Sam Faddis > Quotes

“one knows how many people had been killed under Saddam’s regime, but estimates run as high as half a million. One mass grave alone is estimated to hold the remains of 15,000 people.”
― Sam Faddis, The CIA War in Kurdistan: The Untold Story of the Northern Front in the Iraq War

“Case officers are like sharks; they have to swim and hunt continuously”
― Sam Faddis, The CIA War in Kurdistan: The Untold Story of the Northern Front in the Iraq War

“What defines case officers is their ability to bring on new blood. In the trade they say, “ten percent of the officers recruit ninety percent of the sources.” Some people can do it. Many can’t.”
― Sam Faddis, The CIA War in Kurdistan: The Untold Story of the Northern Front in the Iraq War