At this event, panelists discussed Al Qaeda's expansion beyond Afghanistan and Pakistan and the growing threat to the United States.

We are in bad need of intelligence reform, but Dennis Blair, the director of national intelligence, is too far removed from the agencies that might need changing.

There's a lot that the United States can do when it comes to Pakistan, but none of it can be done quickly. Nor can it be done without facing, as Admiral Mike Mullen did at last, the truth about the Pakistani Army.

Not only has the Clandestine Servicenot performed well against the Islamic extremist target, itperformed poorlyagainst all "hard targets" throughout the entire Cold War.

The Central Intelligence Agency is in need of radical deconstruction.

The late Jerusalem mayor had a special relationship with America's most legendary spy.

America's clandestine-service officers would defend us against the threats coming from the Middle East if Congress, the White House, and the press took cover more seriously.

If Washington is going to win the war on terrorism, it will have to focus on thwarting al Qaeda overseas rather than on boosting security measures at home.