“At the first meeting of the newly constituted Warren Commission, [former CIA Director] Allen Dulles handed out copies of a book to help define the ideological parameters he proposed for the Commission's forthcoming work. American assassinations were different from European ones, he told the Commission. European assassinations were the work of conspiracies, whereas American assassins acted alone.” FirstsBookDifferentHelpingDirectorsMeetingsFormerCopiesConspiracyCiaIdeologicalAssassinationAssassinsParametersForthcomingWarren Commission Author:Peter Dale Scott
“CIA Director George Tenet has now testified before the 9/11 commission and he said we are still making the same dumb mistakes, like leaving memos on the President's desk.” SaidStillsPresidentMistakeDirectorsLeavingDumbDesksLeaving MeCiaMemos Author:David Letterman
“CIA Director George Tenet briefed a Senate panel ... about the current situation in Iraq. He described how cash was being stolen and women were being assaulted with impunity. Senators love to attend these continuing education seminars.” SituationDirectorsIraqCurrentsCashSenateContinuingSenatorsStolenCiaImpunitySeminarsCurrent Situation Author:Argus Hamilton
“Having the career of the beloved CIA Director and the commanding general in Afghanistan instantly destroyed due to highly invasive and unwarranted electronic surveillance is almost enough to make one believe not only that there is a god, but that he is an ardent civil libertarian.” BelieveEnoughCareersDirectorsDuesLibertarianDestroyedBelovedAfghanistanSurveillanceCiaArdent Author:Glenn Greenwald
“David Petraeus, the best known American general of his generation. After commanding the American war effort in both Iraq and Afghanistan, he was serving as CIA director when he stepped down suddenly following revelations that he`d had an extramarital affair. That same investigation that turned up evidence of the affair also eventually turned up evidence that General. Petraeus had passed classified information to his mistress.” WarEffortKnownGenerationsInformationDirectorsEvidenceAffairIraqFollowingRevelationsServingAfghanistanInvestigationMistressCiaClassified InformationAmerican War Author:Rachel Maddow
“A musical is only as good as its director. The same can also be said for the CIA.” SaidDirectorsMusicalCia Author:Martin Short
“I would have never thought that I would hear myself saying that the president of the United States is afraid of the CIA. But he is. He's afraid of the NSA as well. How else to explain that the National Intelligence director, who lied under oath to his senate overseers on the 12th of March 2013, is still the director of National Intelligence?” WellsStillsStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesDirectorsMarchSenateLiedCiaOathNsaNational Intelligence Author:Ray McGovern