"Stay the hell away from the whole damned thing." Richard Helms, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon -- "You know he's one of them, don't you?" James Schlesinger, William Colby, and Gerald Ford -- "We were just plain asleep." George H. W. Bush, Stansfield Turner, and Jimmy Carter -- "That's the most frightening thing I've ever heard." William Casey and Ronald Reagan -- "Never go home at night witout wondering where the mole is." William Webster, Robert Gates, and George H. W. Bush -- "A jungle full of poisonous snakes." James Woolsey, John Deutch, and Bill Clinton -- "They're coming here." George Tenet, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush -- "It's a slam dunk." George Tenet and George W. Bush -- "He died quickly." Porter Goss, Michael Hayden, and George W. Bush -- "You just have to hope that ultimate God agrees with you." Leon Panetta and Barack Obama -- "Everything thinks this stuff is easy. None of this stuff is easy." David Patraeus, John Brennan, and Barack Obama -- "I would like you to do us a favor though." Mike Pompeo, Gina Haspel, and Donald Trump.