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

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

If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally.

In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and prepare their attacks.

Terrorists always have the advantage of surprise.

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

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