I want to give the American people assurances that we are protecting them.

I think Syria is now the training ground for the world... These rebel forces are more of a threat than anything.

This is an unprecedented pace of terror in modern times. And so, to say they're on the run absolutely defies reality.

Our United States military is not our threat.

I'm a big supporter of our United States military.

We need a military strategy to defeat terrorists on the ground.

We have entered a new phase in Islamist terror. Fifteen years after 9/11, our enemies have regained their momentum.

The threat is real, and it comes from the Internet. This is a new generation of terrorist. This is not Bin Laden in caves with couriers anymore. This is what the new threat of terrorism looks like.

We have about 200,000 ISIS tweets per day that hit the United States. The chatter is so loud and the volume is so high that it's a problem that's very hard to stop and disrupt in this country.

I don't think Mr. Snowden woke up one day and had the wherewithal to do this all by himself. I think he was helped by others.