Action Quote by Cofer Black

My literal responsibility as director of the CIA with regard to covert action was to inform the Congress - not to seek their approval;…

— Michael Hayden

When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't…

— Oliver North

It's hardly a news flash that a secret, clandestine intelligence agency might resist giving out information about its operations when not not legally required…

— Benjamin Wittes

Every responsible chief in the CIA knows that the more covert the action, the greater the need for a clear policy and a defined…

— Tyler Drumheller

If we cannot share aspects of our secret work with the public, we should do so with their elected representatives. For CIA oversight is…

— Gina Haspel

There are some classified documents there that we received from the CIA. Our arrangement with the CIA was that we could by mutual agreement…

— Louis Stokes

Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts.

— Margaret Sanger

The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.

— John Ashcroft

Usually you kind of give the President a pass on leaking confidential stuff.

— Candy Crowley

We decentralise permissions over the use of our communications.

— Edward Snowden

“The Secret Teachings on Covert Activity: Even after you infiltrate someone's house, if you cannot know clearly what is going on inside, you should…

— Antony Cummins

The U.S. government places considerable trust in those given access to classified information, and we are committed to prosecuting those who abuse that trust.

— Dana Boente