132 Quotes by Michael McCaul

ISIS is the greatest threat.

The dark space is one of the biggest concerns on the part of counterterrorism officials right now. Comey did a good job of explaining how they jump into a direct messaging box and then go into platforms designed specifically to be secure. There's no way, even if we have a lawful court order, to be able to access those communications.

We talk a lot about operational control, and that's having a better understanding of who's coming in and who's leaving, what the threat really is. We're never really going to get that.

I think there's kind of a simplistic, kind of knee-jerk response that all you have to do is build a 2,000-mile wall, and problem solved.

Little wars start big wars.

The pope is a very... passionate man. He likes to get out with the people, and with that comes a large security risk.

Without - you know, good intelligence stops plots against the homeland. Without that intelligence, we cannot effectively stop it.

We're a compassionate nation.

We pulled out of Libya. Now look what's happened: a safe haven, a vacuum, ISIS training militants to hit in Tunisia.