One overlooked thing I can appreciate about these quotes is the separation between the American people and the CIA in terms of intention and action. Our understanding of world conflicts has moved past the point of thinking “all Russians bad” “all Americans bad” “all Mexicans bad” “all Chinese bad” “all Iranians bad”, “all Germans bad”, etc. Most of which, one can assume, are good people, willing to get along, and it’s those few pulling the strings (deep state) that are responsible for the crises and hardships.