They're - FBI agents are some of the finest people you'll find anyplace in the country or the world. And I'm lucky to have the opportunity to work with them.

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, for them to share information with us.

I didn't know the organization, but the one thing you can say about the FBI, it's tremendously professional.

In planning an attack, persons have various roles.

The FBI's principal priority right now is protecting the United States against another terrorist attack.

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.

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