“I believe it is wrong to undermine public safety, and indeed public confidence in the concept of human rights, by allowing highly dangerous criminals and terrorists to trump the rights of the people of Britain to live in security and peace.” PeopleBelieveHumansI BelieveRightsSecurityDangerousTrumpConceptsSafetyHuman RightsCriminalsTerroristBritainAllowingPublic Safety Author:David Cameron
“The trouble is that privacy is at once essential to, and in tension with, both freedom and security. A cabinet minister who keeps his mistress in satin sheets at the French taxpayer's expense cannot justly object when the press exposes his misuse of public funds. Our freedom to scrutinise the conduct of public figures trumps that minister's claim to privacy. The question is: where and how do we draw the line between a genuine public interest and that which is merely what interests the public?” InterestLinesTroubleSecurityFiguresObjectsTrumpEssentialsDrawsClaimsPressesGenuineMinistersTensionPrivacyFundExpensesSheetsMistressTaxpayersCabinetsMisusePublic InterestPublic FiguresSatin Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“Donald Trump is not a serious kind of candidate. We need someone that thinks this through. That can lead our country to safety and security.” ThinkingNeedsKindCountrySecuritySeriousTrumpSafetyOur CountryCandidatesSafety And Security Author:Jeb Bush
“Due to the major demographic changes we have gone through in the last few years in this country, we will be a majority/minority nation and there are a large number of people who do not like that. Donald Trump has tapped into those people's fears because he comes from the extreme right wing part of the Republican Party, as does Ted Cruz. They believe that we should cut taxes to wealthy Americans and enforce anti immigrant laws. They don't believe in Education or Social Security, they would end it and change it and privatize it.” PeopleShouldYearsBelieveDoeEndsCountryLastsLawNationsSocialPartyNumbersGoneCuttingSecurityTrumpRepublicanTaxesMajorsMajorityWingsDon't BelieveExtremesDuesMinoritiesImmigrantsWealthyRepublican PartySocial SecurityRight WingLarge NumbersDemographicsCruz Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“In fact, in Indiana we suspended the Syrian refugee program in the wake of the terrorist attack. We have no higher priority than the safety and security of the people of this country, and Donald Trump is right to articulate that view.” PeopleCountryFactsViewsSecurityTrumpHigherProgramSafetyPrioritiesTerroristRefugeeSuspendedIndianaTerrorist AttacksSafety And SecuritySyrian Refugees Author:Mike Pence
“Our security depends on having good relationships with our allies. Donald Trump mainly shows contempt for them.” ShowsSecurityDependsTrumpAlliesContemptGood Relationship Author:Paul Wolfowitz
“As a matter of fact if you think about [Donald Trump press conference after visit to Mexico], that could have been may be one of the Gang of Eight, the bipartisan group that in the Senate some years ago passed a bill that said border security. It said thousands of new border guards to deal with the porous border. It talked about a pathway to legalization for the 11 or 12 million undocumented that live in this country.” IfsThinkingYearsMayHas BeensSaidCountryMatterFactsDealsMillionsGroupsSecurityTrumpYears AgoBillsPressesEightBordersSenateMexicoConferencesGangCould Have BeenPathwaysMatter Of FactBipartisanPress ConferencesBorder Security Author:Jose Diaz-Balart
“So [Donald ] Trump gave a speech on national security and military affairs to a military-themed audience in Philadelphia, and there was no vulgarity in it. There was no bombast. There wasn't any of the usual Trump braggadocio. It was a teleprompter speech, but it was serious, studious, and it represented a solid understanding of issues and of the status quo.” UnderstandingAudienceIssuesSecurityMilitarySeriousTrumpSpeechAffairUsualNational SecurityStatus QuoPhiladelphiaVulgarityStudious Author:Rush Limbaugh
“It's one of the reasons [Vladimir Putin invitation to U.S] why 50 national security officials who served in Republican information - in administrations have said that Donald [Trump] is unfit to be the commander- in-chief. It's comments like that that really worry people who understand the threats that we face.” PeopleSaidReasonFacesWorrySecurityInformationTrumpRepublicanThreatChiefsAdministrationOfficialsCommentNational SecurityInvitationsCommandersPutinCommander In Chief Author:Hillary Clinton
“You have two parties that are funded by deep corporate interests, largely overlapping, that you begin to see a convergence. You have the Republican intelligentsia and the Republican spokespeople, and 50 GOP security figures who have all come into Hillary's [Clinton] camp. Not to mention Mitt Romney, who has defected from [Donald] Trump, although it's not clear where his vote is going to be. But everyone from John Negroponte to Meg Whitman have all declared allegiance to Hillary. And Hillary has likewise, very formally opened the door to encouraging Republicans to come in.” TwoInterestPartyClearDoorsSecurityFiguresTrumpRepublicanVoteClintonCorporateCampsRomneyAllegianceGopConvergenceMegOverlappingSpokespeople Author:Jill Stein
“Donald Trump has a plan, that he laid out in Arizona, that will deal systematically with illegal immigration, beginning with border security, internal enforcement. It's probably why for the first time in the history of immigrations and customs enforcement, their union actually endorsed Donald Trump as the next president of the United States, because they know they need help to enforce the laws of this country.” KnowsNeedsFirstsCountryStatesHelpingLawNextPresidentUnitedDealsUnited StatesPlansSecurityTrumpFirst TimeUnionsImmigrationBordersInternalsIllegalCustomsEnforcementArizonaNeed HelpIllegal ImmigrationBorder Security Author:Mike Pence
“I think Donald Trump laid out a series of priorities that doesn't end with border security, it begins with border security.” ThinkingEndsSecurityTrumpSeriesPrioritiesBordersBorder Security Author:Mike Pence
“If I'm vice president of the United States and Donald Trump is president, we're going to put the safety and security of the American people first.” PeopleIfsFirstsStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSecurityTrumpSafetyVicesVice PresidentSafety And Security Author:Mike Pence
“What Donald Trump is proposing with these massive tax cuts will result in a $20 trillion additional national debt. That will have dire consequences for Social Security and Medicare.” SocialResultsCuttingSecurityTrumpTaxesConsequenceDebtMassiveSocial SecurityMedicareTax CutsNational Debt Author:Hillary Clinton
“Steve Hadley, that's an outlier, for sure. But he's very experienced. He may be national security adviser, but think that would be a hard choice for Mr. [Donald] Trump to make because General [Mike] Flynn he's very comfortable with.” ThinkingMayHardWould BeChoicesSecurityTrumpComfortableNational SecurityMikeAdviserOutliers Author:George Stephanopoulos
“When President-elect [Donald] Trump wants to take on these issue, when his goal is to increase the economic security of middle class families, then count me in.” WantGoalPresidentClassIssuesEconomicMiddleSecurityTrumpIncreaseMiddle ClassMiddle Class FamilyEconomic Security Author:Rudy Giuliani
“The conversation should've been about middle class people. The conversation should've been about how to raise the minimum wage and strengthen Social Security. But then we started talking about this whole email stuff again. And now the outcome is that, you know, Donald Trump has somebody who he's looking at to put on his Cabinet who's a lobbyist to privatize Social Security.” PeopleKnowsShouldWholeSocialStuffTalkingClassMiddleSecurityTrumpConversationRaisesOutcomesMiddle ClassMinimumEmailSocial SecurityCabinetsMinimum WageLobbyists Author:Keith Ellison
“Back in March, before Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination for president, a group of national security heavyweights signed an open letter that called Trump fundamentally dishonest and utterly unfit for the presidency. Now, two days after Trump's victory, some in the national security establishment are wondering whether to return to the fold.” TwoPresidentWonderGroupsSecurityReturnTrumpVictoryRepublicanLettersMarchEstablishmentPresidencyNational SecurityFoldsTwo DaysSecuredNominationsHeavyweights Author:Ari Shapiro
“I`m just learning that according to a source familiar with the transition process, President-elect Donald Trump intends to select Lieutenant General Michael Flynn as his national security adviser.” ProcessPresidentSecuritySourceTrumpFamiliarTransitionNational SecuritySelectAdviserLieutenants Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Michael Flynn was one of Trump`s top national security advisors throughout the campaign.” SecurityTrumpCampaignsNational SecurityAdvisors Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“National security adviser is not a position that requires confirmation. This is a pick that like [Donald Trump] Chief of Staff, he gets to choose on his own and have installed.” SecurityPositionTrumpPicksChiefsStaffNational SecurityAdviserConfirmationChief Of Staff Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Under the old rules, Steve Bannon could never get a security clearance. But there could be a new rule, the Trump Rule.” SecurityTrumpClearance Author:Lawrence O'Donnell