- Edward
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
What I said was, the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens' e-mails. I stand by that.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
A key player with respect to sanctions is, of course, China. And so, if a military option were to be exercised, then obviously we would play very heavily in that process. But that's not a decision, fortunately, that the intelligence community makes.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a part of the decision-making in the Pentagon, when I was the undersecretary for intelligence, to start CYBERCOM, both as a sub-unified command and under a dual-hat arrangement. That was never intended to be permanent in any event.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no requirement whatsoever for a security clearance for a candidate. The mere fact that a candidate is anointed by its party at a convention - that is all that is required. And it's not up to me or the administration to determine candidate suitability for these briefings.
- Cards
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did get a letter from the speaker of the House urging - enjoining me not to brief Secretary Clinton, and lots of cards and letters from people about not briefing Mr. Trump.
- Air Force
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was commissioned in the Air Force, I was committed to the institution for a career.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
The history of the intelligence community is replete with violations of the trust of the American people.
- Comply
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always accepted intelligence was an honorable profession. We are all mindful of the need to comply with our moral values and the law.
- Found
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- Nov 07, 2020
In this job, I've found the less I talk, the better.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
ISIL particularly is very slick, very sophisticated, proselytizing and recruiting, and they are very astute users of social media.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first week in intelligence school, you learn there are only two conditions in life. There is policy success, or there is intel failure. There is no other condition in life.
- Policy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The number one foreign policy goal of Russia is control of the former Soviet space.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
The country of Iraq is somewhat of an artificial creation going back to colonial days. And so you have the Kurds and then the Sunnis in the north predominantly and Shias in the south.
- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020
The term 'Muslim Brotherhood'... is an umbrella term for a variety of movements: in the case of Egypt, a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which has eschewed violence and has decried Al Qaeda as a perversion of Islam.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
If ISIL were to substantially increase the priority it places on attacking the West rather than fighting to maintain and expand territorial control, then the group's access to radicalized Westerners who have fought in Syria and Iraq would provide a pool of operatives who potentially have access to the United States and other Western countries.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is strictly personal opinion, not company policy, but I do think that we could do with having a USIA on steroids.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020