There is no worse place for an intelligence service like CIA to be than on Page 1, above the fold in your daily newspaper.

I was an intelligence officer for what was then 8th Air Force, B-52 Air Force.

If we are going to conduct espionage in the future, we are going to have to make some changes in the relationship between the intelligence community and the public it serves.

An intelligence analyst may attribute an attack to al Qaeda, whereas a policy maker could opt for the more general 'extremist.'

I believe we do have a great intelligence service. Is it good enough in all circumstances? Of course not. We live in the human condition. We try to make it better each day.

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 issues. And it was a hell of a ride.

The FISA Amendment Act of 2008 actually allows some of the things we were doing under the president's authority only against al Qaeda, it allows them for all legitimate foreign intelligence purposes.

President Obama and his successors are dependent on the 100, 000-plus people inside the American intelligence community - the people Edward Snowden betrayed.

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 as we make the hard choices our profession demands.

Presidents get to decide how their intelligence is served up to them, and it's the job of intelligence to adjust.

It's good to remind intelligence producers and consumers alike about the need to 'warn of emerging conditions, trends, threats and opportunities' and the potential for discontinuities.

Sounds like the effect of wolf’s blood to me, ” he said, winking at her.“You think?”“Attacking without thinking? Just reacting instantly? Yeah, that’s wolf mentality.

Empowerment isn't a buzzword among leadership gurus. It's a proven technique where leaders give their teams the appropriate training, tools, resources, and guidance to succeed.

Everybody's got some sin, but if it troubles your heart you're a gentle sinner, just a good soul gone wrong.

I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV any more.

I've been smoking nearly 50 years now. I just don't feel safe breathing anything I can't see!

The media, the galleries, the collectors - it's all very chaotic actually. The artworld doesn't have this defined corporate structure that people imagine.

I think it would be great to play a superhero. That will be one of my goals.

Never forget the importance of living with unbridled exhilaration.

Experimental science is the queen of knowledge.

My work is drawn to the political but avoids an agenda. There is no inherent critique or support.