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We Will Use All Lawful Tools At Our Disposal, And That Includes Authorities Under The Renewed Patriot Act. We Firmly Believe That Our Intelligence Gathering Tools Must Enable Us To Collect The Information We Need To Protect The American People.

I Will Not, Nor Will I Ever, Publicly Divulge Sensitive Intelligence Sources And Methods. For When That Happens, Our National Security Is Endangered And Lives Can Be Lost.

The United States Is The First Nation To Regularly Conduct Strikes Using Remotely Piloted Aircraft In An Armed Conflict. Other Nations Also Possess This Technology. Many More Nations Are Seeking It, And More Will Succeed In Acquiring It.

We Are In This Business, Whether It Be Intelligence Or The Government, To Protect Freedom, Democracy And Liberty, Not To Violate That.

As A Matter Of International Law, The United States Is In An Armed Conflict With Al-qaida, The Taliban, And Associated Forces, In Response To The 9/11 Attacks, And We May Also Use Force Consistent With Our Inherent Right Of National Self-defense.