The PATRIOT Act brought down the wall separating…

Prior to the passage of the Patriot Act, it was very difficult - often impossible - for us to share information with the Central…

— Robert Mueller

If a regular law enforcement agency wants your phone records, all they have to do is issue a subpoena. But now the intelligence agency…

— Marco Rubio

Our nation's military and law enforcement personal work hard to protect us. We must thank them for their continued vigilance. Without their sacrifice we…

— Leonard Boswell

I plan to work with all my colleagues on education and labor issues and to ensure the security of our nation by providing agencies…

— Jeff Van Drew

In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland…

— Anonymous

Our top focus - protecting our Nation - must go beyond homeland preparedness; America will only be secure if we deal with threats before…

— Bill Frist

The principle I believe in is the principle of protecting our nation. I believe that the United States has the right to attack any…

— George W. Bush

The Patriot Act removed major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and national defense communities from talking and coordinating their work to…

— Jon Porter

In the last four years under the Patriot Act, we have seen a great increase in the ability of law enforcement officials to investigate…

— Mike Pence

Decisive action has been taken on the home front with passage of the USA Patriot Act, which has strengthened the hand of law enforcement…

— Roger Wicker

Since 2001, the Patriot Act has provided the means to detect and disrupt terrorist threats against the U.S. Prior to enactment of the law,…

— Roger Wicker

Prior to the PATRIOT Act, the ability of government agencies to share information with each other was limited, which kept investigators from fully understanding…

— Chris Chocola

“The single biggest lesson of the whole Snowden fiasco is that America's own sloppiness made it vulnerable: whether to misguided whistleblowers, saboteurs or foreign…

— Edward Lucas

You cannot have 300-some million Americans - and really, right, the global citizenry be at risk of having their phone conversations intercepted with a…

— Ted Lieu

You are also asked to take an oath, and that's the oath of service. The oath of service is not to secrecy, but to…

— Edward Snowden