Abroad Quote by John le Carre

I find a difference in British spy fiction and American spy fiction. In the American version, it's more militaristic, partly because the CIA has…

— Charles Cumming

“The CIA’s offices in London were no secret to the MI6. In fact, the two agencies were practically kissing cousins.”

— Kenneth Eade

“We already have the cops, the FBI and the CIA looking for us, not to mention the enemy. The last thing we need is…

— Brian Bern

From the outside, the CIA seems pretty exotic, but from the inside, it's a big bureaucratic place. Think 'post office with spies.'

— Barry Eisler

“MI6 aren’t supposed to operate inside the UK. They’re external security.’ ‘Yes. That gives you an idea of the exigency of the situation.’ ‘What’s…

— James Swallow

Indeed, the U.N. is the main Soviet espionage center in this country.

— Jack Anderson

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

The ISI is above all a paramilitary organization. It doesn't do all that much collection of intelligence. It's not a very good spy agency,…

— David Ignatius

The CIA is an incompetent bureaucracy, generally.

— Robert Baer

The CIA was revealed to be spying in France, not for military purposes, but for corporate purposes. So this $30 billion spook agency is…

— Jerry Brown

It's hardly a news flash that a secret, clandestine intelligence agency might resist giving out information about its operations when not not legally required…

— Benjamin Wittes

The CIA has transformed from an organization created to recruit spies to steal secrets, into a paramilitary organization, a paramilitary force. It's not supposed…

— John Kiriakou