Robert Mueller Quotes

I Know When I Was Here Prosecuting Homicides In The District Of Columbia, One Of The Most Effective Units Here Was The Cold Case Squad, Which Had On It Fbi Agents, As Well As Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Detectives Working Together.

In Planning An Attack, Persons Have Various Roles.

The Fbi's Principal Priority Right Now Is Protecting The United States Against Another Terrorist Attack.

In The United States, It's The Mandate Of The Fbi To Gather Information Relating To Terrorism, Go Out And Collect It, To Do The Interviews, To Do The Investigative Work.

The 19 Hijackers That Came Over Here To Commit The Attack On Sept. 11, There Were Those That Were At The Bottom Of The Line. There Were Those Who Were The Principal Conspirators. There Were Those Who Were The Pilot. Everybody Has A Role.

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 Had - Or A Plane Had Struck The World Trade Center, One Of The Towers.

We Had To Address Information Technology In The Ways We Had Not Before And Give The Agents The Tools That They Need To Do Their Job More Efficiently And More Expeditiously.

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.

It's Because We Need To Determine Who In This Country Is Poised, Positioned To Commit Terrorist Acts.

And From The Moment That We Realized It Was A Terrorist Attack, There Isn't An Agent Or A Support Person In The Fbi That Wasn't Committed To Bringing To Justice Those Who Were Responsible For This.

But Since September 11, We Have Made Every Effort To Try To Work Closely With State And Local Law Enforcement.

The Collapse Of Enron Was Devastating To Tens Of Thousands Of People And Shook The Public's Confidence In Corporate America.