Richard Clarke
Richard Clarke
irritated letter poorly stated
I really thought that letter was poorly stated and it irritated me.
armor shape
They penetrate the armor of an M1 Abrams tank. They're shape charges. They go through anything, and they are very lethal.
assured aware civil deserted friday government mechanism offices rest sand team throwing work
You may not be aware but in government departments, no one does any work on Friday and most offices are deserted by 2.30pm. Consequently, the OBO team can rest assured they are not throwing sand in the over-oiled mechanism of the civil service.
ought visible
(The number) ought to be visible and it ought to have to be in one place.
capability people took
He probably doesn't have much of an operational capability left. But how much does it take? It took 19 people to do 9/11.
claiming die importance people serious
People downplay the importance of cyber-security, claiming that no one will ever die in a cyber-attack, but they're wrong, ... This is a serious threat.
capability carry mean unlike
It's unlike him to say something like that. It doesn't necessarily mean that he has the capability to carry it out. But it would be unusual, I think, for him to say something and not be able to back it up in some way.
agree basis failure saying
I don't agree we've had a failure of intelligence. There's no basis for saying that,
form highest privacy security technology
You should want the highest form of technology and security for your privacy information, and frankly, we don't have that today.
breath good great next president raises says spokesman
is not a good spokesman for this issue. When he says things like 'Here's a warning,' then in the next breath says the president is doing a great job, that just raises suspicions.
eliminate intelligence iron law
There's no iron law. But the law enforcement side, the intelligence side, will always want to eliminate the leadership.
absolutely bush conversation doubt entire george iraq left report
Now he never said, 'Make it up,' ... But the entire conversation left me in absolutely no doubt that George Bush wanted me to come back with a report that said Iraq did this.
behalf continue country defend drafting information invite national plan president technology
On behalf of President Bush, we invite your involvement in drafting a national plan for information technology security. We in this country continue to be targets, and we have to defend our cyberspace.
attacks saying soon united
He's saying that attacks will take place very soon in the United States. That's very specific. That's not the kind of thing that he says, I think, lightly.