Bureaucracy Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

The intelligence community really is a vast bureaucratic entity, and it has been politicized in ways that are not effective for the gathering of…

— Valerie Plame

The government would assert that individuals who are aware of serious wrongdoing in the intelligence community should bring their concerns to the people most…

— Edward Snowden

Collecting intelligence information is like trying to drink water out of a fire hydrant. You know, in hindsight It's great. The problem is there's…

— Anonymous

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

Professionals refer to the stages of the intelligence cycle as collection, processing, analyzing and sharing information. In most cases, the implications and significance of…

— Will Hurd

“We have seen segments of our Government, in their attitudes and action, adopt tactics unworthy of a democracy, and occasionally reminiscent of totalitarian regimes.…

— Church Committee

Bureaucracy is like a fungus that contaminates everything.

— Jaime Lerner

Bureaucracy is more people doing less things, and taking more time to do them worse.

— Evan Esar

Intelligence is acquired after information is collected and reviewed, processed and stored at last.

— Melchor Lim

We must remain mindful of the potential impact of over-correcting the authorizations of the intelligence community.

— James R. Clapper

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares…

— Ambrose Bierce

Intelligence is playing a more important role in policymaker decisions than I think I've ever seen in my time in Congress or before.

— Mike Rogers