Administration Quote by Bobby Ray Inman

You want to keep intelligence separate from policy.

— Bobby Ray Inman

The resistance of policy-makers to intelligence is not just founded on an ideological presupposition. They distrust intelligence sources and intelligence officials because they don't…

— Aldrich Ames

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

I don't think the intelligence community itself institutionally is losing its focus; it will continue to do its job; continue to be vigilant on…

— James R. Clapper

That intelligence capability is enormously important to the United States, to our conduct of foreign policy, to defense matters, to economic matters. And I…

— Dick Cheney

I do have concerns about the current efforts to restructure our nation's intelligence community.

— Anonymous

Typically, people in the intelligence community are just going to kind of hunker down and do their job, do their mission. And I believe…

— James Clapper

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

My experience is that our intelligence officials try to do the right thing, but even with good intentions, sometimes they make mistakes. Sometimes they…

— Barack Obama

Intelligence is playing a more important role in policymaker decisions than I think I've ever seen in my time in Congress or before.

— Mike Rogers

It's necessary to understand what real intelligence work is. It will never cease. It's absolutely essential that we have it. At its best, it…

— John le Carre

Every time the Secretary of Defense tries to get a hand on his many intelligence programs, we hear warnings about the dire consequences to…

— Mark Riebling