I have spent my adult life working in American intelligence. It has been quite an honor. Generally well resourced. A global mission. No want of
I must admit, my old tribe is not unanimous on the view I’ve taken, but there are other folks like me, other former directors of
There’s a bigger difference between the first and second Bush administrations than there is between Bush and Obama. That’s really true.
For all of its well-deserved reputation for pragmatism, American popular culture frequently nurtures or at least tolerates preposterous views and theories. Witness the 9/11 ‘truthers’
One might oppose the CIA program, but Abu Ghraib it ain’t.
The problem with cyber weapons for a country like ours is the ability to control them.
If Snowden really claims that his actions amounted to genuine civil disobedience, he should go to some English language bookstore in Moscow and get a
My literal responsibility as director of the CIA with regard to covert action was to inform the Congress – not to seek their approval; to
There is no part of the executive branch that more exists on the outer edge of executive prerogative than the American intelligence community – the
Americans are very practical folks. Accustomed to hard choices in their own lives, they are willing to give us in intelligence a lot of slack
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