Collecting intelligence information is like trying to drink water out of a fire hydrant. You know, in hindsight It's great. The problem is there's a million dots at the time. Louis Freeh on intelligence
And I understand that, I testified in closed hearings over eight years because there are intelligence matters, there are sensitive matters that should not be held in a public hearing. Louis Freeh on intelligence
I am sure that in Canada the people appreciate this principle, and the general intelligence which prevails over that country is such that I am sure there is no danger of a reactionary policy ever finding a response in the hearts of any considerable number of our people. Alexander Mackenzie on intelligence
We worked to develop our own operations to advance U.S. counterterrorism objectives by penetrating terrorist safe havens and collecting intelligence that would inform policy and enable our own operations. Cofer Black on intelligence
The plan we developed to deal with al Qaeda depended on developing sources of human and technical intelligence that could give us insights into his plans at the tactical level. This is easy to say but hard to accomplish. Cofer Black on intelligence
Affairs of state tend to drive most presidents toward the center on both foreign and domestic policy, no matter where on the political spectrum they begin, and especially so in the areas of intelligence and law enforcement. David K. Shipler on intelligence
First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you. Pat Roberts on intelligence
That U.N. Security Council resolution requires getting Syrian troops and intelligence officials out of Lebanon so that the Lebanese can have elections here this spring that are free and fair and free of outside influence. Stephen Hadley on intelligence
But the same intelligence compels Germany to practise the same policy. Pierre Laval on intelligence
Intelligence we gathered at the time indicated that this was in fact leadership and we struck the leadership. Peter Pace on intelligence
You want to keep intelligence separate from policy. Bobby Ray Inman on intelligence
Another factor is the decision, made in 1976, to sharply divide the FBI and the foreign intelligence agencies. The FBI would collect within the United States the foreign intelligence agencies would collect overseas. Bobby Ray Inman on intelligence
The standard rumor at the time was that Rumsfeld, as chief of staff, had persuaded President Ford to appoint George H.W. Bush as director of Central Intelligence, assuming that that got rid of a potential competitor for the presidency. Bobby Ray Inman on intelligence
I never threatened him and no Syrian intelligence officer has ever pointed a gun to his head. Rafik Hariri on intelligence
Imagination is but another name for super intelligence. Edgar Rice Burroghs on intelligence
I believe that reforming our intelligence community is one of the most important things that we can do in order to ensure that our country is in fact safer, stronger and wiser. Richard Shelby on intelligence
The Homeland Security department doesn't have tasking authority in the intelligence community. They can ask for stuff, but they can't direct anything except inside their bureau. David Hunt on intelligence
Our men and women in uniform deserve the best intelligence possible to help them protect America. Chris Cannon on intelligence
I think we need to ask serious questions about how we engage militarily, when we engage militarily, and on what basis we engage militarily. What kind of intelligence do we have to justify a military engagement? Albert Wynn on intelligence
Pat Roberts and I both feel very strongly that when we get to Iran, that we can't make the same mistakes. We have to ask the questions, the hard questions before, not afterwards, and get the right intelligence. Jay Rockefeller on intelligence