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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

No matter how many plots we uncover and disrupt, no matter how many terrorist organizations we degrade or destroy, another individual or group will rise to take their place.