George Tenet famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

One mushroom cloud would change history. My deepest fear is that this is exactly what they Al Qaeda intend.
-- George Tenet

#Clouds #Mushrooms #Als
We could never verify that there was any Iraqi authority, direction and control, complicity with al Qaeda for 9/11 or any operational act against America. Period.
-- George Tenet

#America #Als #Authority
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. We'll tell you, you don't have to drag it out of us.
-- George Tenet

#People #Culture #Telling The Truth
Iraq... has also had contacts with al-Qaida. Their ties may be limited by divergent ideologies, but the two sides' mutual antipathy toward the United States and the Saudi royal family suggests that tactical cooperation between them is possible.
-- George Tenet

#Two Sides #Iraq #Ties
I am convinced the next major attack against the United States may well be conducted by people with Asian or African faces, not the ones that many Americans are alert to.
-- George Tenet

#People #May #Next
Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions.
-- George Tenet

#Teaching #Kids #Responsibility
By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work to reveal.
-- George Tenet

#Enemy #United States #Definitions
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

#Powerful #War #Past
I'm Greek, and we're conspiratorial by nature.
-- George Tenet

#Greek
You know, at the end of the day, the only thing you have is trust and honor in this world. That's all you have. All you have is your reputation built on trust and your personal honor. When you don't have that anymore, well, you know, there you go. Trust was broken.
-- George Tenet

#Broken #Honor #The End Of The Day
It's a slam-dunk case!
-- George Tenet

#Stupid #Iraq #Slam
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

#Patience #Thoughtful #Iraq
When I came to the CIA in the mid-'90s, our graduating class of case officers was unbelievably low. Now, after years of rebuilding, our training programs and putting our best efforts to recruit the most talented men and women, we are graduating more clandestine officers than at any time in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency.
-- George Tenet

#Men #Agency #Years

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