Email says that no, it is the governments of Saudi and Qatar that have been funding ISIS.

We have to be careful about applying criminal labels to people until we're very sure.

The whole universe or the structure that perceives it is a worthy opponent, but try as I may I can not escape the sound of suffering. Perhaps as an old man I will take great comfort in pottering around in a lab and gently talking to students in the summer evening and will accept suffering with insouciance. But not now; men in their prime, if they have convictions are tasked to act on them.

Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior.

We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against the organization for our work, and that is a difficult role. On the other hand," he said, "I get undue credit.

Every time we witness an act that we feel to be unjust and do not act, we become a party to injustice.

If you want a vision of the future, imagine Washington-back ed Google Glasses strapped onto vacant human faces - forever.