“Investigations by special prosecutors can take on a life of their own.” — Peter Bergen Quote

“Investigations by special prosecutors can take on a life of their own.”

“In mid-November 2001, as they moved toward the city of Kandahar, the Taliban's de facto capital in southern Afghanistan, Amerine's team called in airstrikes against advancing Taliban units and more or less obliterated a Taliban column of a thousand men that had been dispatched from Kandahar. It was the Taliban's final play to remain in power.”

“For many, embracing the ideology of Osama bin Laden or ISIS allowed them to become the heroes of their own story as well as actors in a cosmic crusade. For others, a 'cognitive opening' to militant Islam was often precipitated by a personal disappointment or loss.”

“200,000 ISIS tweets a day, 1,000 investigations in all 50 states. It's really hard to stop all of it. But we have to get control over this Internet propaganda that is poisoning the minds of the United States.”

“I'm not famous for my back story investigations; I'm lucky that I work with good writers and it's usually in the script.”

“Like civil suits, criminal investigations take the president's focus away from his or her responsibilities to the people.”