Robert Mueller Quotes

The U.K. is at the heart of intelligence gathering with our allies to call out hostile activity.

Since the tragedies, the Department of Homeland Security was established to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, and most importantly, to share intelligence information among government agencies and departments.

To preserve our security in a dangerous century, vigilance is not enough. National Intelligence must do more.

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

I am committed to ensure that our intelligence community, law enforcement, medical professionals, and military have the information and funding needed to protect the American people from threats at home and abroad.

The Patriot Act removed major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and national defense communities from talking and coordinating their work to protect the American people and our national security.

National security involves education for our children as well as silos for our missiles.

The safety and security of the nation depends more so than ever before on intelligence.

Here are some additional things we (the National Security Agency) can do for the War on Terror but we may not do them because we do not have the authority

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

The security [of European national is dependent on the effective intelligence of their neighbors.

Many threats to the homeland begin overseas, and that's where we need to be.

Security has to be, and has long been, our government's top priority. It is imperative that we continue to diligently watch for potential threats by all appropriate means.

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.

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

We must continue to ensure law enforcement has the necessary tools to combat terrorism here at home. We must also work with our allies and provide our military with the weapons and protective gear they need to defeat terrorism abroad.

The war on terror, I believe, will be waged by effective intelligence and police work and cruise missiles.

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.

Let me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United States.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and CSIS have provided extraordinary co-operation, as I mentioned earlier.

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

I would say national security is work in progress.

The fact of the matter is that whether it's in London or Egypt or Turkey or New York or Washington, we have to pay the price of guarding ourself, which is internal vigilance.

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.