Facts about John Poindexter

Occup.Public Servant
FromUSA
BornAugust 12, 1936
Age87 years

Summary

John Poindexter is a famous Public Servant from USA, he/she is 87 years old and still alive, born August 12, 1936.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac leo, who is known for Ruling, Warmth, Generosity, Faithful, Initiative. Our collection contains 12 quotes who is written / told by John.

12 Famous quotes by John Poindexter

Small: You accept failure as a possible outcome of some of the experiments. If you dont get failures, youre no
"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"
Small: Uncontrolled access to data, with no audit trail of activity and no oversight would be going too far.
"Uncontrolled access to data, with no audit trail of activity and no oversight would be going too far. This applies to both commercial and government use of data about people"
Small: It would be ideal if we could have an uncontrolled flow of information. But we realized you cant do tha
"It would be ideal if we could have an uncontrolled flow of information. But we realized you can't do that"
Small: I really believe that we dont have to make a trade-off between security and privacy. I think technology
"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"
Small: The problem we were struggling with within the closed market was what the incentive would be. You proba
"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"
Small: I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject.
"I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor"
Small: I knew from the beginning that privacy was going to be a huge issue, especially with regard to applying
"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"
Small: I think if I had to do it over again, Id do it the same way. I would just put more resources into getti
"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"
Small: We wanted to be as expansive as possible to make sure we didnt preclude some good ideas
"We wanted to be as expansive as possible to make sure we didn't preclude some good ideas"
Small: One of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the counterterrorism problem involv
"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"
Small: TIA was being used by real users, working on real data - foreign data. Data where privacy is not an iss
"TIA was being used by real users, working on real data - foreign data. Data where privacy is not an issue"
Small: Nobody - myself included - believes that we could ever achieve total information awareness. But the gov
"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"