Community Quote by Jim Ramstad

I strongly agree that a National Intelligence Director should be established to oversee and coordinate the 15 federal intelligence agencies.

— Jim Ramstad

The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That means power over the intelligence budget.…

— Leonard Boswell

The 9/11 commission recommended the appointment of a national intelligence director with budgetary authority to better coordinate the work of the intelligence community and…

— Ronald Kessler

As Director of National Intelligence, I am entrusted with access to more intelligence than any member of the U.S. government other than the president.…

— John Ratcliffe

“In some cases the intelligence community could subsidize commercial and academic sources to ensure specialized or additional expertise for surge situations. The key challenge…

— Bruce D. Berkowitz

An intelligence service is the ideal vehicle for a conspiracy.

— Allen Dulles

The United States has the best intelligence-gathering operation in the world. We should provide a greater level of training and assistance to the E.U.…

— Chris Murphy

Given our law enforcement authorities, our central role in the Intelligence Community, and the span of our responsibilities - from counterterrorism to counterintelligence to…

— Christopher A. Wray

Intelligence is our first line of defense against terrorism, and we must improve the collection capabilities and analysis of intelligence to protect the security…

— Saxby Chambliss

We are organized by territories, whereas terrorists are organized into networks. States are very slow and terrorists are extremely fast. Intelligence sharing needs to…

— Ashraf Ghani

The intelligence community is very professional, they do their jobs well, they're the best intelligence gatherers in the world. They're dedicated, patriotic Americans. They…

— Adam Schiff

We worked to develop our own operations to advance U.S. counterterrorism objectives by penetrating terrorist safe havens and collecting intelligence that would inform policy…

— Cofer Black