“Give a human face to drug users and understand why they need narcotics is the only chance that we have to win the war on drugs. … Give a human face to terrorists and understand why they resort to violence is the only chance that we have to win the war on terror.”

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2015

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