What all of us in the FBI – it’s not just me – all of us in the FBI are concerned about is protecting American people against another attack.

Osama bin Laden’s own words stated he has a war against the United States. He declared that American civilians should be considered as combatants.

Regarding your first question on the free trade agreement, as I said earlier, we are going to be very sensitive to the needs of Morocco.

Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life.

I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.

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

And, again, I was asked not to take this any further and just let it be. And if I didn’t do that they would retaliate against me.

We were hoping to get thousands of Iraqis trained before the war and as it turns out we were only able to train a few score and that was unfortunate.

You mentioned the Free Trade Agreement and yes I can’t tell you how pleased we are that Morocco is one of the countries that our country is going to begin negotiating a Free Trade Agreement...

I get to work at about 7:30 or 8 unless I have a breakfast meeting.

I’d take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand.

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

I understand the Saudis have been named because fifteen of the nineteen hijackers were from Saudi Arabia.

Yet critics on the left find it incomprehensible that any black American could succeed on his or her own through hard work and determination.

And when you really think about the 9-11 event, the horrific attack on our land here in America and the death of three thousand of out loved ones, it was a defining moment.

Now, I don’t think I would say that officially. But certainly I felt a great frustration that we had not been able to avoid 9/11.

The other thing is, I’m one of the handful of people they have that actually knows how to run something, that’s an experienced administrator.

When the songs pop out, that’s like the climax of us building.

What we bring to the table is not only our 56 field offices in the United States and our number of resident agencies, but also we have 45 legal attaches overseas.

The only way to address terrorism is to deal with the issues that create terrorism, to resolve them where possible, and where that’s not possible to ensure that there is an alternative to violence.

The U.S. views Morocco as an important friend, and we applaud your political and economic reforms that culminated with the recent parliamentary elections that were widely reported to have been conducted in a fair and...

But I have a driver, so I can return calls while I’m in the car.

Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You’re hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don’t realize it. You’re speaking for the president without...

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...

And, believe me; they will do everything to cover this up.

The UN inspectors do not have the capability to find hidden weapons in a country the size of Iraq if the Iraqi government is working to conceal them.

You will see the President being very, very tough on spending.

I think President Bush tried to step up on Social Security even though the polls showed that was unpopular. He has not been successful and backed off, but I admire people who take on big...

I’ve always liked funk and rock and everything.

Prior to the passage of the Patriot Act, it was very difficult – often impossible – for us to share information with the Central Intelligence Agency, with NSA, with the other intelligence agencies, and likewise,...

I’m taken back by seeing the mass media’s reaction to this. They are the window to our government’s operation and what are they doing?

So I’ve had a very vast career. And one of the things I think is so phenomenal about my career is I’ve had a lot of experiences.

But, we have had the debate in our country now for a number of years as to whether or not free trade agreements are good for economic growth and economic opportunity in creating jobs and...

One of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the counterterrorism problem involve other parts of the national security community – especially other elements of the Department of Defense, State,...

We are living longer, and we need to live better.

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.

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...

The Pakistani government under Musharraf is a strong and key player in the global war on terrorism, and their contribution has been second to none.

There are opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry, the insurance industry, so yes back home we are talking about investment opportunities in Morocco for various sectors of our economy and we will continue to do that.

I have always hired people of different ages. Young people and older people. People in their 70s and in their 20s. People who are fully capable of talking back to me.

We really need to get over this love affair with the fetus and start worrying about children.

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.

At that point, which would be around February 2002, they came and they confiscated my computer, because, they said, they were suspecting that I was communicating with certain Senate members and taking this issue outside...

I’m not saying that getting to the bottom of this WMD issue isn’t important. It is important. But it is not of immediate consequence.

I am on my way to Ghana tomorrow morning and you just need to know that this Administration is very focused on doing all we can to promote economic development in this part of the...

I try to deal with my serious reading before work.

It’s all about theme and development anyway. That’s what music is about.

Secondly, not only have we put additional agents on counterterrorism, but we’ve also built up our analytical structure so that we’re better positioned to analyze the information we have.

In March 2002 I took this issue to the Senate Judiciary Committee and also I filed it with the Department of Justice Inspector General’s office.

So I had to learn, in the final analysis, that the Congress had a lot of say so into what we do in running HUD on a day-to-day basis.