They're - FBI agents are some of the finest people you'll find anyplace in the country or the world. And I'm lucky to have the opportunity to work with them.

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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.

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....

And so every one of us in the FBI, I don't care if it's a...

And so every one of us in the FBI, I don't care if it's a...

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,...

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...

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...

People talk about the Patriot Act that was passed immediately in the wake of September...

People talk about the Patriot Act that was passed immediately in the wake of September...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I didn't know the organization, but the one thing you can say about the FBI,...

I didn't know the organization, but the one thing you can say about the FBI,...

I was in my office when - on 9-11. I think I had a number...

I was in my office when - on 9-11. I think I had a number...

In order to be successful against each of these threats, we have to have a...

In order to be successful against each of these threats, we have to have a...

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.

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...

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...

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...

In the last 10 years, in narcotics task forces, in a number of violent crime...

In the last 10 years, in narcotics task forces, in a number of violent crime...