Agency Quote by Harry S. Truman

“The truth was, neither the Central Intelligence Agency nor any of the other official and unofficial U.S. intelligence organizations have ever been some kind…

— Max Brooks

By the late '70s I had come to question the point of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the…

— Aldrich Ames

I found that our Soviet espionage efforts had virtually never, or had very seldom, produced any worthwhile political or economic intelligence on the Soviet…

— Aldrich Ames

“The goal was a U.S. Gestapo. Senator Ervin described the espionage squad inside the White House as a “gestapo mentality.” J. Edgar Hoover refused…

— Mae Brussell

I first learned the power of trust in the CIA. There is no question that when I joined the Agency as a covert operations…

— Valerie Plame

I had been involved in U.S. intelligence in Berlin, Germany, while in the military and had worked with a contact with the Central Intelligence…

— George J. Mitchell

When I was at the CIA I asked my civilian advisory board to tackle some tough questions. Among the toughest: In a political culture…

— Michael Hayden

An intelligence service is the ideal vehicle for a conspiracy.

— Allen Dulles

I would never vote to allow federal agents to spy on American citizens without warrants.

— Kevin de Leon

Over the course of my career as an undercover officer in the C.I.A., I saw Russian intelligence manipulate many people. I never thought I…

— Will Hurd

I served 10 years on the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, and I had the distinct privilege of meeting with real U.S. spies throughout the…

— Pete Hoekstra

I've been involved in the intelligence side of the federal government for a long time. We all know that we have to have a…

— Barack Obama