“My experience is the White House is not a very good place to coordinate intelligence, much less to integrate it.” HouseWhiteVery GoodWhite HouseIntegratingGood PlaceCoordinates Author:Dennis C. Blair
“Nothing is more important to national security and the making and conduct of good policy than timely, accurate, and relevant intelligence. Nothing is more critical to accurate and relevant intelligence than independent analysis.” ImportantSecurityPolicyIndependentCriticalAnalysisRelevantAccurateNational SecurityTimely Author:Dennis C. Blair
“Someday we'll learn the whole story of why George W. Bush brushed off that intelligence briefing of Aug. 6, 2001, 'Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.' But surely a big distraction was the major speech he was readying for delivery on Aug. 9, his first prime-time address to the nation.” FirstsWholeStoriesBigsNationsSpeechMajorsDeterminedStrikesAddressesSomedayPrimeDistractionBin LadenDeliveryBriefingPrime Time Author:Frank Rich
“I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play I feel a little sorrowful that I'll never know the man, or any man of such warm intelligence.” KnowsMenFeelsLittlesPlayWatchesHe ManProductionsObviousWarmDecentApologizingCurtainsHalfwayI ApologizeSorrowfulShakespeare Play Author:Ian Mcewan
“A lot of the things that we've been able to do in the last several years were Democratic ideas, including the structure for this new director of national intelligence.” YearsIdeasAbleLastsDirectorsStructureDemocraticIncludingNational Intelligence Author:Jane Harman
“We can no longer expect an Intelligence Community that is mostly male and mostly white to be able to monitor and infiltrate suspicious organizations or terrorist groups.” AbleCommunityWhiteGroupsOrganizationMalesTerroristSuspiciousIntelligence CommunityTerrorist Groups Author:Jane Harman
“Pat Roberts and I both feel very strongly that when we get to Iran, that we can't make the same mistakes. We have to ask the questions, the hard questions before, not afterwards, and get the right intelligence.” FeelsHardAsksMistakeIranVery StrongSame MistakesHard Questions Author:Jay Rockefeller
“I certainly believe that improving our intelligence is of important national interest.” BelieveImportantInterestImprovingNational Interests Author:Jeff Sessions
“Your personality as the prime minister feeds through to what you emphasise, and what you don't, how you'll handle a situation - whether you've got the combination of intelligence or instincts to adapt and to make good decisions.” DecisionSituationPersonalityInstinctHandleCombinationMinistersPrimePrime MinisterGood Decision Author:John Key
“We're not trying to harass the average American. We need to convert this now to a risk-based system, with TSA concentrating and focusing on intelligence, on security, setting up again the parameters of which we do this.” NeedsTryingRiskSecurityAverageSettingSettingsConcentratingParametersTsa Author:John Mica