Agency Quote by John Perkins

I was with the CIA for only three years. I worked in the Directorate of Operations, which is now called the National Clandestine Service.…

— Barry Eisler

I joined the CIA in 1985 as an operations officer in the Clandestine Service.

— Gina Haspel

I spent almost a decade as an undercover officer in the CIA. I was the guy in the back alleys at four o'clock in…

— Will Hurd

I worked in the Mossad for a few years.

— Tzipi Livni

I was trained in Army Intelligence, but spent most of my army career in the infantry. But like many people of my generation, I…

— Nelson DeMille

I got a top-secret security clearance and served in the CIA.

— Todd Wilcox

When I was younger, I actually wanted to be a CIA agent. Really. I even did the online questionnaire.

— Lizzy Caplan

I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help.

— Julia Child

I'm a spy. It's not really... I worked for the CIA 15 years. The cover was I worked for the insurance business.

— Tom Clancy

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've known several spies who have wanted to become novelists. And novelists who became spies, of course.

— Christopher Koch

I spent close to a decade as an undercover officer in the CIA and have spent most of my adult life collecting intelligence and…

— Will Hurd