The lesson is the importance of never becoming untethered to oversight and accountability. James Comey More Quotes by James Comey More Quotes From James Comey There is evidence that Democrates were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information. James Comey evidencesensitiveinformation She [Hillary Clinton] used her personal email extensively while outside the United States, including sending and receiving work-related emails in the territory of sophisticated adversaries. James Comey emailreceivingunited-states Our investigation looked at whether there is evidence classified information was improperly stored or transmitted on that personal system, in violation of a federal statute making it a felony to mishandle classified information either intentionally or in a grossly negligent way, or a second statute making it a misdemeanor to knowingly remove classified information from appropriate systems or storage facilities. James Comey investigationinformationway We all love privacy. We all care about public safety. And none of - at least people that I hang around with, none of us want back doors. We don't want access to devices built-in in some way. James Comey safetycarepeople Our need for public safety and our need for privacy are crashing into each other and we've got to sort that out. James Comey privacysafety The Clinton investigation was a completed investigation that the FBI had been deeply involved in, so I had an opportunity to understand all the facts and apply those facts against the law as I understood them. This investigation was under way - still going when I was fired. So it's nowhere near in the same place. James Comey fbiclintonopportunity Half of the devices that we encounter in terrorism cases, in counterintelligence cases, in gang cases, in child pornography cases, cannot be opened with any technique. That is a big problem. And so the shadow continues to fall. James Comey shadowchildrenfall I care a lot about privacy. I also care an awful lot about public safety. There continues to be a huge collision between those two things we care about. James Comey privacysafetycare The Obama administration was not in a position where they were seeking legislation. I don't know yet how President Trump intends to approach this. I know he spoke about it during the campaign. I know he cares about it, but it's premature for me to say. James Comey carepresident What we do is we combine information collected from any lawful source in a single FBI database so we don't miss a dot when we're conducting investigations in the United States. What we make sure of, though, is nobody gets to see FISA information of any kind unless they've had the appropriate training and have the appropriate oversight. James Comey trainingkindmissing I don't know enough about the legislation , but I think the more information you can put in the hands of the people who are vetting, people who are going to be near children, the better. James Comey childrenpeoplethinking In our counterterrorism cases and our counterintelligence cases, we can issue all kinds of - of layers of approval in the FBI, a national security letter to find out the subscriber to a particular telephone number and to find out what numbers that telephone number was in contact with. Not the content of those communications, but just the connection. James Comey national-securitycommunicationkind It is a little bit difficult to talk about things that do involve classified matters in public. But I think the public needs to know that there are multiple oversight layers, including the FISA Court, congressional oversight, internal oversight within the FBI and intelligence community, that protects Americans from - under - their - their privacy rights while targeting terrorists and people who are trying to kill us. James Comey communitypeoplethinking If conduct is intentional, it could subject some of the criminal liability. James Comey liability What we want to work with manufacturers on is to figure out how can we accommodate both interests in a sensible way? How can we optimize the privacy, security features of their devices and allow court orders to be complied with? James Comey privacyinterestsensible Sometimes the FBI is assigned to do background checks on people who are coming into government in the executive office of the president. Other times, not. A lot of times there are people who are arriving with clearances that already exist. James Comey officepresidentpeople I shouldn't talk about individuals in an open forum, at least without thinking about it better. James Comey individualthinking We have built as a government something called the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force, NCIJTF, where 19 federal agencies sit together and divide up the work. See the threat, see the challenge, divide it up and share information James Comey One of the most bizarre meetings of my life. James Comey politics Yes, and to whom did you show copies? James Comey politics
