Community Quote by Claire McCaskill

The U.S. intelligence community is in a very poor position to be trusted with protecting civil liberties while engaging in intelligence work.

— Chelsea Manning

Donald Trump's more sophisticated defenders have long since mastered the art of pretending that the only thing that matters with his presidency is what…

— Bret Stephens

Unfortunately, once a person who is willing to act against the interests of the United States assumes the awesome powers of the presidency, the…

— Asha Rangappa

Our intelligence agencies have vast powers, and Obama used them illegally to spy on political opponents. This can't be allowed to stand.

— Tom Fitton

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

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

— Anonymous

For a President not to have confidence in, not to be prepared to listen to the myriad of intelligence agencies from defense intelligence, to…

— Joe Biden

On the question of information security, he claims that, in a Trump Administration, the U.S. government will not spy on its own citizens. If…

— Lawrence M. Krauss

I'm an unabashed apologist for strong national-security authority. That's why I might be more alarmed by Trump.

— Benjamin Wittes

The fact is that disinformation that creates a threat to the security of the homeland is our responsibility to address.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

The way the United States intelligence community operates is it doesn't limit itself to the protection of the homeland. It doesn't limit itself to…

— Edward Snowden

One of the great intellectual failures of the American intelligence community, and especially the counterterrorism community, is to assume if someone hasn't attacked us,…

— Michael Scheuer