“As we look out into the future, the most valuable information is not only going to come from the top down - where most of it's coming from now, from overseas - but also from the bottom up. We need to be sure that we don't just have the right communications and technology, but also the right training in terms of analysis.”
“The last thing we can afford to do is give another reason for the intelligence and law-enforcement communities not to share info with its customers on the front lines, ... Culturally these communities have adhered to the 'need to know' - in order to protect sources, methods, preserve criminal investigations, etc. [But] we've got to provide incentives to ensure the 'need to share.' ”
“We'll never be in a position where we can protect everything, all the time. We can't afford it, and we don't want to infringe on the values we're trying to preserve.”
“You want to go beyond simply guards, guns, gates. You want things that have a capacity on the equipment side to last. It's making sure that what you buy can actually be sustained.”
“It's so much more complicated than everyone's making it out to be. The federal response has been quite coordinated. It's how it interfaces with the state and local.”
