How does this misunderstanding about torture affect our most valuable national security resources--the young men and women who volunteer to service in the military or the intelligence agencies?

We don't glorify torture and killing, and there won't be torture on my watch.

It's torture. And the great majority of the interrogation community believes that's not the best way to get actionable intelligence in the first place.

You know the saying that war is old men sending young men out to die, and the older men often, I think, tend to be a little more aware of the penalties and the dangers and perhaps are a bit conservative.

It's already done great damage to our national security, both as a poor interrogation tool and as a boon to terrorist recruitment worldwide.

Where do you see that? Is it because of the nuclear power thing? Does it go beyond that?

the long-standing principle that those who have borne the battle have earned a statutory right to the benefit of the doubt when doubt arises in their disability claims is the backbone of our great system.

These folks feel--and I think that when I saw Citigroup's, your report to Congress, you mentioned here since receiving the first installment of TARP, Citi has made plans to expand its lending activities further and extend affordable credit…

I have disagreed strongly with the direction of the administration.

Can you remember any discussions, finally, in which you felt that the safety and security of the American people was not the absolute, number one priority of everyone with whom you worked and have worked?

I think one of the qualities that you bring is this enormous array of experiences you've had, including a great deal of intelligence.

Our greatest weapon is our moral authority and our stature and the view that we always abide by the Constitution.

notification is at the heart of that?

It's an important question. When is it that you have to in fact adhere, if that is the case at all, to a more select group of people simply because information is so explosive or so imminent or so timely that you adhere to a gang of eight…

I ask you to work closely with us to ensure that our nation always has accurate, reliable information, and that it's collected in a way that makes this country proud, and is analyzed without the taint of political influence.

the whole point of it was all about cyber security. He views it as the premier national security problem.

But my main worry is the security of our country's critical infrastructure--our electric power grid.

To ensure this, secret intelligence activities must be subject to rigorous congressional oversight.