Intelligence services all over the world, in order to retain their competitive edge, have to adapt or they won’t survive. Gina Haspel Read Quote
A lot has changed since I first arrived at CIA, but our mission remains as relevant and important as ever. And this is what makes our officers excited to come to work each morning, including me. Gina Haspel Read Quote
CIA has learned some tough lessons, especially when asked to tackle missions that fall outside our expertise. Gina Haspel Read Quote
I stand on the shoulders of heroines who never sought public acclaim but served as inspirations to the generations that came after them. Gina Haspel Read Quote
I’m very proud of the fact that we captured the perpetrator of 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. I think we did extraordinary work. Gina Haspel Read Quote
I was proud to be the first woman to serve as the No. 2 in the Clandestine Service. It is not my way to trumpet the fact that I am a woman up for the top job, but I would be remiss in not remarking on it – not least because of the outpouring of support from young women at CIA who consider it a good sign for their own prospects. Gina Haspel Read Quote
If we cannot share aspects of our secret work with the public, we should do so with their elected representatives. For CIA oversight is a vital link to the open society we defend. It’s a defining feature of the U.S. intelligence community and one of the many things that distinguishes us from the hostile services we face in the field. Gina Haspel Read Quote
We got valuable information from debriefing of Al Qaeda detainees, and I don’t think it’s knowable whether interrogation techniques played a role in that. Gina Haspel Read Quote
I was on the front lines in the Cold War, and I was on the front lines in the fight against Al Qaeda. Gina Haspel Read Quote
I think it is important to recall the context of those challenging times immediately following 9/11. For me, I had just returned to Washington from an overseas posting and I reported for duty on the morning of 9/11. I knew in my gut when I saw the video of the first plane hitting the tower in Manhattan that it was bin Laden. Gina Haspel Read Quote
