50 Quotes by Richard Clarke

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.