Isaac Yeffet

“Profiling is not a dirty word. It is a tool for professional people to do their jobs.”

“We have to look for the bad guys, not for the bad things.”

“The biggest mistake that the U.S. has made is believing that technology can replace human intelligence.”

“You have to be one step ahead of the terrorists. This is a game of chess.”

“The first line of defense is intelligence. Without intelligence, you can do nothing.”

“The problem with the American system is that they are looking for nail clippers. We are looking for the terrorist.”

“The security system should be like an onion. You peel one layer, and there is another layer.”

“There is no 'one-hundred percent security'. Never was, never will be.”

“You have to interview every single passenger. Without an interview, security is not security.”

“In Israel, we learned a very hard lesson: You don't wait for a terrorist to get on your plane.”

“Every terrorist attack, there is a failure of intelligence.”

“The cockpit door is the last line of defense, not the first.”