Quotes about cia
cia navy seal
He is not a Navy SEAL and he's not a CIA operative.
cia days effect given hours house presented secretary text took totally white within words
I have no idea, ... That text was presented to me by the secretary only days before the presentation, and the secretary's words were something to the effect of, 'This is what the White House has given us.' And that was the text I took to the CIA and within 16 hours had totally discarded because it was garbage.
cia dark noticing people side third
The CIA is blinded, too, by the squeamishness that many liberal-minded people feel about noticing the dark side of third world cultures. Richard Perle
cia heart integrity
They go to the heart and integrity of the CIA enterprise.
cia classified commitment documents information largest longer needs passage possible reflects release releasing time
this is the largest release of formerly classified CIA documents ever. It reflects my commitment to be as forward-leaning as possible in releasing information that with the passage of time no longer needs to be protected. George Tenet
cia director experience fbi judge
unparalleled experience as a judge and prosecutor, and as director of the FBI and of the CIA makes him a superb choice. Paul Sarbanes
cia good man might pleasure remembers restoring speak terms wonder work
As an old man who remembers the intellectual exhilaration and the pleasure of having done good work that characterized the CIA when it was young, I wonder if it might not be better to speak and think in terms of restoring its culture.
cia direction disease
Our direction does not come from the CIA to investigate a disease outbreak.
cia-agents thieves criminals
40 million Russians are convinced that I am a scoundrel, a thief, a criminal or a CIA agent, who deserves to be shot, hanged or drawn and quartered. Anatoly Chubais
cia experience national spies three worked
I was with the CIA for only three years. I worked in the Directorate of Operations, which is now called the National Clandestine Service. It's the part of the organization where the spies live. I didn't have much experience beyond the training. Barry Eisler
cia destroy eighth government officials series tapes villains wrote
When I wrote my eighth thriller, 'Inside Out,' in 2009, the villains were a group of CIA and other government officials who colluded to destroy a series of tapes depicting Americans torturing war-on-terror prisoners.
cia fbi freedom intelligence keeping life military practice preserving rest safe since standard terrorist thinks
Because of the terrorist threat, the FBI and CIA have become as important as the military in preserving our freedom. Yet while thanking our military is standard practice in American life, no one thinks of thanking the FBI, the CIA, or the rest of the intelligence community for keeping us safe since 9/11.
cia discuss fitzgerald interview mass november office officials weapons wife worked
I was first contacted by Fitzgerald's office on November 3 after one of these (three) officials went to Fitzgerald to discuss an interview with me in mid-June 2003 during which the person told me Wilson's wife worked for the CIA on weapons of mass destruction as a WMD analyst, Bob Woodward
cia fbi patriot perceived preventing since torn wall
Since 9/11, the U.S.A. Patriot Act has torn down the invisible wall that was perceived as preventing the FBI and CIA from sharing information.
cia covert inform literal regard responsibility seek
My literal responsibility as director of the CIA with regard to covert action was to inform the Congress - not to seek their approval; to inform. Michael Hayden
cia french intelligence intelligence-and-intellectuals neither nor seems
Neither the CIA nor French intelligence seems to be cooperating.
cia four happened public terrible
My biggest, you know, regret is what happened in Benghazi. It was a terrible tragedy losing four Americans - two diplomats and, now it's public so I can say, two CIA operatives. Hillary Clinton
cia conclusion conditions job moral referred taking took
When I took on this job I had a set of conditions to do it because I was essentially taking on the moral hazard, as I've referred to it, for the CIA. That is, it was a CIA conclusion that there were weapons.
cia clear denied proof
The proof is completely clear and the CIA has never denied it.
cia cold credit dr full harold mapping professor russian spy university war worked
I give my grandfather, Dr Harold Young, a forestry Professor at the University of Maine, full credit for my career path. He pioneered the use of aerial photography in forestry in the 1950s, and we think he worked as a spy for the CIA during the Cold War, mapping Russian installations.
cia defense department eager sights step
The Department of Defense is very eager to step up its involvement in counterterrorism activities, and it has set its sights on traditional CIA operational responsibilities and authorities.
cia four nations north russia samples smallpox
The CIA now assesses that four nations - Iraq, North Korea, Russia and, to the surprise of some specialists, France - have undeclared samples of the smallpox virus. Barton Gellman
cia needed
I think cleaning house at the CIA needed to happen. Pete Hoekstra
cia seems
From the outside, the CIA seems pretty exotic, but from the inside, it's a big, bureaucratic place. Think 'post office with spies.'