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> [One of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the counterterrorism problem involve other parts of the national security community - especially other elements of the Department of Defense, State, FBI, Homeland Security and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-poindexter/one-of-the-reasons-i-continue-to-speak-out-is-that-the-solutions-to/)

[John Poindexter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-poindexter/)

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## Other authors on Counterterrorism

## More by John Poindexter

> [TIA was being used by real users, working on real data - foreign data. Data where privacy is not an issue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-poindexter/tia-was-being-used-by-real-users-working-on-real-data-foreign-data/)

[John Poindexter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-poindexter/i-knew-from-the-beginning-that-privacy-was-going-to-be-a-huge-issue/)

[John Poindexter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-poindexter/)

> [I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-poindexter/i-think-it-is-very-difficult-today-to-have-a-reasoned-public/)

[John Poindexter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-poindexter/)

> [The problem we were struggling with within the closed market was what the incentive would be. You probably wouldn't use dollars. But those are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-poindexter/the-problem-we-were-struggling-with-within-the-closed-market-was-what/)

[John Poindexter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-poindexter/)

> [We wanted to be as expansive as possible to make sure we didn't preclude some good ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-poindexter/we-wanted-to-be-as-expansive-as-possible-to-make-sure-we-didn-t/)

[John Poindexter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-poindexter/)

> [It would be ideal if we could have an uncontrolled flow of information. But we realized you can't do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-poindexter/it-would-be-ideal-if-we-could-have-an-uncontrolled-flow-of/)

[John Poindexter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-poindexter/i-think-if-i-had-to-do-it-over-again-i-d-do-it-the-same-way-i-would/)

[John Poindexter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-poindexter/)

> [One of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the counterterrorism problem involve other parts of the national security…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-poindexter/one-of-the-reasons-i-continue-to-speak-out-is-that-the-solutions-to/)

[John Poindexter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-poindexter/)

> [Nobody - myself included - believes that we could ever achieve total information awareness. But the government needs to set goals and long-range objectives.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-poindexter/nobody-myself-included-believes-that-we-could-ever-achieve-total/)

[John Poindexter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-poindexter/)

> [I really believe that we don't have to make a trade-off between security and privacy. I think technology gives us the ability to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-poindexter/i-really-believe-that-we-don-t-have-to-make-a-trade-off-between/)

[John Poindexter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-poindexter/you-accept-failure-as-a-possible-outcome-of-some-of-the-experiments/)

[John Poindexter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-poindexter/)

> [Uncontrolled access to data, with no audit trail of activity and no oversight would be going too far. This applies to both commercial and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-poindexter/uncontrolled-access-to-data-with-no-audit-trail-of-activity-and-no/)

[John Poindexter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-poindexter/)

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