The [Edward] Snowden disclosures created this perception that people's privacy was being put at significant risk..

The thing we've learned from the last 20 years of counterterrorism is the significant value you get from removing leadership from the battlefield in ….

I want the vetting to be solid. But I also want to bring these people in because not bringing them in sends a message, right, to the Muslim world and….

Do I believe Edward Snowden contributed to the rise of ISIS? Yes. Would they have gotten there without the help he provided them? Probably. Would the….

I'm concerned, too, about ISIS' ability, right, to infiltrate people. But we have got some very effective, robust processes for vetting people. We br….

One great lesson from history we need to keep on re-learning. It is that sometimes your adversaries tell you exactly what they're going to do. How ma….

ISIS went to school on how we were collecting intelligence on terrorist organizations by using telecommunications technologies. And when they learned….

If you were watching CNN, they were saying the NSA is listening to your phone calls. It's reading your emails. When you call your grandma in Arkansas….

As the briefer, my job is to carry CIA`s best information and best analysis to the president of the United States and make sure he understands it..

Donald Trump didn't even understand, right, that [Vladimir] Putin was playing him. So, in Putin's mind, I have no doubt that Putin thinks that he's a….

I worked with [Hillary Clinton] for four years very closely when she was secretary of state and I was at the CIA. I provided her - personally provide….

Look at it from [Vladimir] Putin's perspective, right. He's a trained intelligence officer, worked for the KGB, very talented, manipulated people muc….

One of the lessons we've learned from the last 25 years of terrorism is that groups that have safe havens are able to develop external attack capabil….

[Hillary Clinton] never misused [ information that the Central Intelligence Agency has]. She always protected it. I would trust her with the crown je….

The one thing that struck me right off the bat was what Donald Trump said about Benghazi.There is this view out there that [Hillary Clinton] lied abo….

You have to have a military and intelligence approach to removing leadership that results in rapid frequent removals from the battlefield. It's got t….

[Vladimir Putin] complimented him. That led Donald Trump to then compliment Vladimir Putin and to defend Vladimir Putin's actions in a number of plac….

Companies made these decisions about encryption when they were finding it very difficult to sell their products overseas because the [Edward] Snowden….

From Mr. [Donald] Trump's perspective, right, he simply heard [Vladimir] Putin compliment him. He then responded by complimenting him. He never thoug….

Intelligence officers are supposed to put the facts on the table and really walk away from the policy discussion..

What I want you to know is that 'Zero Dark Thirty' is a dramatization, not a realistic portrayal of the facts..