To be cut out at the eleventh hour is annoying, and it's certainly not helpful,

we are a superpower, but we're not an aggressive superpower.

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.

Their capture alone would not be enough to eliminate the terror threat to the U.S.,

And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? / They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

We issued him the card at the eleventh hour and perhaps that's why he managed to sneak in.