maker could opt for the more general 'extremist.'

I was an intelligence officer for what was then 8th Air Force, B-52 Air Force.

There is no worse place for an intelligence service like CIA to be than on Page 1, above the fold in your daily newspaper.

If we are going to conduct espionage in the future, we are going to have to make some changes in the relationship between the intelligence community and the public it serves.

I believe we do have a great intelligence service. Is it good enough in all circumstances? Of course not. We live in the human condition. We try to make it better each day.

I have spent my adult life working in American intelligence. It has been quite an honor. Generally well resourced. A global mission. No want of issues. And it was a hell of a ride.

The FISA Amendment Act of 2008 actually allows some of the things we were doing under the president's authority only against al Qaeda, it allows them for all legitimate foreign intelligence purposes.

President Obama and his successors are dependent on the 100, 000-plus people inside the American intelligence community - the people Edward Snowden betrayed.

Americans are very practical folks. Accustomed to hard choices in their own lives, they are willing to give us in intelligence a lot of slack as we make the hard choices our profession demands.

Presidents get to decide how their intelligence is served up to them, and it's the job of intelligence to adjust.

It's good to remind intelligence producers and consumers alike about the need to 'warn of emerging conditions, trends, threats and opportunities' and the potential for discontinuities.

Stereotypes are fast and easy, but they are lies, and the truth takes its time.

It's interesting to see people overcome things. Because if you didn't overcome, you wouldn't be writing it.

I would rather die than let my kid eat Cup-a-Soup.

The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person after their wealth is won than when they started.

The idea of negotiating with the President of the United States runs contrary to everything that the Republicans have done since January 20, 2009.

Architects cannot teach nature anything.

because talent alone doesn't make an artist

Technology, and applications of this technology, will continue to improve and evolve, providing unprecedented, global access to information, individuals, training, and opportunities.

When your a kid,everybody runs around witha red cape-we all wanted to be SUPERMAN or BATMAN.

We tend to Seek Happiness when Happiness is actually a Choice