Alberto Gonzales Quotes

The battle against terrorism is not only a military fight but primarily a battle of information.

Spontaneous operations performed by individuals and cells here and there over the whole world, without connections between them, have put the local and international intelligence apparatus in a state of confusion, as arresting the members of aborted cells does not influence the operational activities of others who are not connected with them.

Social media is not only the most important tool for inciting terrorists, it can also be an effective weapon against them.

Intelligence is our first line of defense against terrorism, and we must improve the collection capabilities and analysis of intelligence to protect the security of the United States and its allies.

The most effective way to gather intelligence and thwart terrorism can also be a direct route into morally repugnant terrain. A survey of the landscape of persuasion.

With terrorism becoming the increasing tactic of choice, the military component would become a smaller component of our national security system.

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort.

Terrorists and criminals are increasingly adept at exploiting cutting-edge technologies to carry out or to mask their crimes. To counter current and emerging threats, the FBI actively deploys a wide range of technology-based tools, capabilities, and training that enable and enhance intelligence, national security, and law enforcement operations.

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.

Andrew Warren was a rarity in the CIA's Clandestine Service - African-American, fluent in Arabic, and relatively young for an agent who'd already spent nearly a decade chasing terrorists in Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq and Algeria, so deep undercover that few of his friends or family knew the nature of his work.

I do not - I never believed it's better to kill a terrorist than to detain him. We want to detain as many terrorists as possible so we can elicit the intelligence from them in the appropriate manner so that we can disrupt follow-on terrorist attacks.

The terrorist uses surprise and stealth, and the only way to defeat that is by having accurate and timely intelligence.

Since September 11th Congress has created the Department of Homeland Security, more than doubled the homeland security budget and implemented a bipartisan overhaul of our intelligence systems.

For some, the very act of intelligence gathering seems illegitimate when applied to the crime of terrorism.

I mean the fact is that some of this information that we have found out that led to Usama bin Laden actually came from these enhanced interrogation techniques.

If you know where Osama bin Laden is, you lead on and we will follow you.

In the difficult fight against the new menace of international terrorism, there is nothing more crucial than timely and accurate intelligence

Democracies can’t accomplish much of anything without the free flow of information – including waging the war on terrorism.

There isn’t any doubt that in fighting the War on Terrorism you increase the power and scope of government, and it becomes more intrusive.

We are in a battle, and more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media

We know there are terrorists communicating with individuals in the United States. We just can't see what they're saying.

For the FBI and for the United States, the war on terrorism is a complex and perplexing issue. It is as complex and perplexing as any issue we have ever faced.

As has been the case throughout the history of terrorism, government anxiety centres on what to do about those against whom there may be intelligence but no usable evidence.

In 2001, terrorism was fought in a completely different way.

The CIA’s resources should be focused on monitoring terrorists in caves – not polar bears on icebergs.