Quotes from Gina Haspel

I don't believe that torture works.

CIA will continue to pursue every lead; analyze the information we collect with critical, objective eyes; and brief reliable intelligence to protect U.S. forces deployed around the world.

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.

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.

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

Just to talk a moment about transparency, of course CIA does have a Twitter account.

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.

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.

As I look back on my first year as Director, I am more in awe of the men and women at CIA than ever before.

Hostile states' use of proxies in war zones to inflict damage on U.S. interests and troops is a constant, longstanding concern.

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

My moral compass is strong.

I wrote a letter to the CIA on my manual college typewriter. I mailed it to CIA with my resume. I didn't have an address. So I just put, 'CIA. Washington, D.C.'

I think you will find me to be a typical middle-class American.

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

I support the higher moral standard that this country has decided to hold itself to.

When a very tough, old school leader announced that I was his pick to be Chief of Station in a small but important frontier post, a few competitors complained to me directly 'why would they send you?' I owe that leader much for believing in me at a time when few women were given these opportunities.

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

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

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

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

When developing intelligence assessments, initial tactical reports often require additional collection and validation.

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.

CIA has been treated with enormous respect and our expertise is valued for what we bring to the table.