We have no intention of ignoring or appeasing history's latest gang of fanatics trying to murder their way to power.

I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about my faults.

I think freedom means freedom for everybody.

When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do anything they can to kill Americans, then I worry.

We must be prepared to face our responsibilities and be willing to use force if necessary.

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 have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11, but there's clearly an established Iraqi track record with terror.