In a New Yorker article on May 7, 2001, Vice President Dick Cheney said: ” ‘In terms of the threats to the United States, the terrorism of various kinds, probably intelligence is your first line of defense. …You need to have very robust intelligence capability if you’re going to uncover threats to the U.S., and hopefully thwart them before they can be launched.’ ”
– Stephen F. Hayes, Cheney, Page 321