“It would be ideal if we could have an uncontrolled flow of information. But we realized you can't do that.” IfsWould BeInformationIdealsFlow Author:John Poindexter
“You accept failure as a possible outcome of some of the experiments. If you don't get failures, you're not pushing hard enough on the objectives.” IfsHardEnoughAcceptingExperimentsObjectivesOutcomesPushing Author:John Poindexter
“I think if I had to do it over again, I'd do it the same way. I would just put more resources into getting the public diplomacy part much stronger than we were able to.” IfsThinkingWayAbleResourcesStrongerDiplomacy Author:John Poindexter
“I knew from the beginning that privacy was going to be a huge issue, especially with regard to applying Total Information Awareness in counterterrorism. Because if the technology development was successful, a logical place to apply it was inside the United States.” IfsStatesUnitedTechnologyUnited StatesIssuesSuccessfulAwarenessInformationHugeDevelopmentRegardPrivacyLogical Author:John Poindexter
