Dominic Grieve Quotes

When these attacks occur, as they likely will, we will wonder what more we could have done to stop them.

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.

People should think of the war on terror as being like the war on crime--- a struggle in which success is measured not by final victory but by declines in incidence and seriousness of attacks.

We could have prevented the terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon if we had 20,000 troops shoulder to shoulder.

Switzerland is part of the fight against terrorism. There is no neutrality against this threat.

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

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

The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities.

I think the American people believe in stopping and preventing terrorism pretty much at any cost.

I can tell you that the Canadian intelligence and law enforcement agencies have been providing outstanding co-operation with our intelligence and law enforcement agencies as we work together to track down terrorists here in North America and put them out of commission.

I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.

The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th.

The country was not focused on terrorism before September 11th.

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

I do think we need more cameras. We have to stay ahead of the terrorists, and I do know in New York, the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative, which is based on cameras, the outstanding work that results from that.

In order to be successful against each of these threats, we have to have a presence overseas, work closely not only with our counterparts in the law enforcement community, but also with the intelligence community.

Look, we constantly live looking at the issue of the threat of terrorism.

Since 2001, the Patriot Act has provided the means to detect and disrupt terrorist threats against the U.S. Prior to enactment of the law, major legal barriers prevented intelligence, national defense, and law enforcement agencies from working together and sharing information.

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

When it comes to terrorism, the only path to safety is the path to action.

Successful counter-terrorist strategies are based on accurate and detailed intelligence on terrorist networks and activities

The problem is that the same technological tools we use to thwart terrorists can also be used against the people whose job it is to stop them.

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

True terrorism, you know, weaponized fear. In defense of ourselves, we're fighting - actively fighting something else. But if you're going to fight terrorism, to me, you fight the root causes of terrorism.