American Quote by Frank Church

In examining the CIA's past and present use of the U.S. media, the Committee finds two reasons for concern. The first is the potential,…

— Frank Church

Excessive administration secrecy... feeds conspiracy theories and reduces the public's confidence in government.

— John McCain

Why the CIA wanna watch us?

— Shakira

The Obama administration leaks classified information continuously. They do it to glorify the President, or manipulate public opinion, or even to help produce a…

— Glenn Greenwald

The media, far from being a conspiracy to dull the political sense of the people, could be viewed as a conspiracy to disguise the…

— David Riesman

Disinformation is a large part of its[CIA] covert action responsibility, and the American people are the primary target of its lies.

— Ralph McGehee

Well look, CIA is an agency that has to collect intelligence, do operations. We have to take risks and it's important that we take…

— Leon Panetta

When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it's the only thing on the agenda,…

— Brian Eno

Exposing the activities of a foreign intelligence service renders them ineffective, since it removes plausible deniability, which is the hallmark of covert intelligence operations.

— Asha Rangappa

Governments want to control information. To do this, they have elaborate systems for promoting themselves via propaganda departments and for ensuring confidentiality with official-secrets…

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

“It is fair to dismiss the CIA’s claims that its work in Hollywood primarily constitutes educational outreach or a drive toward accuracy. Rather, its…

— Tricia Jenkins

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