Department Quote by Julian Assange

This is the wonderful thing about espionage, nothing exists any more.

— William Stephenson

“Allan Dulles said it best: "Any intelligence service worth its salt can make the other fellow's currency." In other words, every nation needs to…

— Antonio J. Mendez

There are so many things a large intelligence espionage organization can do to justify its existence, that people can get promotions for, because it…

— Aldrich Ames

“Perhaps the gravest charge was that America conflated commercial espionage with statecraft. That would be shocking if true. It would be illegal under American…

— Edward Lucas

Once you've lived the inside-out world of espionage, you never shed it. It's a mentality, a double standard of existence.

— John le Carre

Every time the Secretary of Defense tries to get a hand on his many intelligence programs, we hear warnings about the dire consequences to…

— Mark Riebling

Our adversaries are utilizing espionage campaigns disguised as business interests right next door to U.S. military instillations, which cannot be allowed to stand.

— Ronny Jackson

To charge Snowden with espionage is a severe form of political persecution.

— Mark Weisbrot

“Ultimately, beyond diplomatic manipulation and economic gain, a system of ubiquitous spying allows the United States to maintain its grip on the world. When…

— Glenn Greenwald

“Espionage is the world's second oldest profession.”

— Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius

“The truth was, neither the Central Intelligence Agency nor any of the other official and unofficial U.S. intelligence organizations have ever been some kind…

— Max Brooks

What we (U.S.) have done, is undertaken diplomacy through public assertions that tend to alienate everyone.

— John Prendergast