229 Quotes by Peter Bergen

We can talk about the money, but what does the money really mean? We're dealing with someone who has the ability to convince people to be martyrs.

We're paying some kind of 'fear premium' for the price of oil right now.

The purported will states, 'Attack them on the sea. Attack them on the land. Attack them everywhere. Attack their economy,'

At night, temperatures here fall below the freezing point.

Even by the standards of 1970s Saudi Arabia, it was a little unusual.

There's overwhelming evidence bin Laden was behind the attacks of September 11. If the family chooses not to believe that, that's just how families operate.

Saddam Hussein was put on notice that he can't do those type of things.

After all, the chain of custody of these tapes is the one way to find bin Laden. He obviously feels secure enough that he can release a number of these tapes.

The most obvious meaning of the tape is that bin Laden is still alive.