Quote by George Tenet
As a nation we have, over the past seven years, been rebuilding ou

As a nation we have, over the past seven years, been rebuilding our intelligence with powerful capabilities that many thought we would no longer need after the Cold War. We have been rebuilding our clandestine service, our satellite and other technical collection, our analytical depth and expertise. – George Tenet

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You know, at the end of the day, the only thing you have is trust and honor in this world. Thats all you have. All you have is your reputation built on trust and your personal honor. When you dont have that anymore, well, you know, there you go. Trust was broken. – George Tenet

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Heres the teaching point, if youre teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesnt absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions. – George Tenet

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Intelligence
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The only people that ever stand up and tell the truth are who? Intelligence officers. Because our culture is, never break faith with the truth. Well tell you, you dont have to drag it out of us. – George Tenet

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I think what hes – what he believes, and he may be correct, I dont know, that we have some intelligence information that leads us to know some things about whats going on in Iraq that we havent revealed to others. – Lawrence Eagleburger

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Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama Bin Laden despite repeated warnings from his intelligence experts. – Ferdinand Mount

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We are in this business, whether it be intelligence or the government, to protect freedom, democracy and liberty, not to violate that. – John O. Brennan

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