the cia director william casey pitt he said [inaudible] you gambled that it might and you did it. more recently we have seen that agility and ethics. after the attacks of 911. only 15 days after the towers fell, cia for the first american boots on the ground in afghanistan acting on orders from president bush. think about that. only 15 days the cia's leadership didn't gather to look at proposals and they didn't think the president or send him with a recommendation, it acted. on day 15 an agent he was already stepping out of a helicopter in northeastern afghanistan, hauling a crate of weapons in a suitcase of cash and taking the fight to the taliban and al qaeda. the agency speed and agility are ingrained into who we are, it's in our dna. we look for it in the young people that we recruit. for me it is not a question of re-creating a culture that isn't there but clearing away things to get in our officers way and restrain them. it is about enabling the culture to/. the challenges of today require nothing less. change is a defining trait of our contemporary life. most organizations