Simply stated, the need for accurate intelligence and prescient analysis from CIA has never been greater than it is in 2013 - or than it will be in the coming years.

We are a nation of laws, and we will always act within the bounds of the law.

I go to bed at night worrying that I didn't do enough that day to make sure I protect the American people.

President Obama has made it clear that the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

We need to make sure that leaks of classified information, of national security secrets, needs to be rigorously pursued and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

We are in this business, whether it be intelligence or the government, to protect freedom, democracy and liberty, not to violate that.

The misunderstandings - or, what really bothers me are the intentional misrepresentations of the facts, which take place on a fairly regular basis. To think that we, people who are involved in counterterrorism, do not care about civilian casualties or deaths or injuries, is just totally, totally wrong.