Gina Haspel

When a very tough, old school leader announced that I was his pick to be Chief of Station in a small but…

— Gina Haspel

I was on the front lines in the Cold War, and I was on the front lines in the fight against Al…

— Gina Haspel

First of all, CIA follows the law.

— Gina Haspel

CIA has been treated with enormous respect and our expertise is valued for what we bring to the table.

— Gina Haspel

A lot has changed since I first arrived at CIA, but our mission remains as relevant and important as ever. And this…

— Gina Haspel

The first boots on the ground in Afghanistan were my colleagues.

— Gina Haspel

After years of failure, I do think that President Trump has shown a lot of wisdom in reaching out his hand to…

— Gina Haspel

My moral compass is strong.

— Gina Haspel

I support the higher moral standard that this country has decided to hold itself to.

— Gina Haspel

I think it is important to recall the context of those challenging times immediately following 9/11. For me, I had just returned…

— Gina Haspel

As I look back on my first year as Director, I am more in awe of the men and women at CIA…

— Gina Haspel

I think it's very important, I think for any leader as you go through a career you have to learn the leadership…

— Gina Haspel

I stand on the shoulders of heroines who never sought public acclaim but served as inspirations to the generations that came after…

— Gina Haspel

Intelligence services all over the world, in order to retain their competitive edge, have to adapt or they won't survive.

— Gina Haspel

I recall my first foreign agent meeting was on a dark, moonless night with an agent I'd never met before. When I…

— Gina Haspel

I don't believe that torture works.

— Gina Haspel

I'm very proud of the fact that we captured the perpetrator of 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. I think we did extraordinary work.

— Gina Haspel

People often ask CIA Directors what keeps them up at night. Between rogue WMD programs, cyber threats, terrorist organizations, great power rivalries,…

— Gina Haspel

As both a career intelligence officer and as an American citizen, I am a strong believer in the importance of oversight. Simply…

— Gina Haspel

I think you will find me to be a typical middle-class American.

— Gina Haspel

I excelled in finding and acquiring secret information that I obtained in brush passes, dead drops, or in meetings in dusty alleys…

— Gina Haspel

Just to talk a moment about transparency, of course CIA does have a Twitter account.

— Gina Haspel

The change from being undercover to coming out into the open was a bit of an adjustment.

— Gina Haspel

Because of what happened on 9/11, a lot of our resources, our money and our people were dedicated to the terrorism fight.

— Gina Haspel

We must constantly learn, adjust, improve, and strive to be better.

— Gina Haspel