Well look, CIA is an agency that has to collect intelligence, do operations. We have to take risks and it's important that we take risks and that we know that we have the support of the government and we have the support of the American people in what we're doing.

The political and substantive reality is that the agenda has to change. I don't think they have any choice.

I don't engage in hypotheticals.

I don't think there's any question that America is safer as a result of the bin Laden operation.

You don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on.

Obama really does recognize the threats that are out there; I think he understands the world. He understands the role of America in that troubled world.

If you're a terrorist, you're a terrorist.