All Dennis C. Blair Quotes
- The leaders who we admire who have been able to bring great change in the past - Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela - they're… Able
- All officers of the Intelligence Community, and especially its most senior officer, must conduct themselves in a manner that earns and retains the public trust.… Activities
- High value information came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper understanding of the al Qa'ida organization that was attacking… Al
- The information gained from these techniques was valuable in some instances, but there is no way of knowing whether the same information could have been… Been
- I like to think I would not have approved those methods in the past, but I do not fault those who made the decisions at… Absolutely
- The bottom line is these techniques have hurt our image around the world, the damage they have done to our interests far outweighed whatever benefit… Benefit
- My experience is the White House is not a very good place to coordinate intelligence, much less to integrate it. Coordinate
- I find when you talk with the Chinese on most subjects, they are very practical. Chinese
- As is often the case when things are complicated, extreme views have superficial appeal. On the one extreme, some see China as an inevitable enemy… Appeal
- The use of large-scale military force in volatile regions of underdeveloped countries is difficult to do right, has major unintended consequences and rarely turns out… Consequences
- I think American interests are served when there are sections of the world that have representative governments, politically open economic systems, and are willing to… American
- Nothing is more important to national security and the making and conduct of good policy than timely, accurate, and relevant intelligence. Nothing is more critical… Accurate
- In addition to anti-American terrorists with global reach, our adversaries include organizations - some nation states, some private and some criminal - that proliferate weapons… Addition
- The Industrial Revolution caused a centuries-long shift in power to the West; globalization is now shifting the balance again. Balance
- Before 9/11 there were weak procedures, willingness, and mechanisms for communicating among agencies for foreign intelligence and the FBI with its focus on law enforcement.… Agencies