Quote by George Tenet
To understand a difficult topic like Iraq takes patience and care.

To understand a difficult topic like Iraq takes patience and care. Unfortunately, you rarely hear a patient, careful or thoughtful discussion of intelligence these days. – 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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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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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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The qualities I am looking for in Miss Right are intelligence and humour. – Brendan Coyle

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Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence. – Victor Hugo

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Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least a doctor who can understand this sickness. – Marcel Proust

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Intelligence is playing a more important role in policymaker decisions than I think Ive ever seen in my time in Congress or before. – Mike Rogers

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