--- title: "7 American Intelligence Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 American Intelligence quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best American Intelligence sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/robert-baer-33434_cia_i-don-t-trust-american-intelligence-you_571447.png" --- > [I don't trust American intelligence. You look at the torture report from the Senate: People inside the CIA are saying that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/i-don-t-trust-american-intelligence-you-look-at-the-torture-report/) [Robert Baer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/robert-baer-33434_cia_i-don-t-trust-american-intelligence-you_571447.png) > [In short, the hunt for bin Laden could not have been accomplished without every form of American intelligence-gathering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-bergen/in-short-the-hunt-for-bin-laden-could-not-have-been-accomplished/) [Peter Bergen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-bergen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/peter-bergen-1880_american_in-short-the-hunt-for-bin-laden-could-no_977952.png) > [“The surprise pointed up a continuing of American Intelligence. The various intelligence agencies poured a vast amount of information into Washington; they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-fehrenbach-2/the-surprise-pointed-up-a-continuing-of-american-intelligence-the/) [T.R. Fehrenbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-fehrenbach-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/t-r-fehrenbach-2-28136_sunday-morning_the-surprise-pointed-up-a-continuing-of_1001125.jpg) > [American intelligence and military agencies have a huge footprint in terms of how the world works, but they're largely invisible. I'm interested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-paglen/american-intelligence-and-military-agencies-have-a-huge-footprint-in/) [Trevor Paglen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-paglen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0da/trevor-paglen-4201_i-am_american-intelligence-and-military-agenc_1132130.jpg) > [One of the great intellectual failures of the American intelligence community, and especially the counterterrorism community, is to assume if someone hasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scheuer/one-of-the-great-intellectual-failures-of-the-american-intelligence/) [Michael Scheuer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scheuer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e8/michael-scheuer-7471_community_one-of-the-great-intellectual-failures-o_1345876.png) > [“correspondent in the Middle East, attaché William Yale. With that dispatch he was establishing a tradition of fundamentally misreading the situation in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-anderson/correspondent-in-the-middle-east-attach-william-yale-with-that/) [Scott Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/scott-anderson-16892_five-years_correspondent-in-the-middle-east-attach_1913804.jpg) > [When I was at the CIA I asked my civilian advisory board to tackle some tough questions. Among the toughest: In a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hayden/when-i-was-at-the-cia-i-asked-my-civilian-advisory-board-to-tackle/) [Michael Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hayden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/718/michael-hayden-30636_accountability_when-i-was-at-the-cia-i-asked-my-civilia_2529195.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-intelligence/#itemlist", "name": "American Intelligence Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't trust American intelligence. You look at the torture report from the Senate: People inside the CIA are saying that it doesn't work, and we're getting the information not from torture, but simply from questioning people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Baer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/i-don-t-trust-american-intelligence-you-look-at-the-torture-report/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/robert-baer-33434_cia_i-don-t-trust-american-intelligence-you_571447.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/robert-baer-33434_cia_i-don-t-trust-american-intelligence-you_571447.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/robert-baer-33434_cia_i-don-t-trust-american-intelligence-you_571447.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't trust American intelligence. 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The various intelligence agencies poured a vast amount of information into Washington; they knew the numbers of divisions, guns, tanks, and naval craft of potential enemies. But this intelligence could not be evaluated because Washington had not even one pipeline into official circles of enemy capitals; they could not even estimate what the potential aggressor was thinking or might do. This was no change from the past. In December 1941, American Intelligence knew that strong carrier task forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy had left port. But not understanding official Japanese thinking, the fact had meant nothing to Washington. The situation in 1950 was no change from the past, and there would be little change in the future. Now, Sunday morning 25 June, there were observers in Washington who recalled a similar shock on another Sunday eight and one half years before.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "T.R. 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With that dispatch he was establishing a tradition of fundamentally misreading the situation in the Middle East that his successors in the American intelligence community would rigorously maintain for the next ninety-five years.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Scott Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-anderson/correspondent-in-the-middle-east-attach-william-yale-with-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/scott-anderson-16892_five-years_correspondent-in-the-middle-east-attach_1913804.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/scott-anderson-16892_five-years_correspondent-in-the-middle-east-attach_1913804.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/scott-anderson-16892_five-years_correspondent-in-the-middle-east-attach_1913804.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“correspondent in the Middle East, attaché William Yale. 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