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

Quote by John Ashcroft

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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...

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...

The FBI. is a massive culture. It's been a culture that served America well, and...

The FBI. is a massive culture. It's been a culture that served America well, and...

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 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...

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.

There is no priority higher than the prevention of terrorism.

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...

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...

The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.

The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.

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 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...

The path we have chosen is constitutional.

The path we have chosen is constitutional.

Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate.

Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate.

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 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...

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...

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...

The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But...

The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But...

People are always talking about tradition, but they forget we have a tradition of a...

People are always talking about tradition, but they forget we have a tradition of a...

There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function...

There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function...