America Quote by Trevor Paglen

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

— Alejandro Mayorkas

The United States, like any great power, is always going to have an intelligence operation, and some electronic surveillance is obligatory in the modern…

— Jeffrey Toobin

We need to make a greater investment in human intelligence.

— Bob Graham

It's necessary to understand what real intelligence work is. It will never cease. It's absolutely essential that we have it. At its best, it…

— John le Carre

I favor an aggressive expansion of America's intelligence capabilities domestically and around the world.

— Jeff Gannon

In the aftermath of September 11, and as the 9/11 Commission report so aptly demonstrates, it is clear that our intelligence system is not…

— Hillary Clinton

I think it's important for the president of the United States to be aware of the intelligence information that we have.

— John McCain

We need to gather intelligence, but we need to do so legally.

— Bob Beckel

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

We have been working hard to think about what our combined needs are going to be in the way of intelligence capabilities, not today…

— Stephen Cambone

Intelligence is our first line of defense against terrorism, and we must improve the collection capabilities and analysis of intelligence to protect the security…

— Saxby Chambliss

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

— Bob Beckel