Dennis C. Blair

There are many causes of violent deaths in America - murders and traffic accidents - that we do not approach with the…

— Dennis C. Blair

I think you can go back in history and look at what the effect in Asia and the world was of a…

— Dennis C. Blair

The use of large-scale military force in volatile regions of underdeveloped countries is difficult to do right, has major unintended consequences and…

— Dennis C. Blair

Before 9/11 there were weak procedures, willingness, and mechanisms for communicating among agencies for foreign intelligence and the FBI with its focus…

— Dennis C. Blair

The leaders who we admire who have been able to bring great change in the past - Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson…

— Dennis C. Blair

Southeast Asia is an area in which there is a form of Islam which is both devout and progressive, and therefore to…

— Dennis C. Blair

High value information came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper understanding of the al Qa'ida organization…

— Dennis C. Blair

In addition to anti-American terrorists with global reach, our adversaries include organizations - some nation states, some private and some criminal -…

— Dennis C. Blair

I like to think I would not have approved those methods in the past, but I do not fault those who made…

— Dennis C. Blair

You can't always get someone where you want to with just sticks. There have to be some carrots, there have to be…

— Dennis C. Blair

The information gained from these techniques was valuable in some instances, but there is no way of knowing whether the same information…

— Dennis C. Blair

The Industrial Revolution caused a centuries-long shift in power to the West; globalization is now shifting the balance again.

— Dennis C. Blair

Nothing is more important to national security and the making and conduct of good policy than timely, accurate, and relevant intelligence. Nothing…

— Dennis C. Blair

As I've said many times and publicly, a war between China and Taiwan that involves the United States is a lose-lose-lose.

— Dennis C. Blair

I think American interests are served when there are sections of the world that have representative governments, politically open economic systems, and…

— Dennis C. Blair

As is often the case when things are complicated, extreme views have superficial appeal. On the one extreme, some see China as…

— Dennis C. Blair

I know it sounds Pollyannish and 'Kumbaya'-like, but I find that the more that you expose Americans to the diversity of what's…

— Dennis C. Blair

I find when you talk with the Chinese on most subjects, they are very practical.

— Dennis C. Blair

All officers of the Intelligence Community, and especially its most senior officer, must conduct themselves in a manner that earns and retains…

— Dennis C. Blair

My experience is the White House is not a very good place to coordinate intelligence, much less to integrate it.

— Dennis C. Blair

The bottom line is these techniques have hurt our image around the world, the damage they have done to our interests far…

— Dennis C. Blair