If we are going to conduct espionage in the future, we are going to have to make some changes in the relationship between the intelligence community and the public it serves.

President Obama and his successors are dependent on the 100,000-plus people inside the American intelligence community - the people Edward Snowden betrayed.

In the intelligence community, a rumor was almost as good as a confirmation.

Dissenting analysts passionate about their positions are not unusual in the American intelligence community. Their presence - or even the rejection - of their favored positions is not prima face evidence of politicization.

Ashley is a truly amazing young person who possesses profound intelligence, sharp wit and a great sense of community obligation.

It's part of the warp and woof and fabric of DOD not to like the intelligence community.