After all, if you make your enemy look like a fool, you lose the justification for engaging him.

Unfortunately it is the weak who destroy the strong.

It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?

There are some subjects that can only be tackled in fiction.

There is a big difference between fighting the cold war and fighting radical Islam. The rules have changed and we haven't.

In itself, the practice of deception is not particularly exacting; it is a matter of experience, of professional expertise, it is a facility most of us can acquire.

Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it.