During my tenure as DNI, it was my practice to defer to the FBI director -- both (former FBI) Director (Robert) Mueller and Director Comey -- on whether, when, and to what extent they would inform me about such investigations. James Clapper More Quotes by James Clapper More Quotes From James Clapper When I was commissioned in the Air Force, I was committed to the institution for a career. James Clapper careerair-forceforceair The Intelligence Community Assessment concluded first that President Putin directed and influenced a campaign to erode the faith and confidence of the American people in our presidential election process. Second, that he did so to demean Secretary Clinton, and third, that he sought to advantage Mr. Trump. James Clapper confidenceintelligencefaithpeople I did get a letter from the speaker of the House urging - enjoining me not to brief Secretary Clinton, and lots of cards and letters from people about not briefing Mr. Trump. James Clapper mehousecardspeople The history of the intelligence community is replete with violations of the trust of the American people. James Clapper intelligencetrusthistorypeople I have always accepted intelligence was an honorable profession. We are all mindful of the need to comply with our moral values and the law. James Clapper needintelligencemorallaw The first week in intelligence school, you learn there are only two conditions in life. There is policy success, or there is intel failure. There is no other condition in life. James Clapper youfailuresuccesslife The term 'Muslim Brotherhood'... is an umbrella term for a variety of movements: in the case of Egypt, a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which has eschewed violence and has decried Al Qaeda as a perversion of Islam. James Clapper groupislambrotherhoodviolence I think the founding fathers, in their genius, created a system of three co-equal branches of government and a built-in system of checks and balances. James Clapper thinkgeniusthreegovernment It is not the intelligence community's place to set and implement policy. James Clapper placepolicyintelligencecommunity I've long maintained during my 50-plus year career in intelligence that leaks endanger national security, they compromise sources, methods, and tradecraft, and they can put assets' lives at risk. James Clapper securityintelligencecompromiselong The most pervasive cyber threat to the U.S. financial sector is from cyber criminals. James Clapper mostcybercriminalsfinancial In the future, we will probably see cyber operations that change or manipulate electronic information to compromise its integrity instead of simply deleting the access to it. James Clapper futureinformationchangeintegrity In the end, we will never, ever be able to guarantee that there will not be an Edward Snowden or another Chelsea Manning because this is a large enterprise composed of human beings with all their idiosyncrasies. James Clapper humanendwillnever What I said was, the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens' e-mails. I stand by that. James Clapper standthroughcitizenssaid A key player with respect to sanctions is, of course, China. And so, if a military option were to be exercised, then obviously we would play very heavily in that process. But that's not a decision, fortunately, that the intelligence community makes. James Clapper intelligencerespectcommunityplay I was a part of the decision-making in the Pentagon, when I was the undersecretary for intelligence, to start CYBERCOM, both as a sub-unified command and under a dual-hat arrangement. That was never intended to be permanent in any event. James Clapper neverstartintelligencepermanent There is no requirement whatsoever for a security clearance for a candidate. The mere fact that a candidate is anointed by its party at a convention - that is all that is required. And it's not up to me or the administration to determine candidate suitability for these briefings. James Clapper candidatemesecurityparty In this job, I've found the less I talk, the better. James Clapper talkbetterjobfound ISIL particularly is very slick, very sophisticated, proselytizing and recruiting, and they are very astute users of social media. James Clapper verysocial-mediasophisticatedmedia The number one foreign policy goal of Russia is control of the former Soviet space. James Clapper controlforeign-policyrussiaspace
