Alas, the intelligence that lands on ministers' desks is not always accurate, nor the conclusions wise.
Typically it's impulse, rather than intelligence, that lands middle-finger extenders in legal trouble: students to principals, motorists to police officers, defendants to judges.
Yet he declared his unwavering confidence in the intelligence that lands on his desk every morning at 8, and in the people who provide it.
The former Russian intelligence officer landed at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire with Igor Sutyagin, an arms control expert who was also jailed for spying for the West.
Paul Michelman: Whether we cheer it or fear it, artificial intelligence has landed hard on the organizational doorstep, and its arrival as a business technology has generated a whole lot of noise.
British intelligence agents landed a job for renegade spy Richard Tomlinson with the Formula One motor racing team owned by Jackie Stewart, the former Grand Prix champion and friend of Prince Charles.
Asked about Wilkerson's comments, a spokesperson issued the same statement: "The US government has assured us that apart from the two cases in 2002 there have been no other instances in which US intelligence flights landed in the UK, our overseas territories, or the crown dependencies with a detainee on board since 11 September 2001".
Just this week, we saw Conversica, a company that has built a virtual sales assistant on top of artificial intelligence underpinnings, land a $34 million investment.
Just this week, we saw Conversica, a company that has built a virtual sales assistant on top of artificial intelligence underpinnings, land a $34 million investment.
"It is like a road map for a trip," says Lisa Caldas Kappesser, president of EQ Coaching Solutions and author of The Smart New way to Get Hired: Use Emotional Intelligence to Land the Right Job.
