The intelligence community has done a lot of things to make sure that never happens again. And so, yes, it's true that was a big mistake. But we have learned from it and inserted, the intelligence community has, I should say, and injected a lot of safeguards to prevent that from ever happening again.
James Clapper discusses the improvements made in the intelligence community to prevent past mistakes, specifically referencing the Iraq WMD failure.
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Well, Anderson, that's exactly right. And this is what this whole issue boils down to, is will to fight.
Well, no, it doesn't. And the fact that none of this makes sense, but most acutely, I think, nuclear-related information.
I think the reason they were taken off the list was to provide an inducement or motivation for them to agree to some sort of ceasefire.
I think this reflects Russian insecurity. And it's almost like, Putin needs a rhetorical security blanket, of making threats, like this.
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