Michael Scheuer
Michael Scheuer
Michael F. Scheuer is a former CIA intelligence officer, American blogger, author, foreign policy critic, and political analyst. He is currently an adjunct professor at Georgetown University's Center for Peace and Security Studies. One of his assignments during his 22-year career was serving as Chief of the Bin Laden Issue Stationfrom 1996 to 1999. He also served as Special Advisor to the Chief of Alec Station from September 2001 to November 2004...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
CountryUnited States of America
america building cover either exposure
The exposure of such, either firms or aircraft, just undoes years of cover building and makes America weaker.
settled worst
But at the end of the day, we settled for the worst possibility -- he was there and we didn't do anything.
frankly resigned
Frankly when I resigned in November, there wasn't anyone.
nuclear unlike
In this case, nuclear material, so by the end of 1996, it was clear that this was an organization unlike any other one we had ever seen.
arabic crazy drawing guys kinds quality rush
There's no quality control. You'll have guys out there with a smattering of Arabic drawing all kinds of crazy conclusions. Rush Limbaugh will cherry-pick from the right, and Al Franken will cherry-pick from the left.
bin himself immune outside shown wants
Bin Laden has consistently shown himself to be immune to outside pressure. When he wants to do something, he does it on his own schedule.'
dangerous threat within worldwide
This is a worldwide and still very dangerous threat and is well within what he has said before.
tangled
We are tangled in a very significant Islamic insurgency in Iraq.
arab bin few less lousy princes saved
The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been OK in my book.
christmas christian war
The war in Iraq - if Osama was a Christian - it's the Christmas present he never would have expected.
sister company-you-keep virginia
Sister Virginia used to say, 'You'll be known by the company you keep.'
mass-destruction doubt use
Well, the next attack in the United States will be larger than 9/11. And there's no doubt that if they have a weapon of mass destruction, they'll use it.
motivation war men
And when you say the policies are what caused this war - American policies - that's not to say that they're wrong. It's not to say that the policies were made by madmen or evil people. It's simply to say that you better understand the motivation of your enemy if you're going to defeat him. And the man who is motivated by a belief that his religion is being attacked by a superpower is much more dangerous than a man who's mad at you because you have women in the workplace.
daughter running son
It's going to become clear that the impact of our policies rather than our way of life is what's attracting animosity and warfare on us. And I think there is going to be a surge from the bottom up that will begin to straighten things out. Because Americans, in the long run, are not going to want their daughters and their sons to die overseas so the al Saud family can continue raping Saudi Arabia's revenue.