The United States government does not negotiate with terrorists.

The United States government does not negotiate with terrorists.

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.

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.

The only way to address terrorism is to deal with the issues that create terrorism, to resolve them where possible, and where that's not possible to ensure that there is an alternative to violence.

Al Qaeda is not the organization now that it was before. It is under stress organizationally. Its leadership spends more time trying to figure out how to keep from getting caught than they do trying to launch operations.