Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they should not be confused.

Quote by Richard Perle

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No operational commander should have to assign a soldier a task that could be done...

No operational commander should have to assign a soldier a task that could be done...

Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and...

Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and...

Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they...

Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they...

George Tenet has been the director of central intelligence since 1997, time enough to have...

George Tenet has been the director of central intelligence since 1997, time enough to have...

Few governments in the world, for example, praise human rights more ardently than does the...

Few governments in the world, for example, praise human rights more ardently than does the...

There is no doubt that, with the exception of a very small number of people...

There is no doubt that, with the exception of a very small number of people...

We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington.

We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington.

Right now, American law bars the admission of aliens suspected of terrorist activity - but...

Right now, American law bars the admission of aliens suspected of terrorist activity - but...

We may be so eager to protect the right to dissent that we lose sight...

We may be so eager to protect the right to dissent that we lose sight...

Acknowledge that a more closely integrated Europe is no longer an unqualified American interest.

Acknowledge that a more closely integrated Europe is no longer an unqualified American interest.

Nor should we exclude the possibility that Islamic terrorism may begin to make common cause...

Nor should we exclude the possibility that Islamic terrorism may begin to make common cause...

In any event, the problem in Iran is much bigger than weapons. The problem is...

In any event, the problem in Iran is much bigger than weapons. The problem is...

The jealousy and resentment that animate the terrorists also affect many of our former cold...

The jealousy and resentment that animate the terrorists also affect many of our former cold...

If we just let our vision of the world go forth, and we embrace it...

If we just let our vision of the world go forth, and we embrace it...

To stop terrorists before the strike, we must do three things: deny them entry into...

To stop terrorists before the strike, we must do three things: deny them entry into...

We must do our utmost to preserve our British ally's strategic independence from Europe.

We must do our utmost to preserve our British ally's strategic independence from Europe.

Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others.

Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others.

Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own...

Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own...

The same European governments that hesitated to confront terrorists were more than prepared to oppose...

The same European governments that hesitated to confront terrorists were more than prepared to oppose...

National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not...

National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not...