added a lot to the last two days and i would be remiss if i did not call out my friend admiral bobby inman as he has walked me through the minefields that can be the politics of the university of texas and has graciously worked with me as i have established my tenure here at the university of texas. thank you again very much. [applause] i am going to approach this a little bit differently. you have been looking at the first customer. now we're going to take intelligence and move it down to a tactical level. i hope to walk you from the tactical backup to the first customer. i have been asked to talk about why is intelligence necessary. i want to start off with a little bit of a thought experiment. in the world of special operations, one of the things we have to tackle often is hostage rescues. put yourself in a situation where you have a hostage and you have perfect intelligence on what is going on in the single room. you have a single room. there is a hostage. he is on the right side of the room. he is in a chair. he is bound. you know exactly where he is. there is a hostage taker on the o

thank you very much. [ applause ] >>> next we'll hear from admiral bobby inman, well-known to many of you as a professor at the lbj school of federal affairs. most pertinently, we have his extensive background as an intelligence officer at the most senior ranks, director of the national security agency, and deputy director of central intelligence under one of the most interesting characters to ever be dci, william casey. please. >> the sound is going out? good. as a career intelligence officer, you realize very quickly how perishable your sources are. how easily they're compromised, and you lose this, yem, you hav void. so, from the beginning, you want to get the information that you collected in the hands of those who can use it. but at the same time, you want to protect how you know it in the process. what was unique about the pdb was that it not only said what we knew, but it often also told how we knew it in the process. when i heard that the pdb was going to be declassified and released, my first alarm was what are you going to do about all those details of how we knew? and then

i also want to offer my gratitude to two outstanding ad of central intelligence, bobby inman for lending their insights and expertise to the panel discussion coming up next. and finally, i want to thank my very good friend and colleague general james clapper, the director of national intelligence and icon of the intelligence profession who knows more about this business than i would argue anyone else. president johnson made a point of keeping most of his speeches to a 400 word podium for a while so i can offer a few words on today's release and the enduring challenge of preserving our national security. on his first full day in office, president obama called on the heads of executive departments and agencies to build an unprecedented level of openness in our government. he made it known that giving the american people a clear picture of the work done on their behalf consistent with common sense and those legitimate requirements of national security would be a touchstone of his administration. in light of this new approach and pursuant to an executive order outlining new classification an

robarge: next, we will hear from bobby inman, a professor at the lbj school of public affairs. most pertinently for our event today, we have his extensive background as an intelligence officer at the most senior ranks. director of the national security agency, a major contributor to these products. and deputy director of central intelligence under one of the most interesting characters to ever be dci, william. please. >> [indiscernible] mr. inman: as a career intelligence officer, you realize very quickly how perishable your sources are. how easily they are compromised. beginning, you want to get the information that you have collected in the hands of those who can use it, but at the same time you want to protect how you know it in the process. pdb was unique about the was that it not only said what we knew, but it also often told how we knew it. when i heard that the pdb was going to be declassified and released, my first alarm was, what are you going to do about all the details of how we knew? and then i heard there was a lot of redaction, and i relaxed. >> [laughter] mr. inm