Agency Quote by Barack Obama

The president should stop apologizing, stop being defensive. The reality is the NSA has saved thousands of lives not just in the United States…

— Peter King

The government would assert that individuals who are aware of serious wrongdoing in the intelligence community should bring their concerns to the people most…

— Edward Snowden

When I resigned, I put the U.S. Government on notice that I'm going to stick to policy issues, that I have no intention of…

— Scott Ritter

We cannot erase what has been done. We can apologize for it. We can express our outrage. We can say to the American people…

— Ben Nelson

CIA will continue to pursue every lead; analyze the information we collect with critical, objective eyes; and brief reliable intelligence to protect U.S. forces…

— Gina Haspel

If the intelligence we send forward support the views that the administration has, it is welcome and we are told what a great job…

— Bobby Ray Inman

Part of what we're trying to do is lay out what really happened. For example, I've been trying to get across that the intelligence…

— Ron Wyden

I am not going to apologize for my service to the country.

— Richard Painter

I say to the [European countries]: Hurry up and apologize to our nation, because if you do not, you will regret it. This is…

— Khaled Mashal

I will not, nor will I ever, publicly divulge sensitive intelligence sources and methods. For when that happens, our national security is endangered and…

— John O. Brennan

Through the threat of IS, we recognize how important the cooperation with intelligence services (inaudible) first and foremost also with the services of the…

— Angela Merkel

I will never, ever apologize for protecting the safety and security of the American people.

— Donald Trump