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People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists.
John Ashcroft
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Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate.
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The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because bank robberies have been a priority.
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The FBI. is a massive culture. It's been a culture that served America well, and it's been focused on prosecution. But what we need in terms of terrorism is prevention.
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The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them.
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The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States.
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The new rule says that the FBI has the right to go to public places on the same terms and conditions as other members of the public for counter-terrorism purposes.
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The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.
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The way the terrorist is trained to operate, especially the suicide terrorists, makes punishment and the threat of punishment far less valuable to those who would prevent the crime.
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We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things that will elevate our security, reduce the risk of the incidence of terrorist attack.
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We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort.
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We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed.
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