We can no longer expect an Intelligence Community that is mostly male and mostly white to be able to monitor and infiltrate suspicious organizations or terrorist groups.
As a nation we have over the past seven years been rebuilding our intelligence with powerful capabilities that many thought we would no longer need after the Cold War. We have been rebuilding our clandestine service our satellite and other technical collection our analytical depth and expertise.
Not all intelligence can be artificial now so if we make a mistake the consequences are no longer simply located within an institution or a national culture.
It's not that I'm so smart it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Clouds come floating into my life no longer to carry rain or usher storm but to add color to my sunset sky.
I'm a better coach now than when I joined Celtic. The longer you stay in any job the better you become. If you lose your drive your enthusiasm your imagination that experience is no good.
Just about this time when in imagination I was so great a warrior I had good use in real life for more strength as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse but instead had myself to protect my brother two years my junior.
Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin's 'Courant ' it no longer requires a dystopic imagination to wonder who will have the dubious distinction of publishing America's last genuine newspaper. Few believe that newspapers in their current printed form will survive.
I don't want to go on much longer really. I think that would suggest a lack of imagination. A certain lack of dignity also.
When we can find some humor in our upsets they no longer seem as large or as important as they once did.