Wisdom in Space<p>"A senior United States official" is a political appointee over 30. "A senior agency employee" is a midlevel careerocrat looking out a Langley window and dreaming about a book contract. No confidential informant is ever identified as "junior," which would impugn the status of the source.<br> -- William Safire</p><p>⬆ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/WilliamSafire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamSafire</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sources</span></a></p><p>⬇ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Panorama</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BartolomeIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BartolomeIsland</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PinnacleRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PinnacleRock</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Galapagos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galapagos</span></a></p>