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 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.
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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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We are determined to maintain and enforce the highest standards of ethical conduct by FBI employees,
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There's certainly no greater danger to them in the context of this subject matter than the Internet and the very easy use which pedophiles and criminals can make of that Internet,
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There's a number of them that we need to find, and we will find them, ... I am very confident that they will be brought to justice and, hopefully, in the United States, some of them at some point.
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There were times when the investigators felt that interviews and the focus of interviews should move quicker than the attorneys who were managing the inquiry or the grand jury otherwise decided. And that was the source of some frustration at different points,
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This is a painful and expensive property crime, ... Every insured driver in the United States ... bears the cost of this crime in insurance premiums.
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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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The investigations are progressing well, but we still need more time. We have not made any conclusions regarding the two suspects still being held in police custody,
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I recommended an appointment of an independent counsel to investigate whether crimes may have been committed, but nothing more should be inferred from that recommendation,
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In the four-and-one-quarter years we have worked together, I have seen her bring nothing but integrity and honesty to the table.
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I can't think of a more important assignment for the FBI or the U.S.,