Throughout My Career, I Had The Great

The Risk Of Just One Terrorist With Just One Nuclear Weapon Is A Risk We Simply Cannot Afford To Take.

Terrorism Needs To Be Fought Against And Certainly Delegitimized Or Attacked, But Some Of The Underlying Grievances That Might In Fact Lead Individuals Astray To Terrorism Cannot Be Ignored.

We Know From The Material That Was Recovered From The Bin Laden Compound That Bin Laden Was Looking At The 10th Anniversary Of 9/11 As An Opportunity To Strike Yet Again At The U.s. Homeland.

By The Time President Obama Took Office, Guantánamo Was Viewed Internationally As A Symbol Of A Counterterrorism Approach That Flouted Our Laws And Strayed From Our Values, Undercutting The Perceived Legitimacy - And Therefore The Effectiveness - Of Our Efforts.

I Will Not, Nor Will I Ever, Publicly Divulge Sensitive Intelligence Sources And Methods. For When That Happens, Our National Security Is Endangered And Lives Can Be Lost.