I am greatly saddened by the death of Cord Meyer, a passionate defender of freedom around the world, |
I have analysts in my building who are convinced that that's exactly what they were, ... and analysts with the Defense Intelligence Agency who tell me the opposite. |
I think the declassified answer, is yes, they can do that, |
I'm in the middle of a big debate, |
If one side does something, and the other side does something within the span of a security meeting, we can say we are into Tenet. |
In 1999, the Germans gave us a name -- 'Marwan,' that's it -- and a phone number, ... And we didn't sit on our hands, and I'm not going to go through the rest of it in open session. They didn't give us a first and a last name until after 9/11. |
Iran's success in gaining technology and materials from Russian companies, combined with recent indigenous Iranian advances, means it could have a medium-range missile capability much sooner than I assessed last year. |
last chance to exact vengeance. |
lawless zones, veritable no man's lands ... where extremist movements find shelter and can win the breathing space to grow. |
Let me say this. I'm the Director of -- I'm the Director of Central Intelligence. The President of the United States sees me six days a week, every day. I tell him what the American intelligence community believes, |
No one told us what to say or how to say it, ... We will always call it as we see it. |
one of the most immediate threats the United States is likely to face. |
Over the next 15 years ... our cities will face ballistic missile threats from a wider variety of actors -- North Korea, probably Iran and possibly Iraq, |
raised several concerns about the fragmentary nature of the intelligence with National Security Council colleagues. Some of the language was changed. |
rendered 70 terrorists to justice. |