Collecting Quote by Cofer Black

The United States has the best intelligence-gathering operation in the world. We should provide a greater level of training and assistance to the E.U.…

— Chris Murphy

Intelligence is our first line of defense against terrorism, and we must improve the collection capabilities and analysis of intelligence to protect the security…

— Saxby Chambliss

The U.S., often in secret, carries out counterterrorism missions all the time, with drones in places like Yemen and Somalia.

— Richard Engel

A number of the major terrorist captures we have made, the terrorist operations designed for the United States that we have interrupted, were enabled…

— Anonymous

Ever since 9/11, our intelligence agencies, as part of the 'war on terror,' have expanded their operations to include American citizens. I was 'terrorized'…

— Bob Beckel

In order to be successful against each of these threats, we have to have a presence overseas, work closely not only with our counterparts…

— Robert Mueller

Given our law enforcement authorities, our central role in the Intelligence Community, and the span of our responsibilities - from counterterrorism to counterintelligence to…

— Christopher A. Wray

We certainly have the best special operations forces in the world and know how to do counterterrorism extremely well.

— Mark Esper

Terrorists continue to exploit divisions between law enforcement and the intelligence communities that limit the sharing of vital counterterrorism information.

— Jim Sensenbrenner

After 9/11 we were prepared to use military force. We were prepared to go after not only the terrorists, but those who sponsor terror…

— Dick Cheney

The intelligence activities undertaken by the United States government are lawful, necessary and required to protect Americans from terrorist attacks.

— Dana Perino

One of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the counterterrorism problem involve other parts of the national security…

— John Poindexter