What is of consequence is I did my best.
The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims.
Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted. Security services gather information that does not necessarily lead to people being prosecuted and in many cases needs to remain confidential.
If information ends up in the wrong hands, the lives of people very often are immediately at risk.
In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.
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.
Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism.
But you have to understand, American democracy is not like the system you have. We're not an ocean liner that sails across the ocean from point A to point B at 30 knots. That's not American democracy. American democracy is kind of like a life raft that bobs around the ocean all the time. Your feet are always wet. Winds are always blowing. You're cold. You're wet. You're uncomfortable -- but you never sink.
People do not plan to mess up their lives. They just don't plan not to.
Sex without love is like a goddamn business transaction. And sometimes both parties feel as if they got a good deal, but that doesn't make it any less so.
It's interesting to think about how the book changed us.