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 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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Intelligence-related issues have become the fodder of partisan food fights and turf power skirmishes, ... All the while, the demand for our services and products against a ruthless and unconventional enemy has expended geometrically, and we are expected to deliver instantly.
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How did it come about that highly sensitive technical information was given to the Chinese? Why did the president ignore the national security experts who counseled against this deal? What damage has been done to our national security?
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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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What we do does not come close to torture,
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Our assessment is they have a greater capability than that assessment, ... In other words, it has increased since then.
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represents a grant of trust and an expression of confidence in the CIA.
I think our safeguards are in place and are working,
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that any one person or group of people could have prevented 9/11.
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Our intelligence -- the reason we have it in many forms around the world is to protect Americans at home and abroad, ... We do not fly legal lawful air missions in international space for the fun of it. We do it for our national security. Yes, there is, I suppose, some risk to all of this, but the fact of the matter is we need to have this surveillance. If there is a way we can do it differently that's less offensive to some people, then that might be a matter worth discussing.
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You just don't end up with a satellite up there that suddenly, magically gives you the kind of information you want to hear or see because you want it today. If you haven't planned for it about seven years ago, it probably isn't going to happen,
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We need to have this surveillance, and if there's a way we can do it differently in ways that are less offensive to some people, that might be a matter worth discussing.
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We are definitely going to be using new cover arrangements overseas, because we have to,
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We are developing new and creative ways to get more and more of our officers out of Washington,