If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence.

I think we Americans, of all people, understand the importance of a good, legal, constitutional framework as the basis of political life.

We're going to be on the ground in Iraq as soldiers and citizens for years. We're going to be running a colony almost.

We've thrown out Saddam and Saddam, dead or alive, is finished in Iraq.

I think what we've learned is that the terrorist threat is serious, but it shifts. You cannot make a single person the sole focus of your counterterrorism.

I think the Iraqi people have shown extraordinary patience and courage in the last few months. They have really put a political system on the way to success, to a real democracy here.

The new administration seems to be paying no attention to the problem of terrorism. What they will do is stagger along until there's a major incident and then suddenly say, `Oh, my God, shouldn't we be organized to deal with this?'