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 Read Quote
ISIL particularly is very slick, very sophisticated, proselytizing and recruiting, and they are very astute users of social media. James Clapper Read Quote
The most pervasive cyber threat to the U.S. financial sector is from cyber criminals. James Clapper Read Quote
This is strictly personal opinion, not company policy, but I do think that we could do with having a USIA on steroids. James Clapper Read Quote
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. James Clapper Read Quote
The Russians are bent on establishing both a presence in the Western Hemisphere, and they’re looking for opportunities to expand military cooperation: sell equipment, air bases, as well as intelligence gathering facilities. James Clapper Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I had served in the Republic of Korea in the early ’80s while I was on active duty as a director of intelligence for U.S. forces Korea, and kind of followed developments on the peninsula ever since. James Clapper Read Quote
The reason that ISIL was so successful, yes, it had to do with their capabilities and prowess on the battlefield, but they were dealing with a receptive constituency in northern Iraq because of the intense hatred of the Maliki government, which of course is imposing the Shia view on them. James Clapper Read Quote
