All the governments just want to have more power when it comes to economic espionage, diplomatic manipulation and political influence. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
“Limp finally spoke. “Do you think you could kill a person and not get all crazy about it?” — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“Like a black hole, NSA pulls in every signal that comes near, but no electron is ever allowed to escape.” — James Bamford Copy Share Image
Once you've lived the inside-out world of espionage, you never shed it. It's a mentality, a double standard of existence. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent. — Aldrich Ames Copy Share Image
“Ordinary people can do extraordinary things that can change the course of history.” — Jonathan Dyer Copy Share Image
When you're dealing with espionage and covert affairs, sometimes the secret is more exciting than the knowledge. — Jeffrey Donovan Copy Share Image
“Nothing can stop an enemy from picking wireless messages out of the free air - and nothing did.” — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Havens turned again. Someone else passed between the trucks. That someone walked with less purpose than the other workers near the stalls.… — J.T. Patten Copy Share Image
What the press never does say is who the leaker is and why he wants the story leaked. Yet, more often than… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
“He motioned for Elpidio to sit down after watching him pace the room in circles. Elpidio pulled out a chair and admitted,… — Carolyn M. Bowen Copy Share Image
I was trained in Army Intelligence, but spent most of my army career in the infantry. But like many people of my… — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
“Cono felt embarrassed by the thought that he might have been just another pitiful orphan trying to turn his friends into family,… — Victor Robert Lee Copy Share Image
The Espionage Act is very broadly written. It doesn't make distinguish - or it doesn't make distinctions between categories of people that… — Asha Rangappa Copy Share Image
“I think all artists struggle to represent the geometry of life in their own way, just like writers deal with archetypes. There… — Henry Mosquera Copy Share Image
“Believing in a conspiracy theory is one strategy people use to regain a sense of control, even if the conspiracy theory is… — Oscar Auliq-Ice Junior Copy Share Image
In terms of my conversations with [Vladimir] Putin, these are conversations that took place before the election. As I indicated, there has… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Have you ever been or are you now involved in espionage or sabotage, or in terrorist activities, or in genocide? I think… — Claire North Copy Share Image
With what moral authority can [the US] speak of human rights... the rulers of a nation in which the millionaire and beggar… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
“McGrath smoothed his hair with the flat of his hand. He was silently gazing along the copper colored pathway as though it… — Mark Arundel Copy Share Image
“I'm not a spy, I'm an agent. There's a difference. I'm protecting you, not that you seem to be grateful." "You're protecting… — Axel Avian Copy Share Image
We need to make sure that whenever we're engaging in a cyber-warfare campaign, a cyber-espionage campaign in the United States, that we… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
“The pistol had been one hell of a find, because it hadn't quite been what she'd thought it was at first blush.… — Greg Rucka Copy Share Image
With what moral authority can they speak of human rights - the rulers of a nation in which the millionaire and beggar… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
“Being a spy was something like standing on the south shore fending off a hurricane with a $2 poncho and an umbrella.” — Lynn Blackmar Copy Share Image
Internet: privacy at total risk. I begin to think it's time for us to start spying on ourselves. — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
It takes a very strong head to keep secrets for years and not go slightly mad. It isn't wise to be advised… — C.P. Snow Copy Share Image
It's easy to forget what intelligence consists of: luck and speculation. Here and there a windfall, here and there a scoop. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Kink isn't a crime; conspiring with a foreign power to commit espionage, fix election is. Stay focused. — Justin Miller Copy Share Image
In civilizations without boats, dreams dry up, espionage takes the place of adventure and the police take the place of pirates. — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
“Captain Miller, we know that you are connected with military intelligence, and can obtain classified documents.” — Karl Braungart Copy Share Image
The habits and language of clandestinity can intoxicate even its own practitioners. — William Colby Copy Share Image
All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“The sensation was an explosion of feelings, leaving in its place a pleasured memory of that moment. That, thought Seth, was pure… — Kenneth Eade Copy Share Image
“My father once told me that it’s not enough for a man to be lucky; that a guy has to know when… — Henry Mosquera Copy Share Image
Richard Nixon was a Republican presidential candidate who encouraged crooks to commit espionage against the Democratic National Committee in order to gain… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
“We have to live without sympathy, don't we? That's impossible of course. We act it to one another, all this hardness; but… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
“This is a war," Lemas replied. "It's graphic and unpleasant because it's fought on a tiny scale, at close range; fought with… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
I found that our Soviet espionage efforts had virtually never, or had very seldom, produced any worthwhile political or economic intelligence on… — Aldrich Ames Copy Share Image
The Man Who Never Was,' by Ewen Montagu, remains the best book about wartime espionage written by an active participant - incomplete,… — Ben Macintyre Copy Share Image