Even Secretary Mattis, as dedicated as Secretary Mattis is to this country and particularly to the men and women of the armed forces that Secretary Mattis leads, even Secretary Mattis would at some point I think would have a tipping point if Secretary Mattis's completely cut out of things.

James Clapper

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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.

I can deny it. by James Clapper

I can deny it.

For the part of the national security apparatus that I oversaw as DNI, there was no wiretap activity mounted against the President-elect at the time, or as a candidate, or against his campaign.

There's no question this is going to set back and make more diffi... by James Clapper

There's no question this is going to set back and make more difficult cooperation with the Turks.

Our most important resource is our people, the compromises, decisions we've made, and then the budget reductions occasioned by sequestration or sequestration-like reductions is – the cumulative effect of all this is what I worry about and the reduction in our capacity. It's not as great as it was, say, a year or two ago. And if we continue, you know, these cuts, it will continue to have a negative impact.

Based on the pace and scope of construction at these outposts, China will be able to deploy a range of offensive and defensive military capabilities and support increased PLAN and CCG presence beginning in 2016, once these facilities are completed by the end of 2016 or early 2017, China will have significant capacity to quickly project substantial offensive military power to the region.

We assess that North Korea has followed through on its announcement by expanding its Yongbyon enrichment facility and restarting the plutonium production reactor, we further assess that North Korea has been operating the reactor long enough so that it could begin to recover plutonium from the reactor’s spent fuel within a matter of weeks to months.

Well some of it, to be honest, is misinformed or uninformed, i have to believe though that whoever is elected president, which has to be a very, very sobering realization, that some of that rhetoric would be tempered.

Such malicious cyber activity will continue and probably accelerate until we establish and demonstrate the capability to deter malicious state-sponsored cyber activity.

The day after [Greenwald] wrote about it, the program was shut down by the government of Afghanistan, which was the single most important source of force protection and warning for our people in Afghanistan.

Terrorists particularly have gone to school on the revelations ca... by James Clapper

Terrorists particularly have gone to school on the revelations caused by Snowden.

They've been funded anyway even with the sanctions regime, so I'm sure they'll get some money but I don't think it'll be a huge windfall for them.

So many times, the Chinese and others get access to our systems just by pretending to be someone else and then asking for access, and someone gives it to them.

There are, in addition to ISIL, probably six or eight other terrorist groups that have gathered in Libya. So it's a magnet because, essentially, it's ungoverned.

From an intelligence perspective, I think clearly we need to step... by James Clapper

From an intelligence perspective, I think clearly we need to step up our game.

The issue is the time it is going to take ... to get the ... fire... by James Clapper

The issue is the time it is going to take ... to get the ... firepower that will have an impact.

Unpredictable instability is the new normal. by James Clapper

Unpredictable instability is the new normal.

Homegrown violent extremists continue to pose the most likely thr... by James Clapper

Homegrown violent extremists continue to pose the most likely threat to the homeland.

It's very clear to me that the North Koreans don't have a sense o... by James Clapper

It's very clear to me that the North Koreans don't have a sense of humor.

I do think - the metaphor I always use - it's the role of intelligence community to stay down in the engine room and shovel that intelligence coal, and people on the bridge get to decide where to drive the ship and how fast and how to arrange all the deckchairs.

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