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

We are familiar with terrorism. But indiscriminate, cross-border, religiously motivated terrorism is new.

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

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

The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities.

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

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.