We're talking about nuclear war with North Korea. We're talking about Russia. Does it feel like the world has shifted? Are we all just in Donald Trump's reality show now?

I responded in what I thought was the most truthful, or least untruthful manner.

What I said was, ‘the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens’ e-mails.’ I stand by that.

We must remain mindful of the potential impact of over-correcting the authorizations of the intelligence community.

Some of you expressed surprise that I showed up-so many emails to read!

The FBI is unique in that it straddles both law enforcement and counterintelligence.

I have sort of a visceral aversion to the prominence of the either active duty, in the case of General McMaster, or retired general officers filling political, civilian positions.

There's nobody that wants the president to be successful more than I.

I think, as a professional courtesy, when the president asks you to dinner, you go.

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.

Amazing tributaries feeding where the rivers will never flow....

A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat.

Awareness and ego cannot coexist.

We smile, because this is how we save the world.

It's the best. And the job site isn't too bad, either.

This is an example of hypocrisy

He was one of the many toads you have to go through to find the prince.

As to the gods, I have no means of knowing either that they exist or do not exist.

I'm fond of science fiction. But not all science fiction.

Language operates between literal and metaphorical signification