Asking Quote by 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

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

— Jim Ramstad

Our intelligence community needs better coordination of operations and exchange of information, and that's why we need an overall director of national intelligence and…

— Jim Ramstad

We need to make is to strengthen the position of the director of the CIA.

— Bob Graham

In order to do vigorous oversight, the leadership of the intelligence community has got to be straight with the American people and straight with…

— Ron Wyden

As both a career intelligence officer and as an American citizen, I am a strong believer in the importance of oversight. Simply put, experience…

— Gina Haspel

“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

It is very important that the director of the Central Intelligence Agency adhere to the same classification guidelines that all employees must adhere to…

— Gina Haspel

You have multiple intelligence agencies. They all ultimately report to the director of national intelligence but, you know, it never comes in neat packages.…

— Raymond Kelly

The Homeland Security department doesn't have tasking authority in the intelligence community. They can ask for stuff, but they can't direct anything except inside…

— David Hunt

What the Agency [CIA] does is ordered by the President and the NSC [National Security Council]. The Agency neither makes decisions on policy nor…

— Philip Agee