The precondition to freedom is security.

- Rand Beers

The purpose of Plan Columbia was to deal with the increased cultivation and illegal activity associated with that cultivation concerning narco traffi…

- Rand Beers

I was deposed in association with a case involving the Golden Venture, a ship which smuggled Chinese aliens into the United States about eight or nin…

- Rand Beers

Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable.

- Rand Beers

The Navy has a custom-if a ship runs aground, the captain is relieved regardless of who is responsible. That's how Abu Ghraib should be handled.

- Rand Beers

The expansion and sophistication of transnational crime represents one of the most dangerous threats we confront in the next millennium.

- Rand Beers

You can't succeed in beating the insurgents unless you can convince the people that they can be protected.

- Rand Beers