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

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

The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims.

Terrorists always have the advantage of surprise.

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

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

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