Abandoned Quote by Jack Keane

Counterterrorism analysts have known for years that al Qaeda prepares for attacks with elaborate 'targeting packages' of photographs and notes.

— Barton Gellman

Despite the obvious intelligence and security failures that contributed to the attack against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, the reality is that in one…

— Jack Keane

Afghanistan is where much of the al Qaeda journey began. It is the main site where Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and their cohort…

— Jack Keane

“George Piro, had gathered evidence that al-Qaeda had a network of adherents at American flight schools. Williams urged a nationwide investigation. He was unsurprised…

— Tim Weiner

In my book, I detail the critical information we obtained from al Qaeda terrorists after they became compliant following a short period of enhanced…

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr

We need to understand that an open society and free speech and press... really are the best weapons against al Qaeda and extremism.

— Elliott Abrams

An intelligence analyst may attribute an attack to al Qaeda, whereas a policy maker could opt for the more general 'extremist.'

— Michael Hayden

Success means eliminating Al Qaeda's ability to launch terrorist attacks against the United States and our allies.

— Eric Greitens

Mistreatment of al Qaeda members and their friends and hangers-on is something I number among my moral concerns. But it's number 1,000,000,001.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Bin Laden is dead, and most of his friends are dead. But did it need to cost a trillion dollars and two land wars,…

— Richard Engel

That is because the conflict with al Qaeda is not governed by the Geneva Conventions, which applies only to international conflicts between states that…

— John Yoo

And beyond that, the next issue is how do we guarantee one of these weapons, not necessarily this missile, but nuclear weapons ends up…

— Lawrence Eagleburger