David Hunt

The Homeland Security department doesn't have tasking authority in the intelligence community. They can ask for stuff, but they can't direct anything except inside their bureau. ”

My way is to look forward, not back. ”

If we're going to spend more money, it should go to the soldiers, Marines, and airmen to increase their salaries. ”

Publicly, we're saying we're better at fighting terrorism. Privately, we know that the bureaucracy has only gotten worse, since the high-level people are scared of being held responsible for 9/11. ”

As a lawyer who has dealt in defamation, I know that someone's reputation has to be lowered in the eyes of right-thinking people to sue. ”

Firemen can do almost everything. You already trust them in life-threatening situations; why not let them help you with your everyday problems, too? ”

Some Marines made fun of the fact that I had done plays and studied poetry, but then I won the award for physical training. ”

We can't be politically correct - right or left - in the war on terrorism. Period. ”