George Tenet has been the director of central intelligence since 1997, time enough to have changed the Agency's culture. He has failed. He should go. Use this quote
Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence. Use this quote
I don't deny that there are problems in the intelligence world, but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world. Use this quote
The Bush administration also was not straightforward about the intelligence it had, releasing tenuous information that fit its goal of attacking Iraq. I feel deceived. Use this quote
Making use of human weaknesses in intelligence work is a logical matter. It keeps coming up, and of course you try to look at all the aspects that interest you in a human being. Use this quote
You know, as director of the CIA, I got an awful lot of intelligence about all the horrible things that could go on across the world. Use this quote
There are whole precincts of voters in this country whose united intelligence does not equal that of one representative American woman. Use this quote
Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions. Use this quote
To lack intelligence is to be in the ring blindfolded. Use this quote
Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul? Use this quote
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. Use this quote
The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence warrants and creating a joint situation center to pool and analyze intelligence. Use this quote
By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work to reveal. Use this quote
I am suggesting that we recognize that in network and interface research there is something as profound (and potential wild) as Artificial Intelligence. Use this quote
Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. Use this quote
George W. Bush attended the intelligence briefing every day. Obama has not even attended half of them. He sends surrogates. That to me is significant. Use this quote
Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you. Use this quote
God does not require you to follow His leadings on blind trust. Behold the evidence of an invisible intelligence pervading everything, even your own mind and body. Use this quote
We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate. Use this quote
But the same intelligence compels Germany to practise the same policy. Use this quote
