If the evens of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, it's that the terrorists can attack us, but they can't take away what makes us American - our freedom, our liberty, our civil rights. No, only Attorney General John Ashcroft can do that.
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Just as neighborhood watch programs keep watch over their neighborhoods and report suspicious activity to law enforcement, Internet users now have a 'cyber community watch' program,
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Let there be no mistake: The Department of Justice will not tolerate acts of violence or discrimination against people in this country based on their national origin, religion or race,
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We won't tolerate it any more than we will tolerate the financing of groups that on September 11 attacked our homeland.
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Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent was another world of risk.
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The principal mission of the National Security Coordination Council will be to ensure a more seamless coordination of all functions of the department relating to national security, particularly our efforts to combat terrorism,
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Missouri is a compassionate state. And I think that in a very special way, they have demonstrated the compassion which they have, ... And I hope that the outcome of this election is a matter of comfort to Mrs. Carnahan. And I hope that we can all accord her the opportunity to have the kind of necessary recovery time after such a great personal loss.
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But before I act on that plan I want to confer with the individuals in Oklahoma, and families of the victims and that will take place shortly,
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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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While some have argued that the Second Amendment guarantees only a 'collective' right of the states to maintain militias, I believe the amendment's plain meaning and original intent prove otherwise.
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From the first days of our administration, honoring the diversity of the American people has been a priority for President Bush and for me,
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The FBI has already begun to update technology systems, improve information management, and provide more effective and timely accountability.
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Unique among the nations, America recognized the source of our character as being godly and eternal, not being civic and temporal. And because we have understood that our source is eternal, America has been different. We have no king but Jesus.
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As today's indictment makes clear, the Department of Justice will prosecute those who jeopardize the nation's security by mishandling classified, sensitive information important to the war on terrorism,
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We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a grant of any government or document, but is an endowment from God
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We owe it to the American people to make every effort to get these countries to live up to their obligations, ... We will pursue the full range of appropriate diplomatic measures.
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We will continue to greet our international neighbors with good will, ... Asking some neighbors and visitors to verify their activities while they are here is fully consistent with that outlook.
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I don't have any personal ax to grind here.
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I'm very pleased that today our judicial system exercised it responsibility in a way that reinforces justice, ... an additional month of uncertainty.
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America's farmers should not be used as pawns in foreign policy disputes, ... The only people hurt by food embargoes are U.S. farmers and innocent citizens of other countries.
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acquired various firearms and engaged in weapons training and physical training in preparation to fight a jihad.
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Agents need to be free to pursue investigations in ways that they haven't. There have been restraints that a reformed FBI needs to make sure we don't impose.
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grotesque transgressions of the public trust.
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Frankly, I think we need to be careful and we need to understand that there is a risk, ... Larry King Live.
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This network of terrorism is a threat. It's a current threat to the United States as well as the rest of the world.
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We believe that these could be and likely appear to be sort of martyrdom messages from suicide terrorists, ... Whether or not the attack would be imminent or not is something we can't determine.
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simply doesn't provide a benefit and it provides an encumbrance.
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Every organization has problems, the way you define the quality of an organization is by how they respond to problems,
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are as intense today as they have ever been.
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I don't want to provide a specific time during which he'll be in the United States, but I expect him to be here shortly,
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