Bill Harlow
Bill Harlow
Bill Harlowis a Retired Navy Captain, author, and public relations specialist. He has been the top spokesperson for the Central Intelligence Agencyand worked in the White House dealing with National Security Media issues...
challenge community judgments notion standing
The notion that our community does not challenge standing judgments is absurd.
classified computer determined government hide involve loss misuse problem systems
It's a problem because it was a willful misuse of government computer systems and done in a way to try to hide from system administrators. We have determined it does not involve the loss of classified information.
attacks terrible
As terrible as they were, the attacks were not as spectacular as the 9/11 attacks. There weren't as many of them as there were in some other attacks.
certainly deceive possession shows time trying weapons
It certainly shows that he was trying to deceive the U.N., but it doesn't show that he actually had weapons in his possession at the time of the invasion.
aware cia confirmed details inaccurate official possibly
I am aware of no CIA official who would have -- or possibly could have -- confirmed the details of the New Yorker's inaccurate account.
computers immediate removal
The immediate removal of the unclassified computers used by Dr. Deutch,
bottom combat deal effort helpful line opportunity turned unsavory
The bottom line is we have never, never turned down an opportunity to deal with someone, even someone with an unsavory background, if we thought that person could be helpful in our effort to combat terrorism.
asked believe case face people related unsavory
Overall, we just don't believe we face inhibitions related to restrictions, ... There has never been a case when higher-ups were asked to authorize utilizing unsavory people that they didn't say, 'Go ahead.'
based learned lessons
Based on lessons learned from the Deutch matter,
responsibility shared
acknowledged that he shared in the responsibility for shortcomings.
absolute cannot certainty due likely quality tape
We cannot say it with absolute certainty due to the quality of the tape but (it) is most likely him,
addressing analysis community human intelligence issues past progress proud quite several time variety wide
We have been aggressively addressing some of these issues for quite some time and are proud of the progress and achievements made over the past several years in strengthening the human intelligence collection, all-source analysis and a wide variety of intelligence community programs.