So just when Europe needs to be doing more than ever to fight crime and terrorism in an unstable world, we would be proposing deep, deep cuts in the things that really matter,

Europe needs an umpire to ensure fair play between member states and to dismiss the cheats. The Commission is the only body that comes close to fitting that role.

The fatwa says that there is no justification in Islam for terrorism. Those are words the entire world needs to hear. And in delivering that message, I know that the most credible voices are of Muslims themselves. My job is to help amplify and magnify these voices.

I don't know if they folded like a baby, but some of the fight was taken out of them [when they were down 14 points]. I know they used me as their bulletin board fodder this week. I was actually surprised they didn't come out and try to attack me even more.

One of the hot areas right now is tracking down cyber crime and cyber terrorism.

At time when there is so much concern about the distance between EU institutions and its citizens, it goes against everything we stand for to have a law making body that make all its decisions in secret.