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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This is the equivalent of the liberation of Paris in the Second World War,
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As a member right now on the Hill, I know the value of that and the importance of that,
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represents a grant of trust and an expression of confidence in the CIA.
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Singling out these individuals would send the wrong message to our junior officers about taking risks,
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the immediate release of the classified files as mandated by the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act.
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In other words, it has increased since then.
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Having watched the pride of some countries in acquiring the world-stage status of having nuclear weapons -- and what that has meant for nationalism and leadership ... it becomes almost a piece of the holy grail for a small country that otherwise might be victimized living in a dangerous neighborhood,
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This is just extremely important and it's going to lead to other very successful activities very shortly, I'm sure.
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Dysfunctional organizations do not take down or eliminate the most dangerous proliferators in the world ... nor do they aid in the disarmament of a country like Libya.
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the suspicion that maybe people are covering it up.
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Every day is a new day for the intelligence people. I would say that we are probably a couple of years away from getting through all the material and talking to all the people we need to talk to about exactly what was going on.
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This agency does not do torture, ... Torture does not work. We use lawful capabilities to collect vital information, and we do it in a variety of unique and innovative ways, all of which are legal and none of which are torture.
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This agency does not do torture. Torture does not work,
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This agency does not do torture. Torture does not work. We use lawful capabilities to collect vital information, and we do it in a variety of unique and innovative ways, all of which are legal and none of which are torture.