Complex sentence: He believed that the government must be able to collect and use intelligence to fight the War on Terrorism; pointing to the fact that America had not experienced a terrorist attack on its soil since the September 11 attacks as evidence that the Bush policies were working.
Split into simpler sentences: He believed that the government must be able to collect and use intelligence to fight the War on Terrorism. Hunter pointed to the fact that America had not experienced a terrorist attack on its soil since the September 11 attacks as evidence that the Bush policies were working.