What's your advice for people living in the age of terrorism?
My advice to people about living in the age of terrorism is the same as living in the age of any other crime. I think people need to be educated. I think they need to be aware. As a nation, I think the greatest asset we could have is our media and educating people to the real threat. Making sure people understand what's going on. Letting people know that things are happening, being done. The toughest part about our job is that in most cases, we can't send accolades or publicize some of the good things we're doing, because it compromises what we're doing. So I think that people living in the age of terrorism should at least come to some level of trust that when they're told a certain thing, that by and large it's probably true. I don't think that anybody in the way of an elected official is going to mislead the public in that respect and tell them something that's not true to make them feel good. The public has to understand that when they hear "evacuate," they need do. When they hear that there's a threat, it's real. But when they don't hear that there's a threat, they should not assume that nothing's happening and there is no threat. And that to me has been, if you will, disconcerting things. Nothing's happened since September 11th. We're already starting to hear, nothing's happened in 6 years. Why are we doing all of this? Why do we have to keep spending all this money and all this effort. Well, just remember there were 8 years between 1993 and 2001. There are a number of things that are thwarted every single day that the American public will never hear about. So they need to rest assured, there is still a threat. It is still real. I know that lots of reports have come out saying that there's no cell in America. I would never go so far as to say that. I just wouldn't do it, because I know of too many instances in this country where cells have been disruptive, plots have been thwarted, and those not meant to just scare us.
