“Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along?”
— Peter Schuyler
Author: Peter Schuyler
Category: intelligence
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“Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.”
— John Sterling
Author: John Sterling
Category: intelligence
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“Since 2001, the Patriot Act has provided the means to detect and disrupt terrorist threats against the U.S. Prior to enactment of the law, major legal barriers prevented intelligence, national defense, and law enforcement agencies from working together and sharing information.”
— Roger Wicker
Author: Roger Wicker
Category: intelligence
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“Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence.”
— Jean Anouilh
Author: Jean Anouilh
Category: intelligence
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“In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.”
— Gijs de Vries
Author: Gijs de Vries
Category: intelligence
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“When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.”
— Jonathan Swift
Author: Jonathan Swift
Category: intelligence
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“Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.”
— H. L. Mencken
Author: H. L. Mencken
Category: intelligence
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“True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.”
— Ian Mcewan
Author: Ian Mcewan
Category: intelligence
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“Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.”
— Simone Weil
Author: Simone Weil
Category: intelligence
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“The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
Category: intelligence
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“The actions that we take on the counterterrorism front, again, are to take actions against individuals where we believe that the intelligence base is so strong and the nature of the threat is so grave and serious, as well as imminent, that we have no recourse except to take this action that may involve a lethal strike.”
— John O. Brennan
Author: John O. Brennan
Category: intelligence
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