You have multiple intelligence agencies. They all ultimately report to the director of national intelligence but, you know, it never comes in neat packages. So you have to make judgments on what you have, and it's not easy to do.

For some, the very act of intelligence gathering seems illegitimate when applied to the crime of terrorism.

If you want to be a cop, it's not for everybody, no question about it, but there's no place like New York City.

I think the American public can accept the fact if you tell them that every time you pick up the phone it's going to be recorded and it goes to the government. I think the public can understand that.