“We have to deal with this new type of threat in a way we haven’t yet defined. . . . With a low-probability, high-impact event like this . . . If there’s a one percent chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response.” IfsWayHelpingTermChanceDealsEventsHavensTypeWeaponsLowsPercentScientistTreatsImpactThreatResponseNuclearDefinedCertaintyAlsNuclear WeaponsProbabilityAl Qaeda Author:Dick Cheney
“[Saddam Hussein is aggressively seeking nuclear and biological weapons and ] the United States may well become the target.” WellsMayStatesUnitedUnited StatesWeaponsSeekingNuclearTargetSaddamHusseinBiological Weapons Author:Dick Cheney
“And the fact of the matter is there were thousands of people that went through those training camps in Afghanistan. We know they are seeking deadlier weapons - chemical, biological and nuclear weapons if they can get it.” PeopleIfsKnowsMatterFactsWeaponsTrainingSeekingNuclearChemicalsCampsAfghanistanNuclear WeaponsTraining Camp Author:Dick Cheney
“I'm absolutely convinced that the threat we face now, the idea of a terrorist in the middle of one of our cities with a nuclear weapon, is very real and that we have to use extraordinary measures to deal with it.” IdeasRealUseFacesDealsCitiesMiddleWeaponsThreatExtraordinaryTerrorismConvincedNuclearTerroristNuclear Weapons Author:Dick Cheney
“It used to be you needed to have a very large sophisticated state before you could even have a nuclear weapon... Now the technology is widespread enough. It doesn't take very many people to be able to cobble together a devastating attack, and all it takes is one.” PeopleStatesEnoughAbleTogetherUsedTechnologyNeededWeaponsNuclearUsed To BeBe YouNuclear WeaponsSophisticated Author:Dick Cheney
“We've gotten a long way on missile defense. We know how to do it. We know how to take down incoming warheads, but we need to do a lot more work in order to be - to deploy a system that'll defend the United States against those kinds of limited strikes that might be possible by a nuclear armed North Korea or Iran.” KnowsWayNeedsKindLongStatesMightOrderUnitedUnited StatesKnow HowDefenseStrikesNuclearIranLong WayKoreaNorth KoreaMissilesMissile Defense Author:Dick Cheney
“The greatest threat now is a 9/11 occurring with a group of terrorists armed not with airline tickets and box cutters, but with a nuclear weapon in the middle of one of our own cities...there's a high probability of such an attempt.” CitiesGroupsMiddleWeaponsThreatBoxesTerrorismNuclearTerroristNuclear WeaponsTicketsProbabilityAirlineCuttersAirline Ticket Author:Dick Cheney
“I think, in fact, the situation with respect to al Qaeda, to say that, you know, that was a big attack we had on 9/11, but it's not likely again, I just think that's dead wrong. I think the biggest strategic threat the United States faces today is the possibility of another 9/11 with a nuclear weapon or a biological agent of some kind. And I think al Qaeda is out there even as we meet, trying to figure out how to do that.” ThinkingKnowsTryingKindStatesFactsBigsTodayFacesUnitedSituationUnited StatesFiguresPossibilityWeaponsThreatTerrorismNuclearAgentsAlsNuclear WeaponsStrategic Author:Dick Cheney
“We do know, with absolute certainty, that Saddam Hussein is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to enrich uranium to build a nuclear weapon.” KnowsNeedsOrderWeaponsAbsolutesNuclearCertaintyAcquireNuclear WeaponsEquipmentSaddamUraniumAbsolute CertaintyProcurement Author:Dick Cheney
“We now have irrefutable evidence that [Saddam] has once again set up and reconstituted his program to take uranium, to enrich it to sufficiently high grade, so that it will function as the base material as a nuclear weapon. And there's no doubt about the fact that the level of effort has escalated in recent months.” FactsLevelsEffortDoubtMaterialsMonthsWeaponsEvidenceProgramFunctionNuclearNo DoubtGradesNuclear WeaponsSaddamUranium Author:Dick Cheney
“We know he's been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.” KnowsTryingBelieveFactsStupidWeaponsIraqNuclearAcquireNuclear WeaponsDevoted Author:Dick Cheney
“We believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.” BelieveFactsWeaponsIraqNuclearNuclear WeaponsInvasion Author:Dick Cheney
