I don't believe in inevitability. But I think it's pretty close to being inevitable...Yes, I think it's probably a near thing. — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Our leaders continue to say that we're making strong headway against this problem. And I think we are not. — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
A nuclear weapon of some dimension, whether it's actually a nuclear weapon, or a dirty bomb, or some kind of radiological device.… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
It's not a choice between war and peace. It's a choice between war and endless war. It's not appeasement. I think it's… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
No one should be surprised when Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda detonate a weapon of mass destruction in the United States.… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
And so to dismiss these homegrown terrorists as boobs, which is one of the terms that was used in one of the… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
I think it's very instructive to look at a man like Ramsey Ahmad Yousef, who almost brought down the World Trade Center… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
When you cut down to the micro-level in the West, I think we have a great deal to be worried about. And… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Well, there are certain pockets of improvement. The one that I think is most important is that state and local law enforcement… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
What we face is a scared populace, and because it's scared, it's willing to put up with what I think are inevitably… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
The FBI continues to be a broken, anachronistic organization, but state and local law enforcement officials are much more attuned to the… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
I don't know what our capabilities are. If I were there, I think it would be nutty to do that. The only… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
It's going to become clear that the impact of our policies rather than our way of life is what's attracting animosity and… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
I think what history will show is that one of the most tragic results of the war in Iraq will be that… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Every mujahadeen who comes in from outside the country finds an environment where Arabic is spoken. So in that sense, it's a… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Although my own view is that bin Laden does not want to stage an attack that looks like 9/11 in Europe simply… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
I also think that there is a huge failure in the American education system to educate Americans about where we, our system,… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
I think one of the most destructive things in terms of American security has been for all of our leaders, without exception… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
I think clearly Europe has a lot to worry about. When I was working at the CIA - and I always worked… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
No one wants to abandon the Israelis. But I think the perception is, and I think it's probably an accurate perception, that… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
I think we'll see it mostly in the United States. We're getting to the point where al Qaeda is ready to again… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
I think Mr. Clarke had a tendency to interfere too much with the activities of the CIA, and our leadership at the… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
The second touchstone for America I think unquestionably was pushing to conclusion the program we had with the Russians to control the… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
I think the world is more perilous and America is basically undefended. For me the two touchstones after 9/11 for domestic security… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
I think you can take the recent war in Lebanon as a very good example of how this plays. The Americans and… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
But more important, I think, is the criticism bin Laden has made publicly over the past 10 years that Muslim governments cannot… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Israelis are wrong in not looking for a change in the relationship with the United States that would put it more in… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Iraq, for the first time, gives al Qaeda and its allies contiguous safe-haven territory to train and launch attacks into the Levant. First into… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Well, there are certain pockets of improvement. The one that I think is most important is that state and local law enforcement levels have… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
You become an anti-Semite. And as powerful as the Israeli lobby is, the Saudi lobby is just as powerful. In fact, the Saudis probably… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Without the connotation good or bad, bin Laden's a great man in the sense that he's influenced the course of history. — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
I know these days it sounds a little odd, but American governments are very fearful of European reaction. They were afraid we would be… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
The whole importance of Iraq is that we have now created two things. One, Iraq is in the Arab heartland in terms of an… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Bin Laden does reprehensible activities, and we should surely take care of that by killing him as soon as we can. But he's not… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
The uniqueness of the unit was more or less that it was focused on a single individual. It was really the first time the… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
I think it's very instructive to look at a man like Ramsey Ahmad Yousef, who almost brought down the World Trade Center in 1993.… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
The treatise found that he was perfectly within his rights to use them. — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Every mujahadeen who comes in from outside the country finds an environment where Arabic is spoken. So in that sense, it's a tremendous come-on… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
We've gone thorough religious wars and civil wars. America has gone through slavery, we've all gone through two world wars, segregation. Ultimately it's been… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
