>> milton hoenig. i have a very general question. what does what you've said have to do with the concern over a rise in domestic terrorism and terrorism perhaps is inspired by the ideals of al qaeda, even after the death of bin laden. what is your feeling about the importance of a concern over domestic terrorism? one speaker emphasized it strongly. what is the panel's concern about that? >> mary? >> on the one hand what i've said might seem to minimize the danger from terrorist attacks but in fact terrorist attacks are one of the major means that al qaeda has used in this war as a whole. so it's one of their major tactics that they've used in this war. so i personally do not believe that anything i said should minimize the threat that we face for potential terrorist attacks. and i'd like to just say about zargawi in particular, if he were smart heeshs would never carry out another attack against americans again. unless americans are dying, we don't care. so if he were smart, a person put it to me, the guard i don't know -- garden spo

. =-- milton hoenig. what you have said has to do with the concern over a rise in domestic terrorism and terrorism is perhaps inspired by the of that -- a by the ideas -- inspired by the ideas of al qaeda. what is your feeling about the importance of domestic terrorism? what is the panel's concern? >> on the one hand what i have said might seem to minimize the danger of terrorist attacks but terrorist attacks are one of the major means that al qaeda has used in this war as a whole. it is one of their major tactics they have used. i personally do not believe that anything i said should minimize the threat that we face for potential terrorist attacks. i would like to say, if zawahiri were smart, he would never carry out another attack on the u.s. again. unless americans are dying, apparently, we do not care. if he were smart, he would never ever attack us again and keep doing what has been going on in the rest of the world as one -- the rest of the world. the garden spots of the world, as one person put it,

milton? >> sort of -- milten hoenig, i have a general question. what you've said have to do with the concern over a rise in domestic terrorism. and terrorism perhaps inspired by the ideals of al qaeda even after the death of bin laden. what is your feeling about the importance of a concern over domestic terrorism? what is the panel's concern about them? >> mary? >> i -- on the one hand, what i've said might seem to minimize the danger from terrorist attacks, but in fact terrorist attacks are one of the major means that al qaeda has used in this war as a whole. so it's one of their major tactics, so i personally do not believe that anything i said should minimize the threats that we face for potential terrorist attacks. and i'd like to just say about al-zawahiri in particular, if he wereer smart, he would never carry out another attack on the u.s. again. because unless americans are dying, apparently we don't care. so if he were smart, he would never, ever, ever attack us again. and keep doing what has been going on in the rest of the world as one