https://minutesof.com/on/intelligence/ Everyone on the record about intelligence: 74 verbatim quotes from 2 people, August 2012 to August 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:33:02 +0000 https://minutesof.com/q/df27a0e8-5587-44d6-8e6e-619be6196fa4/ https://minutesof.com/q/df27a0e8-5587-44d6-8e6e-619be6196fa4/ “I think we regard as something of an aberration. But there are still areas of cooperation which are hugely important.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Bloomberg Podcasts Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:50:30 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/3409884c-73ec-4a3b-b0a3-68ffe1958f41/ https://minutesof.com/q/3409884c-73ec-4a3b-b0a3-68ffe1958f41/ “I think rather shockingly, been a purge of senior officers on the basis of the degree of their loyalty to mega republicanism.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Bloomberg Podcasts Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:50:30 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/b0e71a1f-17d5-462e-bfd3-b7ba3b20f057/ https://minutesof.com/q/b0e71a1f-17d5-462e-bfd3-b7ba3b20f057/ “MI6 is a historical creation that goes back to 1909 and there is no other European service that has a history with that depth.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Bloomberg Podcasts Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:50:30 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/2332de22-7128-46fc-a64d-e9035e64bf39/ https://minutesof.com/q/2332de22-7128-46fc-a64d-e9035e64bf39/ “bearing in mind MI6 is a historical creation that goes back to 1909 and there is no other European service that has a history with that depth.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Bloomberg Podcasts Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:50:30 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/93973684-ba18-442f-a26d-434b7e6ed921/ https://minutesof.com/q/93973684-ba18-442f-a26d-434b7e6ed921/ “The United Kingdom in MI6 has, let's say, the agency with the broadest international remit with representation in many countries and with a depth and length of experience which is unmatched by any other European service.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Bloomberg Podcasts Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:50:30 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/79e46948-e35b-467d-9f50-5fc69f6cc495/ https://minutesof.com/q/79e46948-e35b-467d-9f50-5fc69f6cc495/ “I think the thing that's different is that intelligence is the largest TAM we've ever seen in the history of the world.” — Brad Gerstner, All-In Podcast Sat, 11 Jul 2026 16:00:19 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/5a758485-a315-4685-bbc2-3da5289e5d04/ https://minutesof.com/q/5a758485-a315-4685-bbc2-3da5289e5d04/ “Tiny rich uranium, which survived the original attack during the twelve day war. I think I think the second one is to render the ballistic missile system impractical.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Brink Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:09:37 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/4f431a7e-2c57-456f-88eb-43d5fddff0e9/ https://minutesof.com/q/4f431a7e-2c57-456f-88eb-43d5fddff0e9/ “the huge mistake that Bremer made in Iraq on which we were not consulted, I was chief at the time, was to disband the Iraqi military.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Brink Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:09:37 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/142cb871-2d41-4e7b-8a46-36bb0bf7e174/ https://minutesof.com/q/142cb871-2d41-4e7b-8a46-36bb0bf7e174/ “I mean, the huge mistake that Bremer made in Iraq on which we were not consulted, I was chief at the time, was to disband the Iraqi military.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Brink Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:09:37 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/7e2d0966-8e41-4e1b-a993-9bcc7918a49f/ https://minutesof.com/q/7e2d0966-8e41-4e1b-a993-9bcc7918a49f/ “They are the Iranian military. Okay. They would still be a very nationalistic government, but they might be more amenable to negotiation.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Brink Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:09:37 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/b821fead-b9a5-4f73-bbd6-bc0bfdab81ea/ https://minutesof.com/q/b821fead-b9a5-4f73-bbd6-bc0bfdab81ea/ “When I got there, I discovered it was the IDF Mossad Shin Bet wash up for the two thousand and six war against Hezbollah. I was the only foreign intelligence officer present.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Brink Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:09:37 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/b821fead-b9a5-4f73-bbd6-bc0bfdab81ea/ https://minutesof.com/q/b821fead-b9a5-4f73-bbd6-bc0bfdab81ea/ “When I got there, I discovered it was the IDF Mossad Shin Bet wash up for the two thousand and six war against Hezbollah. I was the only foreign intelligence officer present.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Brink Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:09:37 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/6a2c1921-3cee-46fa-81a7-228a5cbceda8/ https://minutesof.com/q/6a2c1921-3cee-46fa-81a7-228a5cbceda8/ “Trump did cut it off briefly at one point for eight days, and that is when the Kharkiv Salient Yeah. Was basically regained by the Russians.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:12:11 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/c596e5e7-df08-4ac7-987a-95ca7aff703f/ https://minutesof.com/q/c596e5e7-df08-4ac7-987a-95ca7aff703f/ “I mean, in a way, you're rather like an intelligence and security organization where they have to spend an awful lot of time and energy and talent, as it were, protecting themselves against predation or penetration, to put it not too lightly.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:01:45 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/c596e5e7-df08-4ac7-987a-95ca7aff703f/ https://minutesof.com/q/c596e5e7-df08-4ac7-987a-95ca7aff703f/ “I mean, in a way, you're rather like an intelligence and security organization where they have to spend an awful lot of time and energy and talent, as it were, protecting themselves against predation or penetration, to put it not too lightly.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:01:45 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/eb4f5254-18d6-4785-aea8-2d22d008ddc3/ https://minutesof.com/q/eb4f5254-18d6-4785-aea8-2d22d008ddc3/ “the worst thing that you want to do is to have a big bang change in the intelligence community and introduce a new system.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:19:11 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/eb4f5254-18d6-4785-aea8-2d22d008ddc3/ https://minutesof.com/q/eb4f5254-18d6-4785-aea8-2d22d008ddc3/ “the worst thing that you want to do is to have a big bang change in the intelligence community and introduce a new system.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:19:11 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/768f762f-1121-48ca-b120-8e17306a472a/ https://minutesof.com/q/768f762f-1121-48ca-b120-8e17306a472a/ “of course, the worst thing that you want to do is to have a big bang change in the intelligence community and introduce a new system.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:19:11 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/768f762f-1121-48ca-b120-8e17306a472a/ https://minutesof.com/q/768f762f-1121-48ca-b120-8e17306a472a/ “of course, the worst thing that you want to do is to have a big bang change in the intelligence community and introduce a new system.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:19:11 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/99e48a38-31ee-4cda-8e86-cc25d5e873f0/ https://minutesof.com/q/99e48a38-31ee-4cda-8e86-cc25d5e873f0/ “And, of course, the worst thing that you want to do is to have a big bang change in the intelligence community and introduce a new system.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:19:11 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/99e48a38-31ee-4cda-8e86-cc25d5e873f0/ https://minutesof.com/q/99e48a38-31ee-4cda-8e86-cc25d5e873f0/ “And, of course, the worst thing that you want to do is to have a big bang change in the intelligence community and introduce a new system.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:19:11 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/6b7533d5-73ff-4b9f-9c67-4fe404bdddd3/ https://minutesof.com/q/6b7533d5-73ff-4b9f-9c67-4fe404bdddd3/ “What Palantir does brilliantly is you can stick it over the top of all these legacy systems and make them much more intelligent and get them to talk to each other.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:19:11 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/631a68cb-0272-4ab1-b026-313e9e3952fb/ https://minutesof.com/q/631a68cb-0272-4ab1-b026-313e9e3952fb/ “So you really changed the life of organizations like GCHQ, collectors, but I mean, also the operational intelligence and security services.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Thu, 25 Sep 2025 04:54:40 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/631a68cb-0272-4ab1-b026-313e9e3952fb/ https://minutesof.com/q/631a68cb-0272-4ab1-b026-313e9e3952fb/ “So you really changed the life of organizations like GCHQ, collectors, but I mean, also the operational intelligence and security services.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Thu, 25 Sep 2025 04:54:40 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/21308406-2dac-4a4f-a048-63e5f5d8d246/ https://minutesof.com/q/21308406-2dac-4a4f-a048-63e5f5d8d246/ “What Palantir does brilliantly is you can stick it over the top of all these legacy systems and make them much more intelligent and get them to talk to each other.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Thu, 25 Sep 2025 04:54:40 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/5a535088-1ab3-466b-a883-11ed9ca80c41/ https://minutesof.com/q/5a535088-1ab3-466b-a883-11ed9ca80c41/ “I mean, I was well aware. I can't remember the exact date, but, I mean, I had retired by then that Peter Thiel and Palantir had the probable solution to this problem.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Thu, 25 Sep 2025 04:54:40 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/49d14dab-4196-4af8-91e4-17b405929430/ https://minutesof.com/q/49d14dab-4196-4af8-91e4-17b405929430/ “I gather she's really quite a forceful and tough personality, and I think she has the makings of a head of service and will do credit to the fact that she's the first woman to lead British intelligence.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Sun, 22 Jun 2025 14:00:33 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/a72408bf-d5d9-47ce-b4bd-6b75ee1ecf6c/ https://minutesof.com/q/a72408bf-d5d9-47ce-b4bd-6b75ee1ecf6c/ “I think '56. The state of play politically between The UK and The US was appalling it didn't stop Five Eyes from operating.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/19ce5cd5-6ed0-4a87-b4e6-03ba47bc7ede/ https://minutesof.com/q/19ce5cd5-6ed0-4a87-b4e6-03ba47bc7ede/ “Mean think of the relationship with The United States after the Suez invasion of nineteen fifty six am I right?” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/e557685f-1f35-4149-8784-d5fca55afd2e/ https://minutesof.com/q/e557685f-1f35-4149-8784-d5fca55afd2e/ “if you want to force Zelensky to accept a ceasefire, if you switch off the intelligence for eight days I think it was and during those eight days they pretty much lost the Kursk salient so you can see immediately the detrimental effect it had militarily on the Ukrainians.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/e557685f-1f35-4149-8784-d5fca55afd2e/ https://minutesof.com/q/e557685f-1f35-4149-8784-d5fca55afd2e/ “if you want to force Zelensky to accept a ceasefire, if you switch off the intelligence for eight days I think it was and during those eight days they pretty much lost the Kursk salient so you can see immediately the detrimental effect it had militarily on the Ukrainians.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/efa1d7e7-f1d2-475d-9c02-c2ad2b7a055c/ https://minutesof.com/q/efa1d7e7-f1d2-475d-9c02-c2ad2b7a055c/ “It's quite clear you know that the chemistry between Trump and Zelensky is terrible. They don't like each other, they don't get on with each other and that's been clear for some time but if you want to force Zelensky to accept a ceasefire, if you switch off the intelligence” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/efa1d7e7-f1d2-475d-9c02-c2ad2b7a055c/ https://minutesof.com/q/efa1d7e7-f1d2-475d-9c02-c2ad2b7a055c/ “It's quite clear you know that the chemistry between Trump and Zelensky is terrible. They don't like each other, they don't get on with each other and that's been clear for some time but if you want to force Zelensky to accept a ceasefire, if you switch off the intelligence” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/355a4269-d1c0-4f9b-b5de-9670ab6d1b3d/ https://minutesof.com/q/355a4269-d1c0-4f9b-b5de-9670ab6d1b3d/ “Now at the time that that deal was signed there were strong objections from people like me in the intelligence community. We were totally overruled.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/b10e51e6-73c1-451e-9d0b-9294fd7537da/ https://minutesof.com/q/b10e51e6-73c1-451e-9d0b-9294fd7537da/ “I flew into Libya in an unmarked plane to meet Gaddafi, to negotiate Libya's getting rid of their weapons of mass destruction.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/96119357-b5b2-4d20-a132-c5369ef9636c/ https://minutesof.com/q/96119357-b5b2-4d20-a132-c5369ef9636c/ “There will be, for sure, Russians who will be offering their services to the Americans or to other Western nations because they so fundamentally disagree with Russian policy.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Hoover Institution Wed, 06 Jul 2022 20:21:01 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/8ce6ebc8-724b-42ce-8985-e6b7d9139315/ https://minutesof.com/q/8ce6ebc8-724b-42ce-8985-e6b7d9139315/ “If they'd come and asked me and sat down with me, I could have explained to them why they'd got this wrong.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Hoover Institution Wed, 06 Jul 2022 20:21:01 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/8e5c613d-3adb-4b8d-8aec-b1f7d280b17c/ https://minutesof.com/q/8e5c613d-3adb-4b8d-8aec-b1f7d280b17c/ “The UK is Europe's leading intelligence and security power, and of course we also are one of Europe's leading defense powers, and I think you just have to see what's happened in Ukraine and the way that we would have been able, as it were, to lead on the support for the Ukrainians.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Hoover Institution Wed, 06 Jul 2022 20:21:01 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/9f8c7de2-10cb-4b9c-a884-8b04c3fc7dfa/ https://minutesof.com/q/9f8c7de2-10cb-4b9c-a884-8b04c3fc7dfa/ “I think what would be the main characteristic of the changes, the penalties for disclosure will be much higher than they are hitherto at the moment.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Hoover Institution Wed, 06 Jul 2022 20:21:01 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/78c67385-9c8c-4319-b599-fa38ae717140/ https://minutesof.com/q/78c67385-9c8c-4319-b599-fa38ae717140/ “The Matrokian archive is probably the most revelatory archive that exists to this day of Cold War espionage, and a whole range of cases are described, successful KGB cases, described in detail.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Hoover Institution Wed, 06 Jul 2022 20:21:01 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/543c65f6-02a6-4cb4-9b49-e20274c7ab15/ https://minutesof.com/q/543c65f6-02a6-4cb4-9b49-e20274c7ab15/ “it's because of that scaremongering, if you look at the historical record, that MI6 was started in 1900 It had been a section of specifically naval intelligence before that, and then it was formalized into a separate organization. So its origins are tied up, strangely, with a certain amount of fiction.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Hoover Institution Wed, 06 Jul 2022 20:21:01 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/243b70b1-c362-4f73-8a5d-7b25bcaf0c82/ https://minutesof.com/q/243b70b1-c362-4f73-8a5d-7b25bcaf0c82/ “those who've worked as espionage agents or agents of The United Kingdom are given a lifelong guarantee of anonymity beyond the grave, so that their families and their relatives' families are not, as it were, ever compromised by what might have been done by preceding generations.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Hoover Institution Wed, 06 Jul 2022 20:21:01 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/4a77944e-fc19-4c71-bf0f-20a2ab99d671/ https://minutesof.com/q/4a77944e-fc19-4c71-bf0f-20a2ab99d671/ “The UK is Europe's defense, security and intelligence leader. We have been very careful over the years not to put any of those equities in the hands of the European communion.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Technion UK Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:45:56 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/4a77944e-fc19-4c71-bf0f-20a2ab99d671/ https://minutesof.com/q/4a77944e-fc19-4c71-bf0f-20a2ab99d671/ “The UK is Europe's defense, security and intelligence leader. We have been very careful over the years not to put any of those equities in the hands of the European communion.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Technion UK Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:45:56 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/1a9fab36-f5e2-4c92-bbb5-956c73c5aa8f/ https://minutesof.com/q/1a9fab36-f5e2-4c92-bbb5-956c73c5aa8f/ “the Chinese have positioned themselves in crucial areas of science in all of our leading universities.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Technion UK Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:45:56 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/4ca6b80e-4d08-4f83-baaf-0dabcde2a27a/ https://minutesof.com/q/4ca6b80e-4d08-4f83-baaf-0dabcde2a27a/ “The fact is, if you understand the nature of Chinese leadership, Chinese intelligence, having China embedded in our five gs is a security problem, a serious one.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Telegraph Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:10:27 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/90aeebbf-3621-404b-8082-91edbf4267b2/ https://minutesof.com/q/90aeebbf-3621-404b-8082-91edbf4267b2/ “The problem is that British Telecom signed a deal back in 2001, 2002 actually, whilst I was chief with Huawei. And we became very much involved with this company and entangled with them.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Telegraph Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:10:27 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/69279183-a981-4420-bff4-d573837df60e/ https://minutesof.com/q/69279183-a981-4420-bff4-d573837df60e/ “The problem is that British Telecom signed a deal back in 2001, 2002 actually, whilst I was chief with Huawei.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Telegraph Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:10:27 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/bdda7c38-6b48-4322-89fb-8255d10b09f7/ https://minutesof.com/q/bdda7c38-6b48-4322-89fb-8255d10b09f7/ “So as it were, the intelligence beam had too much weight on it and it buckled.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cliveden Literary Festival Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:16:04 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/bdda7c38-6b48-4322-89fb-8255d10b09f7/ https://minutesof.com/q/bdda7c38-6b48-4322-89fb-8255d10b09f7/ “So as it were, the intelligence beam had too much weight on it and it buckled.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cliveden Literary Festival Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:16:04 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/47ce0bdb-25d8-4870-8296-caa547934642/ https://minutesof.com/q/47ce0bdb-25d8-4870-8296-caa547934642/ “And the people we were talking to, I think, were telling Saddam that the rearmament was much more advanced than it actually was. So our sources themselves were telling Saddam stuff which wasn't entirely accurate.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cliveden Literary Festival Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:16:04 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/409a8ecd-797b-428b-a8e5-13d8268febb3/ https://minutesof.com/q/409a8ecd-797b-428b-a8e5-13d8268febb3/ “And the people we were talking to, I think, were telling Saddam that the rearmament was much more advanced than it actually was.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cliveden Literary Festival Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:16:04 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/eb582387-9550-44e9-906e-d5b0555e2a04/ https://minutesof.com/q/eb582387-9550-44e9-906e-d5b0555e2a04/ “And what I'm saying is that we had a clue to the target in 'ninety three.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cliveden Literary Festival Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:16:04 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/98de6734-5527-4288-b667-73dc9a54b188/ https://minutesof.com/q/98de6734-5527-4288-b667-73dc9a54b188/ “we knew from the noise, not from specific humid, from the noise. By noise you mean chatter on Chatter on intercept and chatter that something big was being planned.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cliveden Literary Festival Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:16:04 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/8c05472a-b61e-4eb1-9f28-efabaa134fad/ https://minutesof.com/q/8c05472a-b61e-4eb1-9f28-efabaa134fad/ “And we knew from the noise, not from specific humid, from the noise. By noise you mean chatter on Chatter on intercept and chatter that something big was being planned.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cliveden Literary Festival Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:16:04 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/8f4aa743-09d4-4e4d-86e3-e7dfbcd15551/ https://minutesof.com/q/8f4aa743-09d4-4e4d-86e3-e7dfbcd15551/ “And the senior cohorts of FBI and CIA had flown down to meet us, and this was in June. And we knew from the noise, not from specific humid, from the noise.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cliveden Literary Festival Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:16:04 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/a7f98e5d-7b64-4c8f-99c5-53ea17db3684/ https://minutesof.com/q/a7f98e5d-7b64-4c8f-99c5-53ea17db3684/ “Intelligence community, I think meeting the President at the time, and really pledging British support to The U. S. In response to this extraordinary attack.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cliveden Literary Festival Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:16:04 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/a7f98e5d-7b64-4c8f-99c5-53ea17db3684/ https://minutesof.com/q/a7f98e5d-7b64-4c8f-99c5-53ea17db3684/ “Intelligence community, I think meeting the President at the time, and really pledging British support to The U. S. In response to this extraordinary attack.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cliveden Literary Festival Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:16:04 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/89bcb89e-d319-49f0-a500-3cebc2a06dc7/ https://minutesof.com/q/89bcb89e-d319-49f0-a500-3cebc2a06dc7/ “Several weeks after that visit, I got a call from an extremely senior French official saying, Richard, would you please disregard what we told you?” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cliveden Literary Festival Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:16:04 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/5a88cc36-162f-4326-acc4-4225b2d6cda2/ https://minutesof.com/q/5a88cc36-162f-4326-acc4-4225b2d6cda2/ “I've not seen anything that convinces me at all that the Russians intervened significantly in the Brexit referendum.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, BBC Politics Thu, 14 Dec 2017 00:16:05 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/fe3ddcd6-4689-4e92-bbbc-40a87ceaf3f0/ https://minutesof.com/q/fe3ddcd6-4689-4e92-bbbc-40a87ceaf3f0/ “I don't think I've not seen anything that convinces me at all that the Russians intervened significantly in the Brexit referendum.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, BBC Politics Thu, 14 Dec 2017 00:16:05 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/c24fd392-da0c-416b-a173-9e2199da96e2/ https://minutesof.com/q/c24fd392-da0c-416b-a173-9e2199da96e2/ “The idea that the quality of that cooperation depends in any significant way on our EU membership is misleading.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, BBC News Mon, 16 May 2016 17:13:13 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/10898033-2078-459f-ae25-dca5197707dc/ https://minutesof.com/q/10898033-2078-459f-ae25-dca5197707dc/ “There would, in fact, be some gains as if we left because The UK would be fully master of its own house.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, BBC News Mon, 16 May 2016 17:13:13 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/e73ef964-d6d3-48ad-a0fe-323af0a32504/ https://minutesof.com/q/e73ef964-d6d3-48ad-a0fe-323af0a32504/ “Third, for reasons that I don't have time to explain, The UK, compared to most of its European partners, is good at this sort of intelligence work.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, BBC News Mon, 16 May 2016 17:13:13 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/e73ef964-d6d3-48ad-a0fe-323af0a32504/ https://minutesof.com/q/e73ef964-d6d3-48ad-a0fe-323af0a32504/ “Third, for reasons that I don't have time to explain, The UK, compared to most of its European partners, is good at this sort of intelligence work.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, BBC News Mon, 16 May 2016 17:13:13 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/2cfda5e1-9afb-466e-83bc-9853d2ae847a/ https://minutesof.com/q/2cfda5e1-9afb-466e-83bc-9853d2ae847a/ “And a number of the most lethal terrorists are from inside Europe, including The UK.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, BBC News Mon, 16 May 2016 17:13:13 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/3b548870-4092-4c16-9508-510a8f13dc35/ https://minutesof.com/q/3b548870-4092-4c16-9508-510a8f13dc35/ “Good intelligence, drawing on human and technical sources, and the analysis of data flows is the key to effective counter terrorism.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, BBC News Mon, 16 May 2016 17:13:13 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/3b548870-4092-4c16-9508-510a8f13dc35/ https://minutesof.com/q/3b548870-4092-4c16-9508-510a8f13dc35/ “Good intelligence, drawing on human and technical sources, and the analysis of data flows is the key to effective counter terrorism.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, BBC News Mon, 16 May 2016 17:13:13 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/2bc6696e-67cc-49a4-8389-cd2f9dfe9300/ https://minutesof.com/q/2bc6696e-67cc-49a4-8389-cd2f9dfe9300/ “You can read on the screen. Every keystroke is audited. You can't print. You can't download. I mean that's just so basic. It's ridiculous.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cambridge Union Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:29:16 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/17198ca4-bba3-4b86-bb86-fbf0dca823e7/ https://minutesof.com/q/17198ca4-bba3-4b86-bb86-fbf0dca823e7/ “Now the first thing you do is if you're trying to protect secrets, you don't have any openings on your system. You can read on the screen. Every keystroke is audited.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cambridge Union Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:29:16 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/98278b0a-3f81-45cc-96f6-6403ba8f2300/ https://minutesof.com/q/98278b0a-3f81-45cc-96f6-6403ba8f2300/ “The fact that these are in the public domain is a consequence of stunning incompetence in terms of the US government's IT security and should never have happened.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cambridge Union Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:29:16 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/e8b48fc3-f1c5-4c00-b0f4-e6a22c91d155/ https://minutesof.com/q/e8b48fc3-f1c5-4c00-b0f4-e6a22c91d155/ “Wikileaks is disclosing 251,287 US State Department telegrams. 251,287. Now in the past, the journalist who specializes on writing about the State had disclosed 10 State Department telegrams, it would have been a sensation.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cambridge Union Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:29:16 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/6616a55b-13af-40dd-af42-16415137b37a/ https://minutesof.com/q/6616a55b-13af-40dd-af42-16415137b37a/ “We'll come back to that in a minute. And Wikileaks is disclosing 251,287 US State Department telegrams. 251,287.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cambridge Union Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:29:16 +0000 intelligence https://minutesof.com/q/12491589-90d9-46c2-bcc3-9a94e5574be6/ https://minutesof.com/q/12491589-90d9-46c2-bcc3-9a94e5574be6/ “So what I think is important in this is the Assange story as such is ultimately a distraction. He's a very undignified flagpant in my opinion for a very important issue.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cambridge Union Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:29:16 +0000 intelligence