We wanted to be as expansive as possible to make sure we didn't preclude some good ideas.
John PoindexterYou accept failure as a possible outcome of some of the experiments. If you don't get failures, you're not pushing hard enough on the objectives.
John PoindexterOne of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the counterterrorism problem involve other parts of the national security community - especially other elements of the Department of Defense, State, FBI, Homeland Security and the staff.
John PoindexterI really believe that we don't have to make a trade-off between security and privacy. I think technology gives us the ability to have both.
John Poindexter