TIA was being used by real users, working on real data - foreign data. Data where privacy is not an issue. John Poindexter datumforeignissue Change image and share on social
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. John Poindexter acceptexperimentfailure Change image and share on social
Nobody - myself included - believes that we could ever achieve total information awareness. But the government needs to set goals and long-range objectives. Total information awareness is a good goal. John Poindexter achieveawarenessbelieve Change image and share on social
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. John Poindexter applyawarenessbegin share on social
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 both. John Poindexter abilitymakeprivacy Change image and share on social
It would be ideal if we could have an uncontrolled flow of information. But we realized you can't do that. John Poindexter flowidealinformation Change image and share on social
I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor. John Poindexter complicatecontroversialdifficult Change image and share on social
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 staff. John Poindexter communitycontinuecounterterrorism share on social
We wanted to be as expansive as possible to make sure we didn't preclude some good ideas. John Poindexter expansivegoodidea Change image and share on social
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 all questions that need to be explored. John Poindexter closedollarexplore Change image and share on social