Committees Quote by Jan Schakowsky

When we have some horrible terrorist attacks happen in some country we see in the recording that follows, that the intelligence community already knew…

— Edward Snowden

“The ability to eavesdrop on people's communications vests immense power in those who do it. And unless such power is held in check by…

— Glenn Greenwald

By tearing down the wall between law enforcement and the intelligence community, we have been able to share information in a way that was…

— John Ashcroft

You might recall, perhaps, that we were probably the only commentators to rely on the most knowledgeable source, State Department intelligence.

— Noam Chomsky

One of the problems we have as a government is our inability to keep secrets. And it costs us, in terms of our relationship…

— Dick Cheney

If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government have electronically eavesdropped on the attackers without a warrant?

— Pete du Pont

“The surprise pointed up a continuing of American Intelligence. The various intelligence agencies poured a vast amount of information into Washington; they knew the…

— T.R. Fehrenbach

Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior.

— Julian Assange

We cannot expect to keep our nation's secrets secure - or provide meaningful oversight for our intelligence agencies - if proper classification of our…

— Dianne Feinstein

Long before the 2016 presidential campaign, confidential sources had alerted me to longstanding misuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court system and the erosion…

— Sharyl Attkisson

If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it.…

— Rachel Maddow

There is a huge difference between gathering intelligence in foreign countries, even our allies, and secretly getting information on U.S. citizens.

— Bob Beckel