Quotes On Information Operations

#1. The way the Pentagon and its defenders have pushed back against this story is to say: "They weren't doing psychological operations, they were doing information operations and public affairs. They were just helping us spin senators like we normally do."

Michael Hastings

#2. An information operations team was sent to Afghanistan to conduct various psychological operations on the Afghans and Taliban. The team was then asked not to focus on the Taliban but on manipulating senators into giving more funds and troops [to the war].

Michael Hastings

#3. Any information about U.S. special operations forces is highly sensitive.

Richard Engel

#4. As in the case of the economy, an 'invisible hand' will often be a better cultivator of ideas and allocator of effort. The challenge for intelligence officials in the Information Age is to understand how to integrate these indirect mechanisms into their operations

Allan E. Goodman

#5. Our intelligence community needs better coordination of operations and exchange of information, and that's why we need an overall director of national intelligence and a national counterterrorism center.

Jim Ramstad

#6. I am standing on the threshold of another trembling world. May God have mercy on my soul.

Bobby Sands

#7. Asses are made to bear, and so are you.

William Shakespeare

#8. It wasn't even one of those stoic pimples that goes quietly when you pop it; this one was cystic and painful and had roots that seemed to extend into my brain.

Mindy Kaling

#9. All experienced murderers seek cover. By putting the Agency's fingerprints on [Mafia] operations, the mob could anticipate that the CIA would [be forced to] cooperate in the cover-up of crucial information related to JFK's assassination

Lamar Waldron

#10. Societies as well as people become afraid of change as they grow older. It's human nature. The young have adventures while the old sit at home and nurture their memories.

Paul J. McAuley

#11. Give humanity hope and it will dare and suffer joyfully, not counting the cost - hope with laughter on her banner and on her face the fresh beauty of morning.

John Elof Boodin

#12. If zombies were made of bacon, I would only need a couple of fried eggs and a gallon of coffee, and the problem would basically solve itself.

James Dean

#13. By 'intelligence' we mean every sort of information about the enemy and his country - the basis, in short, of our own plans and operations.

Carl Von Clausewitz

#14. Whether it appears so or not, you have total freedom right now. What would happen if you fully exercised that freedom this very minute?

Mark Joyner