9 Quotes by Roger Cressey

If this isn't a wake-up call for real disaster planning, I don't know what will be.

You have to accept the possibility that a major portion of the people will be left behind. You may have to write some of them off in far larger numbers than people realize.

The Secret Service is the best in the business, but their pucker factor right now is really high. They're very worried because it is a high risk environment, and they cannot control the environment within which the President is handled.

This is not a small fish. This is a big fish.

Creating a significant policy shop is like Bureaucracy 101. We never heard anything back.

In times of crisis I think you have to explore, use every capability and explore every option. But past those, in the day-to-day operations when there is no imminent threat, you need to revisit procedures and structures in place to ensure proper oversight.

You can receive information about the broad outline of a specific plot and not have enough granularity to the information that allows for the type of follow-up that law enforcement can do,

The greater concern is the presence of anti-global leaders who may use the international spotlight on the Olympics as an opportunity to cause destruction.

A high volume of people have to move quickly, and as a result you can't have the layered security in place like you do at airports. That makes it very difficult to defend.