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The hallmark of our country is decency, democracy, freedom and so forth. The other guys don't, ... But we have to maintain our standards.

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In the intelligence community, everyone does his job and you don't share the information unless there is a need to know. This could be a case where the right compartments didn't talk to each other.

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The bottom line is, I want you to continue to do what you do best - provide our country with close-in access to the plans and intentions of its enemies and provide decision makers with the information they need to make the tough decisions.

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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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Dysfunctional organizations do not take down or eliminate the most dangerous proliferators in the world ... nor do they aid in the disarmament of a country like Libya.

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There is a leadership problem at the highest levels of the Clinton-Gore administration about focusing on the need for intelligence, making the commitment and the hard choices to put the dollars there.

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At the Central Intelligence Agency, we are more than holding our own in the global war on terrorism, but we are at risk of losing a key battle the battle to protect our classified information.

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Things are going a lot better than the press has been reporting on virtually all fronts. We're going to be there for a while. It is dangerous, it is dirty, it is hot, it is not pleasant, but it is moving forward and the strategic doubt does not exist.

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asks for an investigation of those leaks, with particular concern that if there is any inappropriate leak coming from the United States Congress that we be so advised so we may take appropriate action.

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foreign policy team was all on the same page.

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The Iraq conflict, while not a cause of extremism, has become a cause for extremists.

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There is ... a very strong inclination by the current conservative leadership of Iran to make sure they can live up to the same levels as some of their neighboring countries, and some of those neighboring countries, indeed Pakistan comes to mind, have the bomb.

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The turmoil has left some employees shaken and has prompted former colleagues in Congress to question how Goss intends to improve the agency's capabilities and restore morale. The White House is aware of the problems, administration officials said, and believes they are being handled by the director of national intelligence, who now oversees the agency.

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I don't have a problem with the resolution's language because I think that we are the last nation, whether we like it or not, that has the capability to deal with some of these problems that are regional as well as global. I think we have to be engaged in it.

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We are developing new and creative ways to get more and more of our officers out of Washington. We do not serve our policy-makers if we are not in the places that they need us to be today and are not reporting from places they don't expect us to be -- but where they may need us to be tomorrow.

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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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if the president determines that such operations are vital to the protection of the United States or its citizens from terrorist attack.

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This agency does not do torture. Torture does not work. We use lawful capabilities to collect vital information, and we do it in a variety of unique and innovative ways, all of which are legal and none of which are torture.

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The need is obvious, ... As we start out today to do our job, we start out a little behind the curve because not enough people speak the languages we need. So we're looking for ways to fix that.

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no reason now, nor do we foresee any in the normal course of events in the future, why Newt Gingrich would be ineligible to serve as Speaker.

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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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This conference report illustrates how working together can benefit all Americans, both taxpayers and those who depend on federal programs. This debate is not about winning or losing. It is about treating American taxpayers fairly.

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may be only a matter of time.

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represents a grant of trust and an expression of confidence in the CIA.

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