And at that point, I think we all realized it was something tremendously tragic, probably a terrorist attack, and the next step was to go down to our command center and get things going.

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There'll be differences of opinion in just about every intelligence analysis that you make.

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The FBI's principal priority right now is protecting the United States against another terrorist attack.

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The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him...