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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interested prisoners treatment whatsoever
This has nothing to do whatsoever with treatment of prisoners ... I'm not interested in any of that.
importance member value
As a member right now on the Hill, I know the value of that and the importance of that,
confidence expression grant represents trust
represents a grant of trust and an expression of confidence in the CIA.
junior message officers send singling taking wrong
Singling out these individuals would send the wrong message to our junior officers about taking risks,
classified crimes disclosure files immediate release war
the immediate release of the classified files as mandated by the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act.
increased since words
In other words, it has increased since then.
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,
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asks for an investigation of those leaks, with particular concern that if there is any inappropriate leak coming from the United States Congress that we be so advised so we may take appropriate action.
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.
assessment capability greater increased since words
Our assessment is they have a greater capability than that assessment, ... In other words, it has increased since then.
activity airplane cell certain electronic expect might nuclear people ready test warming
If you see an up-tic of electronic activity in a certain area, ... you might expect that something is happening. It might be a nuclear test, it might be conversations on cell phones, it might be people warming airplane engines, it might be people getting ready to test rockets.
authority cia community entire intelligence relating standards
CIA will have the authority to set standards for the entire intelligence community on things relating to (human espionage),
ambassador community continuing create critical hayden intelligence news relationships step strengthen welcome
The nominations of Ambassador Negroponte and Gen. Hayden are welcome news and a critical step in continuing to strengthen our intelligence community and to create even better coordinated working relationships and communications between the agencies,
human intelligence-and-intellectuals lead role
reaffirms our role as the lead for human intelligence.