You got to have people at the top who respond to and are selected by presidents.

We also have to work, though, sort of the dark side, if you will. We've got to spend time in the shadows in the intelligence world. A lot of what needs to be done here will have to be done quietly, without any discussion, using sources and methods that are available to our intelligence agencies... That's the world these folks operate in, and so it's going to be vital for us to use any means at our disposal, basically, to achieve our objective.

I'm more concerned with bad guys who got out and released than I am with a few that in fact were innocent.

I think it's fair to say you can't predict a straight line to victory. You know, there'll be good days and bad days along the way.

If we have reason to believe someone is preparing an attack against the U.S., has developed that capability, harbours those aspirations, then I think the U.S. is justified in dealing with that, if necessary, by military force.

I do find that the mainstream media oftentimes is what I would consider off base or has a bias.

I think Barack Obama is a one-term President.