The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That means power over the intelligence budget. And to be effective, to be allowed to do his or her job, they must have authority over the budget. less than 1 minute read
The 9/11 Commission strongly recommends that the National Intelligence Director be fully in control of the budget, from developing it to implementing it, to ensuring that the National Intelligence Director has the clout to make decisions. less than 1 minute read
I am committed to ensure that our intelligence community, law enforcement, medical professionals, and military have the information and funding needed to protect the American people from threats at home and abroad. less than 1 minute read
Dr. Rice’s record on Iraq gives me great concern. In her public statements she clearly overstated and exaggerated the intelligence concerning Iraq before the war in order to support the President’s decision to initiate military action against Iraq. less than 1 minute read
Anyone who relishes art should love the extraordinary diversity and psychic magic of our art galleries. There’s likely more combined square footage for the showing of art on one New York block - West 24th Street between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues - than in all of Amsterdam’s or Hamburg’s galleries. less than 1 minute read
When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the current months and years. less than 1 minute read
The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world. less than 1 minute read
If you imagine someone with 100 percent determination and 100 percent intelligence, you can discard a lot of intelligence before they stop succeeding. But if you start discarding determination, you very quickly get an ineffectual and perpetual grad student. less than 1 minute read
I am suggesting that we recognize that in network and interface research there is something as profound (and potential wild) as Artificial Intelligence. less than 1 minute read
But every time our ability to access information and to communicate it to others is improved, in some sense we have achieved an increase over natural intelligence. less than 1 minute read
