In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.

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Indiscriminate attacks on civilians ought, under all circumstances, to be illegal in war as in...

Indiscriminate attacks on civilians ought, under all circumstances, to be illegal in war as in...

Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted....

Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted....

There are no automatic links between poverty and terrorism. Among millions of poor people in...

There are no automatic links between poverty and terrorism. Among millions of poor people in...

The majority of the world's Muslims do not believe that terrorism is a legitimate strategy...

The majority of the world's Muslims do not believe that terrorism is a legitimate strategy...

I have never come across a technology that doesn't change. This is inevitable. You have...

I have never come across a technology that doesn't change. This is inevitable. You have...

Muslim organisations tend to have a low level of organisation. The communities in Europe are...

Muslim organisations tend to have a low level of organisation. The communities in Europe are...

Look at Iraq; look at Afghanistan, where at great personal physical risk people have gone...

Look at Iraq; look at Afghanistan, where at great personal physical risk people have gone...

If you exchange information internationally, you must strengthen data protection. Those are two sides of...

If you exchange information internationally, you must strengthen data protection. Those are two sides of...

It's important that we work very closely with moderate Muslim forces locally, nationally and internationally.

It's important that we work very closely with moderate Muslim forces locally, nationally and internationally.

We still lack a global definition of terrorism.

We still lack a global definition of terrorism.

Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism.

Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism.

Our strategy should be to strengthen the hand of moderate Muslims.

Our strategy should be to strengthen the hand of moderate Muslims.

Terrorists always have the advantage of surprise.

Terrorists always have the advantage of surprise.

The European Borders Agency in Warsaw has been created to help border forces in Europe...

The European Borders Agency in Warsaw has been created to help border forces in Europe...

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security...

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security...

The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims.

The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims.

There is a series of sectors which could be severely disrupted by terrorist attacks, particularly...

There is a series of sectors which could be severely disrupted by terrorist attacks, particularly...

Terrorists have failed in what is arguably al Qaida's most important objective - to trigger...

Terrorists have failed in what is arguably al Qaida's most important objective - to trigger...

I remain optimistic. What we've seen in Europe and the rest of the world is...

I remain optimistic. What we've seen in Europe and the rest of the world is...

Terrorists have failed to trigger mass conflict between Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe. We should...

Terrorists have failed to trigger mass conflict between Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe. We should...