In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.

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

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.

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

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

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

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