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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we are maybe at the 5 or 10% level.
current indeed iran leadership levels pakistan strong sure
There is ... a very strong inclination by the current conservative leadership of Iran to make sure they can live up to the same levels as some of their neighboring countries, and some of those neighboring countries, indeed Pakistan comes to mind, have the bomb.
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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.
access believe immediate job president wants
He's got something that (agency heads) don't have, and that is immediate access to the president if the president wants to get this job done. And believe me, the presidential cache will go a long way on this one.
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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.
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,
china eyes secrets trying
China has secrets they're trying to keep from the eyes of the world,
patience tough
We've got to have some patience ... It's a tough job,
acquiring almost becomes countries country dangerous grail holy leadership living meant might nuclear otherwise piece pride small status victimized watched weapons
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,
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,
afford cannot changes
We cannot afford to make changes blindly, or in unnecessary haste,
people places
We are going to be in places people can't even imagine,
couple exactly intelligence material people talking
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.
driven outside review
We will be a fact-driven, witness-driven review inquiry, ... We will not be driven by outside pressures.