“I'm afraid, based on my own experience, that fascism will come to America in the name of national security.”
Jim Garrison
“The principal mission of the National Security Coordination Council will be to ensure a more seamless coordination of all functions of the department relating to national security, particularly our efforts to combat terrorism,”
John Ashcroft
“This is fundamentally a national security issue because the same human smugglers who will smuggle a worker are willing for a price to smuggle a terrorist who can exploit that vulnerability to kill innocent civilians,”
John Cornyn
“The Iraqi national security forces, which are increasing in size, capability and experience day after day, need more time to complete their ranks, training and equipment in order to take over the primary responsibility of providing adequate security for Iraqis,”
Ibrahim Jaafari
“The Secretary of Education will decide which languages will be deemed critical to national security. My hunch is Spanish will not be one of them.”
Andrea Baker
“It was a successful meeting, and we have agreed on forming a National Security Council whose powers will not contradict the constitution.”
Adnan Dulaimi
“Sept. 11 made Americans aware of our national security vulnerability, and there is a good chance that Katrina will raise the public's consciousness about the weakness of our social safety net, ... I don't think there is going to be a call for big new government programs, but there is going to be a refocus from the public on dealing with poverty and the people left behind.”
Andrew Kohut