Michael McCaul Quotes

ISIS uses traditional media platforms as well as widespread social media campaigns to propagate its ideology. With the broad distribution of social media, terrorists can spot, assess, recruit, and radicalize vulnerable persons of all ages in the U.S. either to travel to foreign lands or to conduct an attack on the homeland.

We don't tolerate terrorism. We go after the terrorists and those who support them and those who justify their actions.

Firmly believe that terrorism, in any shape or form, is against humanity. There should be zero tolerance towards terrorism.

Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.

All Extremists Should Be Considered Dangerous

Criminal and terrorist threats are morphing beyond traditional actors and tactics. We still have to worry about things like an al-Qaida cell plotting a large-scale attack, but we also now have to worry increasingly about homegrown violent extremists radicalizing in the shadows.

First of all, radical beliefs are not a predictor of terrorist behavior: most people who hold radical beliefs never become terrorists, and some terrorists don't hold radical beliefs.

Terrorists in ungoverned spaces - both physical and cyber - readily disseminate propaganda and training materials to attract easily influenced individuals around the world to their cause. They motivate these individuals to act at home or encourage them to travel.

Terrorism and the fight against extremism is our fight.

They’re nothing more than domestic terrorists.

Social media has allowed groups, such as ISIL, to use the Internet to spot and assess potential recruits. With the widespread horizontal distribution of social media, terrorists can identify vulnerable individuals of all ages in the United States - spot, assess, recruit, and radicalize - either to travel or to conduct a homeland attack.

Transnational terrorism, in the form of the Salafi Jihadist movement, is fundamentally a function of globalization.

If it acts like a terrorist, if it walks like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorist, it's a terrorist, right?

Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life.

The terrorists hide behind Allah.

But as I often say, terrorists won't check our party registration before they blow us up.

I never call it an insurgency. I call it terrorism.

To a considerable extent we are faced by a technology arms race with terrorists. The communications revolution has made it easier for terrorist groups to reach out to vulnerable individuals with their violent extremist ideology and propaganda. It has also facilitated fundraising, recruitment and training.

Terrorists

The success of terrorism anywhere breeds terrorism everywhere.

A suicide bomber is a two-legged missile. Once it’s launched, it’s very difficult to intercept.

Those who issue fatwas and manifestos inciting terror are themselves terrorists.

Especially dangerous is crime disguised under political and pseudo-religious motives, such as terrorism and the like.

We have identified over two dozen Americans who have converted to Islam and then have participated in Jihadist terrorist activities.

Terrorism is a means/a tactic, not an ideological or defined physical enemy