Bureaucracy Quote by Ben Aaronovitch

I have always thought it rather interesting to follow the involuntary movements of fear in clever people. Fools coarsely display their cowardice in all…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“We have seen segments of our Government, in their attitudes and action, adopt tactics unworthy of a democracy, and occasionally reminiscent of totalitarian regimes.…

— Church Committee

“Every intelligence agency is ultimately judged on its ability to successfully rescue people and bring them out of harm's way, which is essentially what…

— Antonio J. Mendez

I believe that reforming our intelligence community is one of the most important things that we can do in order to ensure that our…

— Richard Shelby

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

“Human intelligence is nothing but the stupidity acquired through repression.”

— Georg Groddeck

“Here's the bottom line: The secret world of intelligence--at least in the United States of America--represents everything wrong with the government, the industrial era,…

— Robert David Steele

“Recent events in the Middle East and North Africa clearly show just how dangerous the world is, and how great the challenges facing the…

— Matthew M. Aid

We must dedicate our efforts to preventing terrorist attacks whether biological, conventional or unconventional by gathering intelligence and stopping events before they occur.

— Anonymous

Scaremongering is an age-old political ritual. There are public officials who have benefited by playing up the 'hacker threat' so that they can win…

— Charles Platt

We are apt to be deluded into false security by political catch-words, devised to flatter rather than instruct.

— James A. Garfield

Given our law enforcement authorities, our central role in the Intelligence Community, and the span of our responsibilities - from counterterrorism to counterintelligence to…

— Christopher A. Wray