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" And at that point, I think we all realized it was something tremendously tragic, probably a terrorist attack, and the next step was to go down to our command center and get things going. "

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" So without getting into the specifics, I can tell you that to the extent that investigation is a relatively important investigation and meaningful, the president would have been periodically briefed. "

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" The 19 hijackers that came over here to commit the attack on Sept. 11, there were those that were at the bottom of the line. There were those who were the principal conspirators. There were those who were the pilot. Everybody has a role. "

" For the FBI and for the United States, the war on terrorism is a complex and perplexing issue. It is as complex and perplexing as any issue we have ever faced. "

" So there is a foreign intelligence purpose for every one of our FISA warrants. "

" I think around the world, our agents are the best collectors of information you'll find. "

" You don't eat before your troops eat, and you don't ask your troops to do anything you won't do, too. "

" And so every one of us in the FBI, I don't care if it's a file clerk someplace or an agent there or a computer specialist, understands that our main mission is to protect the public from another September 11, another terrorist attack. "

" The FBI's principal priority right now is protecting the United States against another terrorist attack. "

" I love doing bank robberies, drug cases, homicides - as a prosecutor, that's what I thought I was going to be overseeing when I got to the bureau. "

" For the men and women of the FBI, bravery is reflected not only in the physical courage often necessary in the job. It can be seen in the courage of conviction, in the courage to act with wisdom in the face of fear, and in the courage it takes to admit mistakes and move forward. "

" I think, in the wake of Sept. 11, it's important for the American public to understand that to the extent that there are individuals within the United States who would undertake terrorist attacks, that we are doing something to address that. "

" But we had - I think if you look at law enforcement 10 years ago, if you look at the challenges, the FBI was focused excessively on what was happening in the United States. "

" And from the moment that we realized it was a terrorist attack, there isn't an agent or a support person in the FBI that wasn't committed to bringing to justice those who were responsible for this. "

" My admonition is, 'No counterterrorism lead goes uncovered.' "

" Perimeter defense may not matter if the enemy is inside the gates. "

" I remember... seeing the first plane go into the towers and thinking: 'It's a beautiful day. Somebody really must have gotten off course to have the plane go into the towers.' "

" We cannot turn back the clock. We cannot undo the impact of technology. Nor would we want to. "

" All I'm going to tell you is investigations, whether it be this and others, where you have partial facts, analysts, agents are always trying to interpret what those facts mean, extrapolate from them what they mean. "

" In planning an attack, persons have various roles. "

" It's because we need to determine who in this country is poised, positioned to commit terrorist acts. "

" I love prosecuting cases, and I love doing investigations, particularly homicide investigations and the like, and that's why I became a prosecutor. "

Robert Mueller

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" In the wake of the September 11 attacks, it became clear that the FBI's number one priority must be the prevention of another terrorist attack. "

" Leaking of classified material is a concern. "

" I've always loved investigations. "

" Anyplace we go in the world, when someone asks us what we do, we feel an immense pride in saying, 'FBI.' "

Robert Mueller

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" We cannot go up on a wire. We cannot do a search without a judge on the FISA Court approving it and determining that we have met the standard that has been set forth by Congress in order to utilize these techniques. "

Robert Mueller

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" We had to address information technology in the ways we had not before and give the agents the tools that they need to do their job more efficiently and more expeditiously. "

" I would say in just about every investigation we have, there will be differences of opinion, where you have partial facts, as to what those facts mean. "

" In the United States, it's the mandate of the FBI to gather information relating to terrorism, go out and collect it, to do the interviews, to do the investigative work. "

" People talk about the Patriot Act that was passed immediately in the wake of September 11. What the Patriot Act did was break down the walls between the various agencies. "