Charging the president with a crime was ... not an option we could consider, we concluded that we would not reach a determination one way or the other about whether the president committed a crime.

Robert Mueller

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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.

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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.

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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.

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It's because we need to determine who in this country is poised, positioned to commit terrorist acts.

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The collapse of Enron was devastating to tens of thousands of people and shook the public's confidence in corporate America.

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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.

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

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In planning an attack, persons have various roles. by Robert Mueller

In planning an attack, persons have various roles.

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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.

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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.

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But since September 11, we have made every effort to try to work closely with state and local law enforcement.

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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.

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It wasn't a single attempt, they're doing it as we sit here. And they expect to do it during the next campaign.

I pleaded guilty to non-registration as a foreign agent. ( I'm) a person who did not do anything illegal, did not take any money, there were no victims, there wasn't even a person to conspire with, according to my documents, I did not register before hosting friendship dinners with an American citizen, non-registration is the only crime in my documents.

I have three degrees but now I'm a convicted felon with no money, no job and no freedom, my reputation is ruined.

Well guys, almost home. Only a little bit left, only several hours. Thank you for your support. I can't wait( for) the plane to land, when I'll be in my homeland.

They started by asking if I worked for the Russian government, an... by Robert Mueller

They started by asking if I worked for the Russian government, and I straight up said no.

I'm not a circus bear. by Robert Mueller

I'm not a circus bear.

Otherwise, they're just totally thumbing their nose at the objective of FOIA, the American public is going to become totally disillusioned.

We strove to hire those individuals that could do the job, what I care about is the capability of the individual to do the job and do the job quickly and seriously and with integrity.