I'm sure when President Bush arrives there, there will be very special extra security measures because if any place is going to have an attack on the president, it is going to be Pakistan. |
I've talked to a lot of state directors of homeland security, state officials, mayors, heads of big companies, and they all say they don't take it seriously, |
If Condi Rice had been doing her job and holding those daily meetings the way Sandy Berger did, if she had a hands-on attitude to being national security adviser when she had information that there was a threat against the United States ... [the information] would have been shaken out in the summer of 2001, |
If we have an opportunity to disrupt a terrorist cell that could potentially threaten us, we do it, ... We are no longer going to wait for the attack. We are going to pre-empt, we are going to disrupt, and we have done that a very great deal. |
If we have an opportunity to disrupt a terrorist cell that could potentially threaten us, we do it. We are no longer going to wait for the attack. We are going to pre-empt, we are going to disrupt, and we have done that a very great deal. |
If you put all the unclassified information together, sometimes it adds up to something that ought to be classified. |
inattention to the grave and gathering threat of terrorism before 9/11 and the president's preoccupation with Iraq. |
is not a good spokesman for this issue. When he says things like 'Here's a warning,' then in the next breath says the president is doing a great job, that just raises suspicions. |
It has been an enormous privilege to serve you these last 24 months, ... I thank you again for the opportunity to serve you have provided me and wish you good fortune as you lead our country through the continuing threats. |
It has provided a training ground for terrorists. |
It was a very large explosion, and did very extensive damage, and shows a great deal of sophistication with explosives, ... There are some similarities that we see with East Africa. |
It's a huge opportunity for Andrej and the Breakers. To be privy to their club environment, coaching strategies and training methods will be incredibly rewarding. |
It's unlike him to say something like that. It doesn't necessarily mean that he has the capability to carry it out. But it would be unusual, I think, for him to say something and not be able to back it up in some way. |
Let's declassify that memo I sent on January 25. And let's declassify the national security directive that Dr. Rice's committee approved nine months later, on September 4. And let's see if there's any difference between those two, because there isn't, |
Most of (these groups) are as alive and well now as they were on 9/11. |