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" It's because we need to determine who in this country is poised, positioned to commit terrorist acts. "
Robert Mueller
Because
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" There'll be differences of opinion in just about every intelligence analysis that you make. "
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" 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.' "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" The collapse of Enron was devastating to tens of thousands of people and shook the public's confidence in corporate America. "
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" 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. "
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" Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity set the expectations for behavior; they set a standard for our work. More than just a motto, for the men and women of the FBI, Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity is a way of life. "
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" If I have the honor of being confirmed by the Senate, I will make it my highest priority to restore the public's confidence in the FBI and to re-earn the faith and trust of the American people. "
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" 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. "
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" I've always loved investigations. "
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" Prior to the passage of the Patriot Act, it was very difficult - often impossible - for us to share information with the Central Intelligence Agency, with NSA, with the other intelligence agencies, and likewise, for them to share information with us. "
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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. "
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Line
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" I am confident that every action we took as the FBI detained individuals in the wake of 9/11 was appropriately done. "
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" 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. "
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Opinion
You
Differences
" 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. "
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" I do believe when there are advances in technology that it is important to balance the privacy interests affected with the investigative take that you might get from that technology. "
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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. "
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Search
Without
Congress
" The FBI's principal priority right now is protecting the United States against another terrorist attack. "
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Against
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" As I said before, there are often disagreements as to what a particular set of facts mean. That is not at all unusual, and one shouldn't read into it more than is there. "
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" In order to be successful against each of these threats, we have to have a presence overseas, work closely not only with our counterparts in the law enforcement community, but also with the intelligence community. "
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" Anyplace we go in the world, when someone asks us what we do, we feel an immense pride in saying, 'FBI.' "
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" 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. "
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Complex
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