Able Quote by Michael Morell

“One effort that ISIS employs consistently is devoted to maintaining a level of operational security that at least successfully eludes the surveillance of intelligence…

— Malcolm Nance

What happened in Iraq and Syria was that the world remained silent as ISIS expanded.

— Nadia Murad

“A careful analysis of the September 11th attacks reveals that deficiencies in U.S. intelligence collection and information sharing, not immigration laws, prevented the terrorists’…

— Bill Ong Hing

Edward Snowden: The Whistleblower Behind the NSA Surveillance Revelations

— Glenn Greenwald

Think of it as the military doing a spectacular hack as opposed to blowing things up. The internet allows ISIS to have a secure…

— Dina Temple-Raston

“watched in mounting frustration, as the perversely named Patriot Acts (One and Two) had become law.  Then came the Total Information Awareness program, which…

— Matthew Bracken

These [NSA] programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power.

— Edward Snowden

We can't gather the intelligence we need to foil future attacks, if we are blindly granting terrorists the right to remain silent. But for…

— Anonymous

With terrorist groups like al Qaeda, you can't learn what you want to learn about their capabilities and their future plans by taking a…

— Bob Graham

Well, our position, and our chairman has talked about this extensively, is that we had a lot of intelligence prior to 9/11. We knew…

— Richard Ben-Veniste

ISIS is the most sophisticated terror threat we have ever faced. We are now at a time when we need more tools, not less…

— Marco Rubio

Do I believe Edward Snowden contributed to the rise of ISIS? Yes. Would they have gotten there without the help he provided them? Probably.…

— Michael Morell