We worked to develop our own operations to advance U.S. counterterrorism objectives by penetrating terrorist safe havens and collecting intelligence that would inform policy and enable our own operations.

The Pakistani government under Musharraf is a strong and key player in the global war on terrorism, and their contribution has been second to none.

The United States government does not negotiate with terrorists.

Cyber will be part of any future conflict - whether it's a nation state or terrorism.

I was an intelligence officer, not a policy-maker.

Osama bin Laden's own words stated he has a war against the United States. He declared that American civilians should be considered as combatants.

We have to be mindful that there is the certainty that terrorists will attempt to launch multiple attacks against their enemy, which is us and our allies.