Osama bin Laden's own words stated he has a war against the United States. He declared that American civilians should be considered as combatants.

- Cofer Black

No matter how many plots we uncover and disrupt, no matter how many terrorist organizations we degrade or destroy, another individual or group will r…

- Cofer Black

The United States government does not negotiate with terrorists.

- Cofer Black

I was an intelligence officer, not a policy-maker.

- Cofer Black

The only way to address terrorism is to deal with the issues that create terrorism, to resolve them where possible, and where that's not possible to …

- Cofer Black

Cyber will be part of any future conflict - whether it's a nation state or terrorism.

- Cofer Black

As long as there are people who are not happy with their lot in life, as long as the United States is perceived to somehow be the cause of this unhap…

- Cofer Black

We have to be mindful that there is the certainty that terrorists will attempt to launch multiple attacks against their enemy, which is us and our al…

- Cofer Black

Al Qaeda is not the organization now that it was before. It is under stress organizationally. Its leadership spends more time trying to figure out ho…

- Cofer Black