A terrorist can attack any time, any place using any technique and you can't defend everywhere against every technique at every moment.

The problem is the people who tend to be the best organized are the most radical and the most vicious.

A large number of people to begin crawling through those tunnels and caves looking for the bad folks.

Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem areas, add structure and delegate. The pressure is to do the reverse. Resist it.

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.

It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.

We do have a saying in America: if you're in a hole, stop digging ..... erm, I'm not sure I should have said that.