Agents Quote by John Ashcroft

Gents need to be free to pursue investigations in ways that they haven't. There have been restraints that a reformed FBI needs to make…

— John Ashcroft

The FBI's mission is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution. To carry out that mission, we're entrusted with a lot of…

— Christopher A. Wray

No agency is more acutely aware of how potentially damning and politically sensitive background investigations can be than the FBI; it conducts those investigations,…

— Tucker Carlson

Americans have, at various times, leaned on the FBI for a measure of justice that local and state police couldn't be counted on to…

— Joy Reid

We do have certain protocols in place with respect to doing the investigation by the FBI. And then prosecutors at the Department of Justice…

— Alberto Gonzales

The FBI is a field-based law enforcement organization, and the vast majority of our investigations should continue to be worked by our field offices.

— Christopher A. Wray

We are vested with significant authorities, and it is our obligation as public servants to ensure that these authorities are exercised with objectivity and…

— Christopher A. Wray

The FBI is not in the habit of leaving loose ends. That's not what they do.

— Asha Rangappa

If you look at the history of the FBI, it has become effectively America's political police.

— Julian Assange

If FBI agents can't be trusted to wiretap within the law, why trust them to carry weapons or make arrests?

— Ronald Kessler

I believe investigative agencies should be run in an autonomous manner, and there shouldn't be any interference from the government's side.

— Piyush Goyal

The inability to access evidence or intelligence despite the lawful authority to do so significantly impacts the FBI's ability to identify, investigate, prosecute, or…

— Christopher A. Wray