"But when it came right down to it, this country, for reasons of history and culture and therefore

"But when it came right down to it, this country, for reasons of history and culture and therefore law, had an allergy to the notion of domestic intelligence, and we were organized on that basis. And it just made it very hard to have all of the pieces come together."
Condoleezza Rice
National security adviser, speaking Thursday before the Sept. 11 Commission.
"Iraqis have not really enjoyed the taste of this economic improvement because of the security concerns."
Talal Hussein al-Zawbaee
A political science lecturer at BaghdadUniversity.