Komentarnya dikeluarkan setelah beberapa pejabat tinggi intelijen Amerika mengatakan sekutu AS di garis depan dalam perang melawan terorisme telah memungkinkan kebangkitan kekuatan Al-Qaeda dan Taliban dan kamp pelatihan di daerah suku Pakistan yang suatu hari dapat mengarah kepada serangan lain macam 11 September terhadap Amerika Serikat.
His comments came after top American intelligence officials said the front-line U.S. ally in the war on terrorism had allowed a resurgence of al Qaeda and Taliban forces and training camps in Pakistani tribal areas that could someday lead to another Sept. 11-type attack on the United States.