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In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.

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In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and prepare their attacks.

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I have never come across a technology that doesn't change. This is inevitable. You have to adapt your systems as technology develops.

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You can't get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services.

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In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.

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We still lack a global definition of terrorism.

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We're still stymied by the old stand-off between those who wish to fight terrorism and resistance fighters.

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Indiscriminate attacks on civilians ought, under all circumstances, to be illegal in war as in peacetime.

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Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism.

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We are familiar with terrorism. But indiscriminate, cross-border, religiously motivated terrorism is new.

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Biography

Nationality: Dutch

Type: Politician

Born: February 22nd, 1956

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