The CIA credo is that the U.S. must always have the place of primacy among our interests,

One of the things frankly we have to do is demystify (the CIA) a little bit, ... You are not going to be James Bond if you sign up and five years later you're going to be driving an Aston Martin with a beautiful young lady at your side on the Riviera. You might be, but I'm not aware of that program yet.

Dysfunctional organizations do not take down or eliminate the most dangerous proliferators in the world ... nor do they aid in the disarmament of a country like Libya.

Intelligence-related issues have become the fodder of partisan food fights and turf power skirmishes, ... All the while, the demand for our services and products against a ruthless and unconventional enemy has expended geometrically, and we are expected to deliver instantly.

They very definitely would like to find out all our secrets so they could copy them and take advantage of them, either in terms of their national security, the modernization of the army -- the PLA -- or in terms of competition in the marketplace,

The jobs I'm being asked to do, the five hats that I wear, are too much for this mortal. I'm a little amazed at the workload.