I don't even talk about whether or not racial profiling is legal. I just don't think racial profiling is a particularly good law enforcement tool.

No individual or company, no matter how large or how profitable, is above the law.

I'm not going to let people who work in the United States Department of Justice have their characters be assailed without any basis.

You constantly hear about voter fraud... but you don't see huge amounts of vote fraud out there.

Due process and judicial process are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security.

I'm a 21st century guy, secure in who I am.

I think that people, despite my law enforcement background, view me as taking these consistently progressive stands, and I think that, philosophically, there is a desire to get at that person. But I think the stands I have taken are totally consistent with a person who is looking at things realistically, factually.