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Tim Weiner quotes: The Bureau had conducted uncounted break-ins and black-bag jobs on Hoover's say-so. The

The Bureau had conducted uncounted break-ins and black-bag jobs on Hoover's say-so. The

Tim Weiner quotes: There weren't any moderates left in the government of Iran.

There weren't any moderates left in the government of Iran.

Tim Weiner quotes: The American people are suckers," Nixon said. "Gray Middle America - they're suckers.

The American people are suckers," Nixon said. "Gray Middle America - they're suckers.

Tim Weiner quotes: To his enduring sorrow, Bill Clinton chose yet another pious judge to run the Bureau.

To his enduring sorrow, Bill Clinton chose yet another pious judge to run the Bureau.

Tim Weiner quotes: The FBI had been a man's world - usually men of Irish or Italian heritage schooled by Jesuits and raised in a closed culture of police and priests.

The FBI had been a man's world - usually men of Irish or Italian heritage schooled by Jesuits and raised in a closed culture of police and priests.

Tim Weiner quotes: [Re: J. Edgar Hoover] His knowledge was enormous, though his mind was narrow.

[Re: J. Edgar Hoover] His knowledge was enormous, though his mind was narrow.

Tim Weiner quotes: Washington was a small town run by people who believed that they lived in the center of the universe.

Washington was a small town run by people who believed that they lived in the center of the universe.

Tim Weiner quotes: The FBI was not incompetent or indifferent. It did not know what it did not know.

The FBI was not incompetent or indifferent. It did not know what it did not know.

Tim Weiner quotes: At the root of this failure of intelligence was "our national ignorance of Vietnamese history, society, and language," he said.

At the root of this failure of intelligence was "our national ignorance of Vietnamese history, society, and language," he said.

Tim Weiner quotes: Their attempts to make sense of the world had carried heat but little light.

Their attempts to make sense of the world had carried heat but little light.

Tim Weiner quotes: Yeah, it's a cover-up," Nixon said. "The cover-up is worse than whatever comes out. It really is - unless somebody is going to jail.

Yeah, it's a cover-up," Nixon said. "The cover-up is worse than whatever comes out. It really is - unless somebody is going to jail.

Tim Weiner quotes: He started the damn thing!" Nixon said in a taped telephone conversation with his spiritual adviser, the Reverend Billy Graham. "He killed Diem!

He started the damn thing!" Nixon said in a taped telephone conversation with his spiritual adviser, the Reverend Billy Graham. "He killed Diem!

Tim Weiner quotes: It takes 5 to 7 years to turn a novice into a case officer capable of working in the capitals of the world.

It takes 5 to 7 years to turn a novice into a case officer capable of working in the capitals of the world.

Tim Weiner quotes: Truman said he only needed a daily intelligence digest to keep from having to read a two-foot stack of cables every morning.

Truman said he only needed a daily intelligence digest to keep from having to read a two-foot stack of cables every morning.

Tim Weiner quotes: They might not love Big Brother, but they knew he was part of the family now.

They might not love Big Brother, but they knew he was part of the family now.

Tim Weiner quotes: Stellar Wind resurrected Cold War tactics with twenty-first-century technology. It let the FBI work with the NSA outside of the limits of the law.

Stellar Wind resurrected Cold War tactics with twenty-first-century technology. It let the FBI work with the NSA outside of the limits of the law.

Tim Weiner quotes: The Vietnamese have a saying that you can't use a basket to cover a lion or an elephant.

The Vietnamese have a saying that you can't use a basket to cover a lion or an elephant.

Tim Weiner quotes: To the CIA, everyone's an outsider.

To the CIA, everyone's an outsider.

Tim Weiner quotes: Intelligence fails because it is human, no stronger than the power of one mind to understand another. (480)

Intelligence fails because it is human, no stronger than the power of one mind to understand another. (480)

Tim Weiner quotes: The ability to represent failure as success would become an Agency tradition.

The ability to represent failure as success would become an Agency tradition.