“I have had national security background, 10 years on the Intelligence Committee, the last two years as chair.”

“We ought to recognize that we have an offensive responsibility to take the war to the terrorists where they are. That responsibility has waned in the last year as military and intelligence resource...”

“We need to make a greater investment in human intelligence.”

“During the Cold War, we gathered information by listening to the Soviets, taking pictures of the Soviets, and we allowed our human intelligence to decline.”

“This president has been reluctant to hold anybody accountable. No one was held accountable after September the 11th. Nobody's been held accountable after the clear flaws in intelligence leading up ...”

“I smelled silt on the wind, turkey, laundry, leaves . . . my God what a world. There is no accounting for one second of it (267).”

“The value is in the worth, not in the number.”

“There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.”

“As Evelyn slid to a stop in the center of the hallway, Butler calmly shook his head. Then he lifted his machine gun and fired.”

“In 2012, an estimated 14,827 persons were murdered in the United States.-- Federal Bureau of Investigation”

“Oh, for the love of God. There is no agent more agent than you. I swear you have pin-striped ties encrypted into your DNA. When you die, the coffin is going to read Property of the FBI.”