Richard Clarke Quotations

We want to provide the best possible entertainment for our fans and that means creating a winning team and maximizing their chances of success.

We want to provide a link between the classroom environment and what you are doing outside of the classroom.

The only new element in his statement is that they are planning an attack soon on the United States. Would he say that and risk being proved wrong, if he can't pull it off in a month or so?

We're competing in an Australian league and we have to cross the Tasman every second game, it's as simple as that.

Now then. I'm tense. Tight. Any tips from readers on how to calm the nerves during the final session?

I don't believe that the IT industry can't solve that problem.

I don't agree we've had a failure of intelligence. There's no basis for saying that,

He's alive. And some of us had begun to doubt that because we hadn't received an audio or a videotape in 13 months.

He seems to have been reduced to being a commentator on Islamic news.

It has been an enormous privilege to serve you these last 24 months, ... I thank you again for the opportunity to serve you have provided me and wish you good fortune as you lead our country through the continuing threats.

I will always remember the courage, determination, calm and leadership you demonstrated on September 11th, ... I will also have fond memories of our briefings for you on cyber security and the intuitive understanding of its importance that you showed.

Our goal is by the third week in October to open the full 20.9 miles of road for travel.

I strongly believe that politicians misjudged the amount of national and local sentiment about this issue.

The actions we are announcing today are an important first step in positioning Merck to meet the challenges the company faces now and in the future,

Merck will remain a research-driven pharmaceutical company, but we need to change our approach to virtually every aspect of our business and we must act with a sense of urgency.

Whether he is alive or dead almost doesn't matter because he has become a symbolic figure, rather than an operational figure.

Those letters are going out to Cabinet members this week.

The real threat in Pakistan, is that someone on the inside, someone in the Pakistani military or intelligence service, might be cooperating with the terrorists. It has happened many times in Pakistan and it is very hard to protect against an inside threat.

We are engaged in an ongoing effort to enhance efficiencies throughout the company and improve the way we discover, develop, manufacture and market our medicines and vaccines.

The government is willing to be guided by the principle that it won't achieve IT security through regulation. Congress and the federal agencies should be discouraged from trying to craft IT regulation into law.

You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success.

What people did when they were 18 or 21, I think that is pretty irrelevant. We have to recognize there are a couple of generations now who regarded marijuana use, while it's technically illegal, as nothing more serious than jaywalking.

What people did when they were 18 or 21, I think that is pretty irrelevant, ... We have to recognize there are a couple of generations now who regarded marijuana use, while it's technically illegal, as nothing more serious than jaywalking.

We do not know of any imminent attack being planned in the United States using chemical or biological weapons or using cyber attack techniques,

There's no iron law. But the law enforcement side, the intelligence side, will always want to eliminate the leadership.

There's nothing for our satellites to take pictures of.

is not a good spokesman for this issue. When he says things like 'Here's a warning,' then in the next breath says the president is doing a great job, that just raises suspicions.

People downplay the importance of cyber-security, claiming that no one will ever die in a cyber-attack, but they're wrong, ... This is a serious threat.

Now he never said, 'Make it up,' ... But the entire conversation left me in absolutely no doubt that George Bush wanted me to come back with a report that said Iraq did this.

You should want the highest form of technology and security for your privacy information, and frankly, we don't have that today.

You may not be aware but in government departments, no one does any work on Friday and most offices are deserted by 2.30pm. Consequently, the OBO team can rest assured they are not throwing sand in the over-oiled mechanism of the civil service.

This attack, which was the largest in terms of the bomb size to date, was meant to embarrass the United States the day before the president arrives in Pakistan.

They penetrate the armor of an M1 Abrams tank. They're shape charges. They go through anything, and they are very lethal.

This may have been the straw that breaks the camel's back with regard to attacks on fellow members of Islam.

They rehearse that, they train it, they do dry runs.

It was a very large explosion, and did very extensive damage, and shows a great deal of sophistication with explosives, ... There are some similarities that we see with East Africa.

It's a huge opportunity for Andrej and the Breakers. To be privy to their club environment, coaching strategies and training methods will be incredibly rewarding.

It's unlike him to say something like that. It doesn't necessarily mean that he has the capability to carry it out. But it would be unusual, I think, for him to say something and not be able to back it up in some way.

Do not hoard or panic, ... I see it looking a little better everyday.

(The number) ought to be visible and it ought to have to be in one place.

Everybody wants to know why they haven't attacked.

They were very large and did extensive damage. This one appears to have been very large and shaped so that the blast went into the ship.

On behalf of President Bush, we invite your involvement in drafting a national plan for information technology security. We in this country continue to be targets, and we have to defend our cyberspace.

I'm sure when President Bush arrives there, there will be very special extra security measures because if any place is going to have an attack on the president, it is going to be Pakistan.

If you put all the unclassified information together, sometimes it adds up to something that ought to be classified.

I really thought that letter was poorly stated and it irritated me.

He's saying that attacks will take place very soon in the United States. That's very specific. That's not the kind of thing that he says, I think, lightly.

He probably doesn't have much of an operational capability left. But how much does it take? It took 19 people to do 9/11.

This holiday card is a great way to inextricably link the hearts of New Yorkers with those of the people in New Orleans. The effort will have a great impact on the residents of Louisiana, as people in the affected areas see how much their friends up north care about them. It's a great gesture and we're proud to be a part of it.