Louis Freeh
Louis Freeh
Louis Joseph Freehserved as the fifth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from September 1993 to June 2001...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth6 January 1950
CountryUnited States of America
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The rule of law has continued to prevail over the emotion of the moment, the cornerstone attribute of our criminal justice system.
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I think we have the tools there. I just think we need more resources,
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It is a testament to the American judicial system and the American people that 25 years have not been able to erase or soften the facts of the case,
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Judge Webster and anyone he selects to assist him will have complete access and whatever resources are necessary to complete the task, ... He will report directly to the attorney general and I, and we will share his report with the National Security Council and the Congress. I intend to act swiftly on any of his recommendations.
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Trade secrets which go directly to the economic security of the United States, which today is tantamount to our national security,
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I have always said to myself, 'I never want to say I'm leaving a job because I want to spend more time with my family.' I feel sorry for people when they say that. But my advice to them is that you shouldn't have taken the job in the first place.
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I wanted all my visits to be official. When I sent the pass back with a note, I had no idea it would antagonize the president. I found out years later that it did.
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I was concerned about who he would put in there as FBI director because he had expressed antipathy for the FBI, for the director. I was going to stay there and make sure that he couldn't replace me.
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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.
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It's a truism that you can investigate anything forever.
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My role and my obligation was to conduct criminal investigations.
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The problem was with Bill Clinton, the scandals and rumored scandals, the incubating ones and the dying ones never ended. Whatever moral compass the president was consulting was leading him in the wrong direction. His closets were full of skeletons just waiting to burst out.
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The American people must be willing to give up a degree of personal privacy in exchange for safety and security.
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Collecting intelligence information is like trying to drink water out of a fire hydrant. You know, in hindsight It's great. The problem is there's a million dots at the time.