Intelligence agencies Quotes

The PATRIOT Act brought down the wall separating intelligence agencies from law enforcement and other entities charged with protecting the Nation from…

— Chris Chocola

[I will] totally dismantle every intelligence agency in this country piece by piece, nail by nail, brick by brick

— Ron Dellums

It is not easy for the courts to control the intelligence agencies. There has to be concerted and coordinated effort on part…

— Asma Jahangir

“It is only a mild caricature to say that the presumption behind the leaks is that the intelligence agencies in the West…

— Edward Lucas

Danger is a very rare commodity in these times, monopolized by intelligence agencies and stuntmen.

— William S. Burroughs

Our intelligence agencies have vast powers, and Obama used them illegally to spy on political opponents. This can't be allowed to stand.

— Tom Fitton

The United States has the most capable military in the world. We have the best intelligence agencies.

— Will Hurd

Nobody here is questioning the victory. I want to know President-elect [Donald] Trump doesn't believe the conclusions of 17 intelligence agencies.

— George Stephanopoulos

“The single biggest lesson of the whole Snowden fiasco is that America's own sloppiness made it vulnerable: whether to misguided whistleblowers, saboteurs…

— Edward Lucas

We are going to see a great number of articles in the future from so-called experts and public officials. They will warn…

— Mae Brussell

We have President-elect [Donald] Trump out there calling the CIA assessment that Russia was trying to help elect him ridiculous. He also…

— George Stephanopoulos

The day after the Republican convention ended, there was another political bomb that was dropped on the U.S. presidential election [2016] from…

— Rachel Maddow

For a President not to have confidence in, not to be prepared to listen to the myriad of intelligence agencies from defense…

— Joe Biden

Ever since 9/11, our intelligence agencies, as part of the 'war on terror,' have expanded their operations to include American citizens. I…

— Bob Beckel

The drug war isn't what purports to be. If you look at the whole operation and the tie-in between the American intelligence…

— Jerry Brown

In 1975 a Senate committee headed by Frank Church found that the [Central Intelligence] Agency had planned a number of assassination operations,…

— Jim Garrison

When I talked to [Donald Trump] about - our intelligence agencies, what I've said to him is - is that there are…

— Barack Obama

We also have to work, though, sort of the dark side, if you will. We've got to spend time in the shadows…

— Dick Cheney

You are also asked to take an oath, and that's the oath of service. The oath of service is not to secrecy,…

— Edward Snowden

There are some serious limitations in Mo Yan's situation as a writer in China today - just as there are for Jia…

— Pankaj Mishra

Representatives of the American intelligence agencies - and I hope they won't be angry - but they could have been more professional,…

— Vladimir Putin

My answer is that [Donald] Trump would not be permitted to win. Why do I say that? Because he's had every establishment…

— Julian Assange

We believe, from everything we have been told by the intelligence community, by 12 years of history with Iraq, by the experience…

— Colin Powell

Now, is it the case that Facebook is actually run by U.S. intelligence? No, it's not like that. It's simply that U.S.…

— Julian Assange

Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies.

— Aldrich Ames

Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior.

— Julian Assange

I'm talking about the finding in October that is public now of 17 different intelligence agencies saying Russia tried to meddle with…

— George Stephanopoulos

Everyone should understand that when they add their friends to Facebook, they are doing free work for United States intelligence agencies in…

— Julian Assange

You can't come up against the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and not accept the risk.

— Edward Snowden

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.

— Gijs de Vries

You can't come forward against the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and be completely free from risk.

— Edward Snowden

You can't come up against the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and not accept the risk. If they want to get you,…

— Edward Snowden

Yale has influenced the Central Intelligence Agency more than any other university, giving the CIA the atmosphere of a class reunion.

— Gaddis Smith

Since when is the intelligence agency supposed to be an air force of drones that goes around killing people? I believe that…

— John McCain

I strongly agree that a National Intelligence Director should be established to oversee and coordinate the 15 federal intelligence agencies.

— Jim Ramstad

Lieutenant General Michael Flynn ran the defense intelligence agency from 2012 to 2014. He served as a top national intelligence adviser to…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

We know that the Russian's interfered in our election and they did it to benefit President Trump. The intelligence agencies confirmed that.

— Al Franken

Congressman [Mike] Pompeo said he believes the intelligence agencies' claims that Russia hacked the US election.

— James Mattis

Across all U.S. intelligence agencies, there is a lack of cultural respect and a poorly tuned attitude toward foreign peoples and cultures.

— Malcolm Nance

John Howard's credibility on the entire Iraq war has been torpedoed by John Howard's own intelligence agency.

— Kevin Rudd