It was also a terrorist attack in my opinion.
I think your suggestion is really an excellent one.
I think that a more focused approach, an open approach on Islamist extremism, will protect the overwhelming majority of ...
The attack of November 5, 2009, was a tragedy and we're very grateful for the efforts that you've made.
I think it's also critically important... that we recognize the specific threats posed by violent Islamist extremism to ...
What Senator Lieberman and I have suggested in our letter to Secretary Gates is that same kind of focus, squarely admitt...
DOD's approach to the threat of servicemembers who adopt a violent Islamist extremist ideology needs to be revised.
I think the more explicit we are about it the clearer it's going to be and the better off we're going to be.
We were using a standard that was, as you said, legalistic.
I do not want to diminish privacy concerns, but to me, they must be secondary to the quest--just as you said, one mistak...
So now, that information would go immediately to that person from the embassy?
Give us an explanation of that in plain language. In other words, what did not happen with Abdulmutallab which would hap...
I do think, ultimately, in these cases, security has to be given much more weight than privacy because of all that is in...
I appreciate the opportunity to appear before the Committee to discuss intelligence reform and interagency integration.
Please let us know if there is anything we can do legislatively to expedite that process for you.
So we have the equipment to do that kind of search now across the databases?
I thought--it may have been because of his personal background, too--he was asking reasonable questions.
It seems to me in these cases, that the great weight has to be given to security.
