Barton Gellman Quotes & Sayings (Page 11)

“Sudan expelled bin Laden on May 18, 1996, to Afghanistan.”

“The defection of Hussein Kamel was a turning point in the U.N.-imposed disarmament of Iraq in the 1990s.”

“Well-secured files don't do you much good if you lose them in a fire or hard drive crash.”

“White House officials acknowledge in broad terms that a president's time and public rhetoric are among his most valuable policy tools.”

“Why does it appear that interested readers so often attribute flaws to 'the press' rather than taking particular issue with particular reports?”

“A national security letter cannot be used to authorize eavesdropping or to read the contents of e-mail. But it does permit investigators to trace revealing paths through the private affairs of a modern digital citizen.”

“As Trotsky didn't exactly say, you may not be interested in electronic snoops, but snoops are interested in you, whether or not you keep Coke's secret recipe on your iPhone.”

“If you do write down your passwords, don't make it obvious which password corresponds to which account. Even better, write the passwords incorrectly and make up an easy rule for fixing them. You could decide to add 1 to each number in your password, so that 2x6Y is written as 3x7Y.”

“It turns out that American Express honors recurring payments even if the vendor is unable to supply an accurate card number and expiration date. An Amex phone representative said this is a feature, not a bug, which makes sure my bills are paid.”

“At Cheney's initiative, the United States stripped terror suspects of long-established rights under domestic and international law, building a new legal edifice under exclusive White House ownership.”