Ronna McDaniel Quotes

I think the key that happened on 9/11 is we went from considering terrorist attacks as a law enforcement problem to considering terrorist attacks, especially on the scale we have on 9/11, as being an act of war.

Al-Qa’ida members -- including some who are US citizens --have resided in or traveled to the US for years, and the group apparently maintains a support structure that could aid attacks.

I think, in the wake of Sept. 11, it's important for the American public to understand that to the extent that there are individuals within the United States who would undertake terrorist attacks, that we are doing something to address that.

The Department of Justice will continue to pursue those that travel to fight against the United States and our allies, as well as those individuals that recruit others on behalf of ISIL in the homeland.

Terrorism is always one bad day away from being issue No. 1.

There is no doubt ISIS poses a clear, direct threat to the United States, and decisive action is badly needed.

They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas.

We have to be mindful that there is the certainty that terrorists will attempt to launch multiple attacks against their enemy, which is us and our allies.

The relevance for 9/11 is that what 9/11 marked was the beginning of a struggle in which the terrorists come at us and strike us here on our home territory. And it's a global operation. It doesn't know national boundaries or national borders.

Since the events of September 11, we've rightfully changed our military strategy so we're now taking the fight to those individuals who aim to do us harm, rather than waiting for another atrocious attack to happen.

It's very important to go back and keep in mind the distinction between handling these events as criminal acts, which was the way we did before 9/11, and then looking at 9/11 and saying, 'This is not a criminal act,' not when you destroy 16 acres of Manhattan, kill 3,000 Americans, blow a big hole in the Pentagon. That's an act of war.

I absolutely believe that another 9/11 is possible.

ISIS is not an existential threat to something happening to someone in the United States of America. It's a serious problem overseas, but it's confusing and frightening.

Domestic terrorism has opened new war zones, operating off the assumption that all Americans are potential terrorists.

There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities.

We should revoke passports from any Americans or dual citizens who are fighting with ISIS.

We have not yet, as a nation, made a generation-long commitment to this terrorist threat.

The rise of terrorism and unconventional weapons will end the relative invulnerability of the U. S. homeland …. A direct attack against American citizens on American soil is likely over the next quarter of a century.

Terror threats to the U.S. homeland have reached unprecedented levels.

I am deeply concerned for the safety of our people brought by a lack of a comprehensive strategy to defeat ISIL.

The point is the country has got serious problems dealing with terrorism both domestic and international.

Those are the two issues: Protecting the homeland and stopping the war and going after ISIS in a way that ends the terrorism.

9/11 was a gamechanger in so many terrible ways, not just for the United States and for our own national security apparatus but for the whole world. And those attacks blew apart any notion of separation between foreign and domestic threats, any notion that such attacks only happen to other people in other countries.

The issue that Mr. Trump is talking about and which, really, frankly, I expect the media should be talking about is protecting the American homeland from national security risks and terrorists.

Europe is especially vulnerable to terrorists who may hide among the refugees pouring across its borders.