Presented here is the text of my exclusive interview with John Negroponte.
Congratulations on your appointment to Director of National Intelligence.
Thank you. Actually its National Intelligence Director
Right. Anyway, what are the primary functions of this position?
Ummm...as of yet no one really knows precisely what it is I will be doing. However, I am qualified for whatever the job may entail.
Okay. I understand you are to oversee 15 US intelligence agencies.
Fifteen!? There are fifteen of them? Why? Shouldn't there be two? You know, domestic and foreign.
Probably...
Well, first thing I am going to do is get rid of thirteen of those agencies. No wonder no one knows what the hell is going on.
You are a career diplomat. How do you figure that experience will apply to this new job?
It won't.
I see. How do you plan to improve US intelligence gathering?
Well, I haven't really mentioned this before but...what I plan to do is implement an aggressive program to create an army of cyborg supermen.
Cyborgs, eh?
Yes. Are you familiar with the Terminator movies? What I plan to do is create the perfect intelligence gathering machine. I am picturing something like the T-1000.
So these cyborg spies are going to be made of self-repairing liquid metal?
Precisely. My cyborg army will be the most efficient intelligence gathering tool ever created.
Well, I suppose that begs the question of whether or not the technology even exists to create such a thing.
For the moment the technology does not exist. However, there is a bill in the Senate that, if passed, would declare that the technology does exist. The bill has bipartisan support.
How does the President feel about your cyborg agenda?
The President is only concerned with protecting the American people. If futuristic cyborgs are needed to complete the job, then he is on board.
He told you this?
Not exactly...but I know the President really enjoys the Terminator series. He was very excited when he found out the Governor of California was a cyborg.
You know the Governor is a human right?
Well, that's what cyborgs are supposed to resemble. They are made of a metal skeleton with an organic covering that looks like human skin. So yes, I suppose the Governor is "human". Wink, wink.
Did you just say "wink, wink" out loud?
Maybe, but you're missing the point. The point is is that my new cyborgs are not going to be like the Governor...the older model. We are going to make liquid metal cyborgs. Is this not making sense to you for some reason? I've clearly laid out my plan.
No, it, ahh, makes perfect sense. Well, I think that's all the time we have. Thank you for your time, Director.
Director? Of what? Oh right...the intelligence thing. Yeah, you're welcome... or something.
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