Commander in chief Quote by James Clapper

No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground.

— Claire McCaskill

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

— Groucho Marx

The intelligence community really is a vast bureaucratic entity, and it has been politicized in ways that are not effective for the gathering of…

— Valerie Plame

Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.

— Douglas MacArthur

Intelligence is not all that important in the exercise of power, and is often, in point of fact, useless.

— Henry A. Kissinger

The first quality of the commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself to be…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The Committee's review of a series of intelligence shortcomings, to include intelligence prior to 9/11 and the pre-war intelligence on Iraq, clearly reveal how…

— Jane Harman

My experience is the White House is not a very good place to coordinate intelligence, much less to integrate it.

— Dennis C. Blair

For Donald Trump to dismiss out of hand the intelligence community's fact gathering is, frankly - doesn't bode well for him protecting our country.

— Claire McCaskill

The danger of having the military take over intelligence is that the military has a very different perspective on the world.

— Pete Hoekstra

My ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief.

— Michele Bachmann

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