How you define a problem shapes how you address it..

Al-Qa'ida is the antithesis of the peace, tolerance and humanity that is at the heart of Islam..

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

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 ….

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

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..

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….

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

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..

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….

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

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 ….

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

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

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

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

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….

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….