We will use all lawful tools at our disposal, and that includes authorities under the renewed PATRIOT Act. We firmly believe that our intelligence ga….

Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population..

I'm neither Republican nor Democrat. I've worked for the past five administrations..

I will not, nor will I ever, publicly divulge sensitive intelligence sources and methods. For when that happens, our national security is endangered ….

A lot of things look good on an academic's blackboard in terms of the actions that need to be taken. It's almost like a football coach, when you draw….

The preservation of our national security and the laws that define us as the United States of America demand that we understand the intersection of t….

I go to bed at night worrying that I didn't do enough that day to make sure I protect the American people..

Where terrorists offer injustice, disorder and destruction, the United States and its allies stand for freedom, fairness, equality, hope, and opportu….

We need to make sure that leaks of classified information, of national security secrets, needs to be rigorously pursued and prosecuted to the fullest….

By the time President Obama took office, Guantánamo was viewed internationally as a symbol of a counterterrorism approach that flouted our laws and s….

I want to be very clear - whenever it is possible to capture a suspected terrorist, it is the unqualified preference of the Administration to take cu….

As a former career intelligence professional, I have a profound appreciation for the value of intelligence. Intelligence disrupts terrorist plots and….

In full accordance with the law - and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States and to save American lives - the United States gover….

Is real, it is serious, it is growing, and it constitutes one of the greatest threats to our national security and, indeed, to global security..

Why should a great and powerful nation like the United States allow its relationship with more than a billion Muslims around the world to be defined ….

We are in this business, whether it be intelligence or the government, to protect freedom, democracy and liberty, not to violate that..

When we uphold the rule of law, our counterterrorism tools are more likely to withstand the scrutiny of our courts, our allies, and the American peop….

We know from the material that was recovered from the bin Laden compound that bin Laden was looking at the 10th anniversary of 9/11 as an opportunity….

We are a nation of laws, and we will always act within the bounds of the law..

You always, I think, debate with yourself about whether or not you made the right decision. And you have to then give the person that you’re working ….

Jihad is holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam meaning to purify oneself or one's community..