It's very difficult to do an honest appraisal of a lot of people's personal and professional performance without demeaning them, and to do it fairly and in hindsight.
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It recognizes that much of this war ... is about winning the hearts and the minds of moderate Islam, and they are focused on it.
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This is not where we normally get information, ... But Porter is more than willing - and encouraging - to take a serious look at these sources to see what value they might have.
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If there are 100 reasons not to make this information available, I got every one of them. We have received a proposal that clearly demonstrates that the DNI is living in the analog age while the rest of us are in the digital age. At this rate, my grandkids and great-grandkids will be the first ones to see this information. And I don't even have grandkids yet.
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We are not in the business of maintaining our own set of contacts around the world, ... We can't do that not at all.
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