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> [“The surprise pointed up a continuing of American Intelligence. 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…](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/)

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> [“I saw immediately what they were: human technology that had become haunted, possessed by quick, gleaming cleverness. I had seen smart machines before then, but nothing with the agility and cunning of true intelligence. I knew instantly that these were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-reynolds/i-saw-immediately-what-they-were-human-technology-that-had-become/)

[Alastair Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-reynolds/)

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