Is there any concrete evidence that Al Qaeda has a weapon of mass destruction?
Chemical, biological, nuclear? There is concrete evidence of intent to either make, purchase or even steal one of the above. But actually, there’s concrete evidence about certain capacities that I can’t share with you. There’s no concrete evidence that they have possession of a nuclear bomb or anything of that sort. But we know –whatever the weapon of mass destruction might be, and they come in various forms — there’s no doubt in our minds if they had it they’d use it. But they don’t have one. They don’t have a dirty bomb, for instance. We don’t have concrete evidence that they are today in possession of one. But we do have, [evidence] corroborated time and time again from individuals, that really speak to the aspirations of this organization that their goal is to secure them so they can use them. Do you believe we are safer today because the Lackawanna group, for instance, has not only been apprehended — in one case a member was eliminated — and that they’ve been taken off the str