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,…

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If you look at the 19 hijackers who came to the United States in Sept....

If you look at the 19 hijackers who came to the United States in Sept....

They're - FBI agents are some of the finest people you'll find anyplace in the...

They're - FBI agents are some of the finest people you'll find anyplace in the...

I would say in just about every investigation we have, there will be differences of...

I would say in just about every investigation we have, there will be differences of...

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

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

And at that point, I think we all realized it was something tremendously tragic, probably...

And at that point, I think we all realized it was something tremendously tragic, probably...

We had to address information technology in the ways we had not before and give...

We had to address information technology in the ways we had not before and give...

But since September 11, we have made every effort to try to work closely with...

But since September 11, we have made every effort to try to work closely with...

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

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

Prior to the passage of the Patriot Act, it was very difficult - often impossible...

Prior to the passage of the Patriot Act, it was very difficult - often impossible...

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

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

In the United States, it's the mandate of the FBI to gather information relating to...

In the United States, it's the mandate of the FBI to gather information relating to...

All I'm going to tell you is investigations, whether it be this and others, where...

All I'm going to tell you is investigations, whether it be this and others, where...

There'll be differences of opinion in just about every intelligence analysis that you make.

There'll be differences of opinion in just about every intelligence analysis that you make.

I asked a Burmese why women, after centuries of following their men, now walk ahead....

I asked a Burmese why women, after centuries of following their men, now walk ahead....

As I said before, there are often disagreements as to what a particular set of...

As I said before, there are often disagreements as to what a particular set of...

But we had - I think if you look at law enforcement 10 years ago,...

But we had - I think if you look at law enforcement 10 years ago,...

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

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

And from the moment that we realized it was a terrorist attack, there isn't an...

And from the moment that we realized it was a terrorist attack, there isn't an...

Secondly, not only have we put additional agents on counterterrorism, but we've also built up...

Secondly, not only have we put additional agents on counterterrorism, but we've also built up...

I know when I was here prosecuting homicides in the District of Columbia, one of...

I know when I was here prosecuting homicides in the District of Columbia, one of...