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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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"I don't believe in lobbying only progressives and liberal members of Congress. I don't believe in doing interviews only with those who share my views. I want to reach a wider audience."

"We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can."

"Democrats' definition of "rich" - always seems to be set just above whatever the salary happens to be for a member of Congress. Perhaps that says it all."

"A Bush Administration will, I believe, enjoy a better relationship with the new Congress, although President-elect Bush will be faced with real challenges in getting along with the Congress."

"I feel kind of like the black sheep in Congress, but here I am."

"You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think."

"I would not have a woman go to Congress merely because she is a woman."

"There have been high crimes and misdemeanors, but they have been committed by the special prosecutor and the Congress, not the president."

"What five members of the Supreme Court say the law is may be something vastly different from what Congress intended the law to be."
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"In the context of September 11, there were so many that lost their lives that - how do you single out one person? There were so many acts of heroism that day from so many people, whether it be firemen and police officers in New York and our agents also."


"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."


"I asked a Burmese why women, after centuries of following their men, now walk ahead. He said there were many unexploded land mines since the war."


"But we had - I think if you look at law enforcement 10 years ago, if you look at the challenges, the FBI was focused excessively on what was happening in the United States."


"I was in my office when - on 9/11. I think I had a number of meetings scheduled. I was just getting to know the bureau. And somebody walked in and said the first plane had - or a plane had struck the World Trade Center, one of the towers."


"In the last 10 years, in narcotics task forces, in a number of violent crime task forces, we've worked very closely together with state and local law enforcement."


"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."


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


"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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