Porter Goss
Porter Goss
Porter Johnston Gossis an American politician and government official who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 until 2004, when he became the last Director of Central Intelligenceand the first Director of the Central Intelligence Agency following the passage of the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, which abolished the DCI position...
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citizens determines operations president protection states terrorist united vital
if the president determines that such operations are vital to the protection of the United States or its citizens from terrorist attack.
china eyes secrets trying
China has secrets they're trying to keep from the eyes of the world,
agency discipline experience greater skill utterly vital
No agency has greater skill and experience in this difficult, complex, and utterly vital discipline of intelligence,
frankly job last
This was long overdue, because as the last DCI, I can say that the job had become frankly too big for one person,
less matter might offensive ways worth
We need to have this surveillance, and if there's a way we can do it differently in ways that are less offensive to some people, that might be a matter worth discussing.
driven outside review
We will be a fact-driven, witness-driven review inquiry, ... We will not be driven by outside pressures.
governing operations paradigm return unilateral
Unilateral operations will return to be part of the governing paradigm for the CIA,
creative developing officers ways
We are developing new and creative ways to get more and more of our officers out of Washington,
patience tough
We've got to have some patience ... It's a tough job,
assigned field hot junior message officers operation send taking topic whether wrong
would send the wrong message to our junior officers about taking risks, whether it be an operation in the field or being assigned to a hot topic at headquarters.
activities alleged amount huge include subject
There is a huge amount of misinformation swirling about on the subject of detainees. That would include alleged activities of this agency,
choices commitment dollars focusing hard highest leadership levels problem
There is a leadership problem at the highest levels of the Clinton-Gore administration about focusing on the need for intelligence, making the commitment and the hard choices to put the dollars there.
against basically defend hope learn operations process willingly
What we can learn from him, I hope -- because this is a process which he may not participate too willingly in -- is basically what operations are out there that we can defend against and forestall,
close
What we do does not come close to torture,