You want to keep intelligence separate from policy.

There is a very real and critical danger that unrestrained public discussion of cryptologic matters will seriously damage the ability of this government to conduct signals intelligence and the ability of this government to carry out its mission of protecting national security information from hostile exploitation.

You want to keep intelligence separate from policy.

Iraq is not about oil.

As best I can tell there was no advance warning of the attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, which was the first significant foreign terrorist activity in the U.S. No tip-offs that it was coming.

And Oliver North was really a good soldier, up to the last moment, shoving memos into the shredder and defending the policy to the end.

A great teacher never strives to explain his vision. He simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself.