Gents need to be free to pursue investigations in ways that they haven't. There have been restraints that a reformed FBI needs to make sure we don't impose.

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The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect...

The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect...

Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate.

Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate.

We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a...

We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a...

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism...

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism...

The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because...

The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because...

If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating...

If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating...

We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its...

We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its...

The path we have chosen is constitutional.

The path we have chosen is constitutional.

Nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a...

Nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a...

We've got a major problem in our culture, as it relates to the Internet and...

We've got a major problem in our culture, as it relates to the Internet and...

The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds...

The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds...

We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a...

We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a...

An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites...

An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites...

What we learned on September 11 is that the unthinkable is now thinkable in the...

What we learned on September 11 is that the unthinkable is now thinkable in the...

We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things...

We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things...

I don't play full court anymore. I just play half-court.

I don't play full court anymore. I just play half-court.

People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're...

People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're...

The way the terrorist is trained to operate, especially the suicide terrorists, makes punishment and...

The way the terrorist is trained to operate, especially the suicide terrorists, makes punishment and...

It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if...

It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if...

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.