Iraq.”HANNITY: “So, the question is, do you think he understands the real dangers that led up to 9/11, 3,000 people killed right here in this city? And you recently spoke about the Koran, you said it gives you a negative vibe. And you got some criticism for it.” TRUMP: “Well, I didn't see the criticism. But obviously, there is something going on. Because every time you turn on a television, 100 people are killed in a grocery store in Iraq.”[Hannity, Fox News, 4/14/11] IN TWO SEPARATE INTERVIEWS, TRUMP WOULD NOT RULE OUT REQUIRING AMERICAN MUSLIMS TO REGISTER FOR A DATABASE AND SAID HE “WOULD CERTAINLY IMPLEMENT A DATABASE NOV 17: When Asked Whether Surveillance Of American Muslims Should Include Requiring Them To Register In A Database, Trump Said “We’re Going To Have To Look At A Lot Of Things Very Closely.” During a Nov. 17th interview, “Yahoo News asked Trump whether this level of tracking might require registering Muslims in a database or giving them a form of special identification that noted their religion. He wouldn’t rule it out. ‘We’re going to have to — we’re going to have to look at a lot of things very closely,’ Trump said when presented with the idea. ‘We’re going to have to look at the mosques. We’re going to have to look very, very carefully.’” [Yahoo, 11/19/15] • Yahoo’s Transcript Made It Clear That Trump Did Not Explicitly Rule Out The Idea Of Requiring American th Muslims To Register For A Database.During a Nov. 17 interview, Trump was asked “And in terms of doing this, to pull off the kind of tracking we need, do you think we might need to register Muslims in some type of database, or note their religion on their ID?” Trump responded, “Well, we're going to have to look at a lot of things very closely. We're going to have to look at the mosques. We're going to have to look very, very carefully. We have a president that refuses to say radical Islamic terrorism. He refuses to say it, which is the biggest shock in the world, because how can you not say it, if you don't say it, you're not going to get to the problem.” [Yahoo, 11/20/15] Trump Said That Surveillance Of American Muslims Would Include Measures “That Were Frankly Unthinkable A th Year Ago.” During a Nov. 17 interview, Yahoo News asked Trump whether his push for increased surveillance of American Muslims could include warrantless searches. He suggested he would consider a series of drastic measures. ‘We’re going to have to do things that we never did before. And some people are going to be upset about it, but I think that now everybody is feeling that security is going to rule,’ Trump said. ‘And certain things will be done that we never thought would happen in this country in terms of information and learning about the enemy. And so we’re going to have to do certain things that were frankly unthinkable a year ago.’” [Yahoo, 11/19/15] NOV 19: When Asked About A Database To Track American Muslims, Trump Said He “Would Certainly Implement That. Absolutely.” HILLYARD: “Should there be a database system that tracks Muslims here in this country?” TRUMP: “There should be a lot of systems, beyond databases. I mean we should have a lot of systems. And today you can do it. But right now we have to have a border. We have to have strength. We have to have a wall. And we cannot let what’s happening to this country happen anymore.” HILLYARD: “But that’s something your White House would like to implement?” TRUMP: “I would certainly implement that. Absolutely.” [NBC News, 11/20/15] • When Asked If American Muslims Would Be Required To Register In A Database, Donald Trump Said, “They Have To Be. They Have To Be.” “Donald J. Trump, who earlier in the week said he was open to requiring Muslims in the United States to register in a database, said on Thursday night that he ‘would certainly implement that — absolutely.’ Mr. Trump was asked about the issue by an NBC News reporter and pressed on whether all Muslims in the country would be forced to register. ‘They have to be,’ he said. ‘They have to be.’ When asked how a system of registering Muslims would be carried out — whether, for instance, mosques would be where people could register — Mr. Trump said: ‘Different places. You sign up at different places. But it’s all about management. Our country has no management.’” [New York Times, 11/20/15] Confidential Page 158