“The Obama administration has provided almost no public information abo...” — Barton Gellman Quote

“The Obama administration has provided almost no public information about the NSA's compliance record.”

“The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.”

“The NSA has different reporting requirements for each branch of government and each of its legal authorities.”

“I think the Bush Administration had basically inherited a policy toward Iraq from the Reagan/Bush Administration that saw Iraq as a kind of fire wall against Iranian fundamentalism. And as it developed over the 1980s, it became a real political run-a-muck... even though the Iraqis were known to be harboring Palestinian terrorists.”

“Everyone in our administration is going to cooperate.”

“I don't believe that the Bush Administration had something to do with September 11th. I do believe that there were a lot of warning signals, but I don't think they were ignored on purpose - Bush just wanted to go to the ranch for a month.”