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Americans have witnessed the costs of allowing politics to pervade intelligence.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

“The scale of U.S. military operations is remarkable. The U.S. Department of Defense has (as of a 2014 inventory) 4,855 military facilities, of which…

— Jeffrey D. Sachs

There is a huge difference between gathering intelligence in foreign countries, even our allies, and secretly getting information on U.S. citizens.

— Bob Beckel

“The surprise pointed up a continuing of American Intelligence. The various intelligence agencies poured a vast amount of information into Washington; they knew the…

— T.R. Fehrenbach

The way the United States intelligence community operates is it doesn't limit itself to the protection of the homeland. It doesn't limit itself to…

— Edward Snowden

The danger of having the military take over intelligence is that the military has a very different perspective on the world.

— Pete Hoekstra

“Recent events in the Middle East and North Africa clearly show just how dangerous the world is, and how great the challenges facing the…

— Matthew M. Aid

“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

Judy, we think that since the 11th of September, 2001, we've faced a similar heightened threat level. And we've been enhancing both the exchange…

— David Blunkett

It has become clear that America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long - relative…

— Robert M. Gates

“Mueller and Stewart estimate that expenditures on domestic homeland security (i.e., not counting the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan) have increased by more than…

— Glenn Greenwald

What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget.

— Rand Paul