Terrorists always have the advantage of surprise.

It's important that we work very closely with moderate Muslim forces locally, nationally and internationally.

The majority of the world's Muslims do not believe that terrorism is a legitimate strategy or that Islam is incompatible with democracy.

The key to tackling Islamist fundamentalism and terrorism from the Islamist community is in the hands of moderate Muslims.

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.

You can't get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services.

If information ends up in the wrong hands, the lives of people very often are immediately at risk.