The State Department said the countries that are most stealing our best ideas also are our best allies.

Ask the American public if they want an FBI wiretap and they'll say, "no." If you ask them do they want a feature on their phone that helps the FBI find their missing child they'll say, "Yes."

I doubt that Congress would pass on the opportunity to make sure that our children were safe from terrorists.

My role and my obligation was to conduct criminal investigations.

And I understand that, I testified in closed hearings over eight years because there are intelligence matters, there are sensitive matters that should not be held in a public hearing.

In order to keep up with the criminals and to protect our national security, the solution is clear: we need legislation to ensure that telephone companies and other carriers provide law enforcement with access to this new technology.

I was a prosecutor and an FBI agent for many, many years.