First time Quote by Maloy Krishna Dhar

“Here's the bottom line: The secret world of intelligence--at least in the United States of America--represents everything wrong with the government, the industrial era,…

— Robert David Steele

“I realized in 1988 that my life as a spy specializing in secrets was not only unproductive, it was in sharp opposition to what…

— Robert David Steele

The dirty little secret of the intelligence world is that much of what you really need to know isn't exactly a secret anyway.

— Peter Bergen

Within the Intelligence Community, CIA is the keeper of the human intelligence mission. Technical forms of collection are vital, but a good human source…

— Gina Haspel

While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the…

— John O. Brennan

“Every intelligence agency is ultimately judged on its ability to successfully rescue people and bring them out of harm's way, which is essentially what…

— Antonio J. Mendez

“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

Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior.

— Julian Assange

By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work…

— George Tenet

This was the ethos of the intelligence analysis directorate during most of the 27 years I spent there.

— Ray McGovern

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

“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