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“Dissenting analysts passionate about their positions are not unusual in the American intelligence community. Their presence - or even the rejection - of their favored positions is not prima face ev...”
“The 2007 National Intelligence Estimate that said Iran had paused its nuclear weaponization work also reported with high confidence that such work had been going on through 2003. How far did they g...”
“Intelligence collection is not confined to the communications of adversaries or of the guilty. Rather, it's about gaining information otherwise unavailable that would help keep Americans safe and f...”
“Presidents get to decide how their intelligence is served up to them, and it's the job of intelligence to adjust.”
“When the intelligence is making a policymaker too happy, he ought to challenge it, and even if he doesn't, the intelligence briefer needs to launch a red team against his own conclusions to see if ...”
“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.”
“Intelligence is often viewed as a profession that steals secrets and then knits those secrets together for policymakers in order to inform their judgments.”
“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.”
“CIA relies on a partner's focus, linguistic agility, and cultural depth; in return, the partner benefits from CIA's resources, technology, and global view.”
“The arc of technology is in the direction of unbreakable encryption, and no laws are going to get in the way of that reality.”
“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 practitioners, those rarely in the headlines but w...”
“Apple and Google want to create encryption for which they could not provide you the key. Their business model will not survive if the American government has a special relationship with them that r...”
“Anger can be a useful emotion; it's built into our genetic code to help with self preservation. But it can also be destructive, even when it is justified.”
