Agency Quote by Scott McClellan

As the Ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, I have been briefed since 2003 on a highly classified NSA foreign collection program that…

— Jane Harman

President Obama is determined that our foreign and national security policies not play into al-Qa'ida's strategy or its warped ideology. Al-Qa'ida seeks to terrorize…

— John O. Brennan

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

“It is important not to concentrate the defence case too narrowly on terrorism. That is a grave threat, but not the only one. Invoking…

— Edward Lucas

The Obama administration took a vital national security tool, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and they misused to surveil for political reasons.

— John Ratcliffe

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

Any American who joins al Qaeda will know full well that they have joined an organization that is at war with the United States.…

— John O. Brennan

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

The president [Barack Obama] understands that the country's very concerned about [terrorism] issue. And I think what you're going to hear from him is…

— Barack Obama

The National Security Council's real role is to coordinate the various activities of the government of the United States in the furtherance of American…

— Oliver North

If we don’t uphold our Constitution and our values, that over time, that will make us less safe and that will be a recruitment…

— Barack Obama

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

— Michael Hayden