Richard Clarke Quotes (43 Quotes)


    This holiday card is a great way to inextricably link the hearts of New Yorkers with those of the people in New Orleans. The effort will have a great impact on the residents of Louisiana, as people in the affected areas see how much their friends up north care about them. It's a great gesture and we're proud to be a part of it.

    You may not be aware but in government departments, no one does any work on Friday and most offices are deserted by 2.30pm. Consequently, the OBO team can rest assured they are not throwing sand in the over-oiled mechanism of the civil service.

    If you put all the unclassified information together, sometimes it adds up to something that ought to be classified.

    I'm sure when President Bush arrives there, there will be very special extra security measures because if any place is going to have an attack on the president, it is going to be Pakistan.

    They don't get good information from Secretary Tom Ridge and the Homeland Security people. There's very bad communication, very bad messaging.


    Let's declassify that memo I sent on January 25. And let's declassify the national security directive that Dr. Rice's committee approved nine months later, on September 4. And let's see if there's any difference between those two, because there isn't,

    We do not know of any imminent attack being planned in the United States using chemical or biological weapons or using cyber attack techniques,

    The book Against All Enemies Inside America's War on Terror ... botched the response to 911.

    It's a huge opportunity for Andrej and the Breakers. To be privy to their club environment, coaching strategies and training methods will be incredibly rewarding.

    None of those traditional terrorist groups has yet to attack over the Internet.

    The NBL has a number of contingency plans to evaluate if the Pirates aren't involved next season, but we're certain our push for one dedicated basketball night will remain, regardless of who plays in the new 12-team league.

    The real threat in Pakistan, is that someone on the inside, someone in the Pakistani military or intelligence service, might be cooperating with the terrorists. It has happened many times in Pakistan and it is very hard to protect against an inside threat.

    There's no iron law. But the law enforcement side, the intelligence side, will always want to eliminate the leadership.

    Frankly, I find it outrageous that the president is running for re-election on the grounds that he's done such great things about terrorism,

    We have quietly gone after that organization, and we're picking it apart limb by limb, ... We are not done yet, but we will be.

    Dear Dick, you will be missed. You served our nation with distinction and honor, ... You have left a positive mark on our government.

    Our goal is by the third week in October to open the full 20.9 miles of road for travel.

    On behalf of President Bush, we invite your involvement in drafting a national plan for information technology security. We in this country continue to be targets, and we have to defend our cyberspace.

    I don't believe that the IT industry can't solve that problem.

    It has been an enormous privilege to serve you these last 24 months, ... I thank you again for the opportunity to serve you have provided me and wish you good fortune as you lead our country through the continuing threats.

    There was a time when we heard a bin Laden tape and assumed an attack would take place shortly thereafter somewhere in the world. That hasn't been the case for several years now, and the things he says very often don't happen.

    People downplay the importance of cyber-security, claiming that no one will ever die in a cyber-attack, but they're wrong, ... This is a serious threat.

    You should want the highest form of technology and security for your privacy information, and frankly, we don't have that today.

    Now he never said, 'Make it up,' ... But the entire conversation left me in absolutely no doubt that George Bush wanted me to come back with a report that said Iraq did this.

    It was a very large explosion, and did very extensive damage, and shows a great deal of sophistication with explosives, ... There are some similarities that we see with East Africa.

    This attack, which was the largest in terms of the bomb size to date, was meant to embarrass the United States the day before the president arrives in Pakistan.


    If we have an opportunity to disrupt a terrorist cell that could potentially threaten us, we do it, ... We are no longer going to wait for the attack. We are going to pre-empt, we are going to disrupt, and we have done that a very great deal.

    Now then. I'm tense. Tight. Any tips from readers on how to calm the nerves during the final session

    If Condi Rice had been doing her job and holding those daily meetings the way Sandy Berger did, if she had a hands-on attitude to being national security adviser when she had information that there was a threat against the United States ... the information would have been shaken out in the summer of 2001,

    He's alive. And some of us had begun to doubt that because we hadn't received an audio or a videotape in 13 months.

    His movement has transformed successfully from one organization into about 14 organizations that spread out across the world, ... Efforts by the Pakistani Army to go after bin Laden, the so-called spring and summer offensives, have again and again ended in failure.

    What people did when they were 18 or 21, I think that is pretty irrelevant. We have to recognize there are a couple of generations now who regarded marijuana use, while it's technically illegal, as nothing more serious than jaywalking.

    This may have been the straw that breaks the camel's back with regard to attacks on fellow members of Islam.

    I will always remember the courage, determination, calm and leadership you demonstrated on September 11th, ... I will also have fond memories of our briefings for you on cyber security and the intuitive understanding of its importance that you showed.

    The government is willing to be guided by the principle that it won't achieve IT security through regulation. Congress and the federal agencies should be discouraged from trying to craft IT regulation into law.

    The only new element in his statement is that they are planning an attack soon on the United States. Would he say that and risk being proved wrong, if he can't pull it off in a month or so.

    Those letters are going out to Cabinet members this week.

    We are aware now, over the course of the last two years, that several other nations have developed offensive information warfare units, organizations, tactics, doctrine and capability.

    He seems to have been reduced to being a commentator on Islamic news.

    inattention to the grave and gathering threat of terrorism before 911 and the president's preoccupation with Iraq.

    Whether he is alive or dead almost doesn't matter because he has become a symbolic figure, rather than an operational figure.

    I believe the Bush administration in the first eight months considered terrorism an important issue, but not an urgent issue.


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