“Too often over the past decade, the fight against terrorism has been viewed as a zero-sum

“Too often over the past decade, the fight against terrorism has been viewed as a zero-sum battle with our civil liberties. Not only is that school of thought misguided, I fear that in actuality it does more harm than good.”

Attorney General Eric Holder

Referring to documents that show the Bush administration determined certain constitutional rights would not apply as the United States stepped up its response to terrorism.

“There is no doubt that any nation, including Israel, cannot stand idly by while its territory and people are subjected to rocket attacks.”

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Secretary of State, speaking in Jerusalem.