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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junior message officers send singling taking wrong
Singling out these individuals would send the wrong message to our junior officers about taking risks,
absolute beginning drives hard inventory surely taken understanding
My understanding is that the last, absolute inventory that was taken -- that surely established where these hard drives were -- was part of the Y2K survey, which would be at the beginning of the year.
agency discipline experience greater skill utterly vital
No agency has greater skill and experience in this difficult, complex, and utterly vital discipline of intelligence,
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One of the things frankly we have to do is demystify (the CIA) a little bit, ... You are not going to be James Bond if you sign up and five years later you're going to be driving an Aston Martin with a beautiful young lady at your side on the Riviera. You might be, but I'm not aware of that program yet.
doubt forward moving press reporting strategic virtually
Things are going a lot better than the press has been reporting on virtually all fronts. We're going to be there for a while. It is dangerous, it is dirty, it is hot, it is not pleasant, but it is moving forward and the strategic doubt does not exist.
covering maybe people suspicion
the suspicion that maybe people are covering it up.
human intelligence-and-intellectuals lead role
reaffirms our role as the lead for human intelligence.
aid country dangerous eliminate nor
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.
discuss huge kosovo
It would be a huge embarrassment for us not to discuss the Kosovo situation.
aggressive
we are a superpower, but we're not an aggressive superpower.
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no reason now, nor do we foresee any in the normal course of events in the future, why Newt Gingrich would be ineligible to serve as Speaker.
equivalent liberation paris second
This is the equivalent of the liberation of Paris in the Second World War,
board cia great individual judge report
After great consideration of this report and its conclusions, I will not convene an accountability board to judge the performances of any individual CIA officers,
develop ethics hands judgment law means putting within
So we have to, within the law and within all the requirements of our professional ethics in this profession, develop agility. And that means putting a lot of judgment in the hands of individuals overseas.