Dan Bongino Quotes

It all comes down to probable cause: If you think something's up, maybe you gotta take a look.

All of the leading terrorism experts are clear on one thing: that in terms of protecting America, we are almost never going to know a place or a time of an attack.

A democratic state too gentlemanly to learn all it can about threats us a state that betrayed its most fundamental responsibilities.

It would not be permissible for you to build a home and not let law enforcement in if they had a search warrant. If they think there's a crime ongoing, they go to court and get a warrant, and they're permitted to come in your home under the Fourth Amendment.

Rule of law is based on probable cause.

My admonition is, 'No counterterrorism lead goes uncovered.'

If a police officer is looking for a criminal, he or she might stop a number of people in that particular area and ask to see their driver's license. No one bellyaches about civil rights or privacy issues. We're just happy the cops are trying to find the bad guy.

When the police officers knock on your door with a warrant, they don't expect you to give them a tour. It's supposed to be an adversarial process so that it's used in these extraordinary powers are applied only when there's no alternative. Only when they're absolutely necessary, and only when they're proportionate to the threat faced by these individuals.

The military budget must reflect the threats we face, rather than the budget defining those threats.

An issue that really concerned me when I was on the House Intelligence Committee was the quality of analysis.

As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I know that the CIA, Treasury Department, National Security Agency, and others work closely to keep tabs on the IRGC's operations.

We are monitoring very closely threats against the pope as he comes in to the United States.

It is not possible to debate the balance between privacy and security, including the rights and wrongs of intrusive powers, without also understanding the threats.

I strongly support screening all visitors and potential immigrants thoroughly to prevent bad actors from entering the country.

Hillary Clinton is a threat to the rule of law and to our safety and security.

We protect the American people from a staggering range of threats. But make no mistake, securing the homeland against terrorism remains our top priority.

I believe it is my responsibility as a member of Congress to ensure that I protect our country from any and all threats.

You've accepted a lot of things without evidence. Find out what the evidence is for that. Find out what the evidence is for everything that you accept.

Before I could become a military officer or a Member of Congress, I was required to do one thing: Take an oath to the Constitution.

The bottom line is we are pursuing every single possible action to keep our country safe from terrorism.

Police officers must act quickly to seize wrongdoers and obtain evidence while protecting themselves and bystanders. It is easy to second-guess their search-and-seizure decisions in a secure courtroom.

There is nothing quite like working on a counter-terrorism case in real time.

We need the cooperation of the Pakistanis. If we don't have any, we lose insight into the actions of those who would do our country harm.

Everyone is now a potential terrorist.

New Jersey was threatened like no other region in this country and what we did was we took action within the constitution to make sure that law enforcement had all the information they needed.