144 Quotes by Michael Scheuer

Where he was, where his cells were, where his logistical channels were, how he communicated. Who his allies were. Who donated to them. I think it's fair to say the entire range of sources were brought to bear.

Most dramatically, and perhaps least noticed, is the violence inside Saudi Arabia itself.

Without the connotation good or bad, bin Laden's a great man in the sense that he's influenced the course of history.

I'm much better informed than Mr. Clarke ever was about the nature of the intelligence that was available again Osama bin Laden and which was consistently denigrated by himself and Mr. Tenet.

Saudi Arabia was, until just a few years ago, probably one of the most safe countries on earth. And now the paper is daily full of activities and shootouts between Islamists who supported Osama bin Laden and the government there.

No one wants to abandon the Israelis. But I think the perception is, and I think it's probably an accurate perception, that the tail is leading the dog - that we are giving the Israelis carte blanche ability to exercise whatever they want to do in their area.

Our leaders continue to say that we're making strong headway against this problem. And I think we are not.

The treatise found that he was perfectly within his rights to use them.

Sister Virginia used to say, 'You'll be known by the company you keep.'