Michael Scheuer Quotes

You couldn’t have done this without killing an Arab prince.

Where he was, where his cells were, where his logistical channels were, how he communicated. Who his allies were. Who donated to them. I think it’s fair to say the entire range of sources were brought to bear.

We are tangled in a very significant Islamic insurgency in Iraq.

Until we respect bin Laden, we are going to die in numbers that are probably unnecessary.

The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been OK in my book.

The uniqueness of the unit was more or less that it was focused on a single individual. It was really the first time the agency had done that sort of effort.