The idea is to have global standards. There is so much travel that if you just had a regional standard, it would probably ultimately have to be changed.

Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted. Security services gather information that does not necessarily lead to people being prosecuted and in many cases needs to remain confidential.

We still lack a global definition of terrorism.

I have never come across a technology that doesn't change. This is inevitable. You have to adapt your systems as technology develops.

Terrorists have failed in what is arguably al Qaida's most important objective - to trigger revolutions.

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

If you exchange information internationally, you must strengthen data protection. Those are two sides of the same coin.