Gina Haspel

“In all of my assignments, I have conducted myself honorably and in accordance with U.S. law.”

“My moral compass is strong.”

“I joined the CIA in 1985 as an operations officer in the Clandestine Service.”

“We must constantly learn, adjust, improve, and strive to be better.”

“We want our men and women to be closely attuned to the cultures in which they operate and to speak the local language.”

“The change from being undercover to coming out into the open was a bit of an adjustment.”

“I would not put C.I.A. officers at risk by asking them to undertake risky, controversial activity again.”

“I'm very proud of the fact that we captured the perpetrator of 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. I think we did extraordinary work.”

“I stand on the shoulders of heroines who never sought public acclaim but served as inspirations to the generations that came after them.”

“I recall my first foreign agent meeting was on a dark, moonless night with an agent I'd never met before. When I picked him up, he passed me the intelligence and I passed him extra money for the men he led. It was the beginning of an adventure I had only dreamed of.”

“After years of failure, I do think that President Trump has shown a lot of wisdom in reaching out his hand to the North Korean leader and to suggest to them that there might be a different future for the North Korean people.”

“Because of what happened on 9/11, a lot of our resources, our money and our people were dedicated to the terrorism fight.”

“I excelled in finding and acquiring secret information that I obtained in brush passes, dead drops, or in meetings in dusty alleys of third world capitals.”

“In general, preliminary Force Protection information is shared throughout the national security community - and with U.S. allies - as part of our ongoing efforts to ensure the safety of coalition forces overseas. Leaks compromise and disrupt the critical interagency work to collect, assess, and ascribe culpability.”

“Nothing is more important to those of us at CIA than our obligation to earn the trust of our fellow citizens.”

“I would not restart, under any circumstances, an interrogation program at CIA.”

“I was on the front lines in the Cold War, and I was on the front lines in the fight against Al Qaeda.”

“My childhood overseas instilled in me an appreciation for foreign languages and cultures, but also a deep understanding of the vital role of American leadership in confronting aggression abroad.”

“I was born in Kentucky and, while my family has deep roots there, I was an Air Force brat, and we followed my father to postings all over the world.”

“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.”