John A. Gentry

Well, it is hard.

It's also a responsibility of citizenship.

And again, I'm not confident that I can defend myself against all of this, so I'm not suggesting that perfection is the goal here.

You can learn a little bit more, you can be a little bit more defensively oriented, and every little bit helps.

But one thing you can do, I think, to be easier, and that's to keep an eye out for clear collaboration between intelligence officers and the press.

And if you see that, then be skeptical of what's coming out of it.

Well, it depends on the issue.

So what people have done over the years, many years, going back a long time, is talk analytically and talk professionally.

And that is fine.

The issue, the problem is when the press gets people like, again, John Brennan, Clapper, Hayden, Morrell, and so on, and they are, in essence, pushing a partisan perspective.

So what I have tried very hard to do in our discussion is be analytical.

So I've not made a point of saying that any one presidential candidate is good, bad, or indifferent, have I?

I don't think.

And that's on purpose.

So what I'm trying to do is talk about how intelligence works in the political process and try to be analytical and objective in that sense.

Yeah.

And that's not just from the left.

I mean, there's some stuff that's coming from all across the spectrum that is really not close to right.

So be careful.