American Quote by John O. Brennan

When we uphold the rule of law, our counterterrorism tools are more likely to withstand the scrutiny of our courts, our allies, and the…

— John O. Brennan

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

I know what the counterterrorism feels like because I was there. But I also operated within limits. And within the United States government, we've…

— Barack Obama

I think what we've learned is that the terrorist threat is serious, but it shifts. You cannot make a single person the sole focus…

— Paul Bremer

I do not believe that a counterterrorism strategy all by itself, without a sufficient level of counterinsurgency, will work.

— Rahm Emanuel

When we uphold the rule of law, our counterterrorism tools are more likely to withstand the scrutiny of our courts, our allies, and the…

— John O. Brennan

The actions that we take on the counterterrorism front, again, are to take actions against individuals where we believe that the intelligence base is…

— John O. Brennan

Secondly, not only have we put additional agents on counterterrorism, but we've also built up our analytical structure so that we're better positioned to…

— Robert Mueller

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

— Richard Engel

We have to defeat ISIS. That is my highest counterterrorism goal.

— Hillary Clinton

We worked to develop our own operations to advance U.S. counterterrorism objectives by penetrating terrorist safe havens and collecting intelligence that would inform policy…

— Cofer Black

We will never abdicate the security of the United States to a foreign country or refrain from taking action when appropriate. But we cannot…

— John O. Brennan