Once The Attacks Occur, As We Learned On Sept. 11, It Is Too Late. It Makes Little Sense To Deprive Ourselves Of An Important, And Legal, Means To Detect And Prevent Terrorist Attacks While We Are Still In The Middle Of A Fight To The Death With Al Qaeda. - SearchQuotes

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Once the attacks occur, as we learned on Sept. 11, it is too late. It makes little sense to deprive ourselves of an important, and legal, means to detect and prevent terrorist attacks while we are still in the middle of a fight to the death with al Qaeda.

John Yoo

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