“Of course, ISIS is a terrible organization that has to be defeated. And, of course, we need a strong military. But just as with every other agency of government, you know what, the military also has got to get rid of waste and fraud and cost overruns.” KnowsNeedsGovernmentCoursesStrongMilitaryTerribleCostWasteOrganizationAgencyFraudDefeatedIsis Author:Hillary Clinton
“The CIA was revealed to be spying in France, not for military purposes, but for corporate purposes. So this $30 billion spook agency is now at the disposal of these oligarchic corporate structures run by the 1%.” RunningPurposeMilitaryStructureBillionsFranceCorporateAgencyCia Author:Jerry Brown
“Good journalism is being criminalized or otherwise rendered perilous to its best practitioners. Attack a government agency like the CIA, or a Fortune 500 member ..., or the conduct of the military in Southeast Asia and you find yourself in deep trouble, naked and often alone.” GovernmentTroubleMilitaryMembersFortuneNakedJournalismAgencyFinding YourselfAsiaCiaGovernment AgenciesSoutheast AsiaGood Journalism Author:Daniel Schorr
“The military is a machine of war. Not a law enforcement agency.” WarLawMilitaryMachinesAgencyLaw EnforcementEnforcement Author:Hank Johnson
“There is ...a huge tacit conspiracy between the U.S. government, its agencies and its multinational corporations, on the one hand, and local business and military cliques in the Third World, on the other, to assume complete control of these countries and "develop" them on a joint venture basis. The military leaders of the Third World were carefully nurtured by the U.S. security establishment to serve as the "enforcers" of this joint venture partnership, and they have been duly supplied with machine guns and the latest data on methods of interrogation of subversives.” WorldHas BeensCountryHandsGovernmentLeaderSecurityMilitaryHugeGunMachinesThirdsBasesMethodAssumingLocalsDataCorporationsAgencyEstablishmentConspiracyPartnershipVentureJointsThird WorldCliqueInterrogationMultinationalsMachine GunsTacitMilitary LeaderMultinational CorporationsJoint VenturesLocal Business Author:Edward S. Herman
“The information that the Secret Service shared with the White House included hotel records and firsthand accounts - the same types of evidence the agency and military relied on to determine who in their ranks was involved.” HouseWhiteSecretRecordsMilitaryInformationTypeInvolvedEvidenceAccountsDetermineAgencyHotelWhite HouseNotableSecret Service Author:Carol D. Leonnig
“I think in the wake of Katrina, the Coast Guard may well have been the only entity or agency that came out of that exercise free of fault and free of blame.” ThinkingWellsMayHas BeensMilitaryExerciseBlameFaultsAgencyEntityCoastWorkoutKatrinaCoast Guard Author:Howard Coble
“There's always a balance, I think, any administration has to find in not just the military but in any agency of government.” ThinkingGovernmentMilitaryBalanceAdministrationAgency Author:Chuck Hagel