Quotes by : David Ignatius

We have a complicated intelligence relationship with France. We have a complicated intelligence relationship....

Misdirection. False signals. Spreading confusion. This is the Tao of deception.

The ISI is above all a paramilitary organization. It doesn't do all that much collection of intelligence.....

Sometimes James Bond movies drive me crazy. They're fun to watch, but they don't have anything to do....

Enter the candidates on horseback: While military leaders can sometimes be dangerous in politics, our....

The nation's chronic weakness is its political system, which is nearing dysfunction. If the U.S. can....

Intelligence services exist to do things that are illegal abroad. They exist to tell lies.

If you walk into the front hallway of the CIA, you will see, on your left, a statue of William 'Wild....

The CIA in real life, we know, is looking for new kinds of cover. It's looking for new platforms, as....

This is a universal human dream - that brains, not brawn, will rule - and the fact that America has the....