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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What we do does not come close to torture,
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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,
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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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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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the immediate release of the classified files as mandated by the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act.
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This was long overdue, because as the last DCI, I can say that the job had become frankly too big for one person,
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We've got to have some patience ... It's a tough job,
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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.
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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.