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Al Qaeda is very media-savvy and very focused on what goes on in the global media.

— Michael Chertoff

Staying in a very public fight with the U.S. is exactly what Al Qaeda wants.

— Richard Engel

Credible reporting indicates that Al Qaeda is moving forward with its plans to carry out a large-scale attack in the United States in an…

— Tom Ridge

If it were really the case that terrorists "hate us for our freedoms," we'd be getting more popular with Al Qaeda every month.

— Julian Sanchez

I want the American people to understand, we have a clear and focused goal: to disrupt, dismantle and defeat Al Qaeda in Pakistan and…

— Stanley A. McChrystal

We have to fight the terrorists as if there were no rules and preserve our open society as if there were no terrorists.

— Thomas Friedman

What is al Qaeda? It's an open source religious political movement that works off the global supply chain.

— Thomas Friedman

Al Qaeda has dominated the battlefield of the soul among the disaffected, disenfranchised, and dissatisfied. It promises action instead of discussion.

— Malcolm Nance

We need to make sure these Islamic terrorist organizations don't become mainstream. We're fighting an ideology as much as a group of radical terrorists.

— Ryan Zinke

When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United…

— Dick Cheney

Al Qaeda really hurt us, but not as much as Rupert Murdoch has hurt us, particularly in the case of Fox News. Fox News…

— Keith Olbermann

This new enemy seeks to destroy our freedom and impose its views. We value life; the terrorists ruthlessly destroy it. We value education; the…

— George W. Bush