I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce.

Purpose of counter-intelligence action is to disrupt and it is immaterial whether facts exist to substantiate the charge. If facts are present it aids in the success of the proposal but the Bureau feels … that disruption can be accomplished without facts to back it up.

There is something addictive about secrets.

No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.

What's important at this time is to re-clarify the difference between hero and villain.

Just the minute the FBI begins making recommendations on what should be done with its information, it becomes a Gestapo.

We (the FBI) are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody.