Administration Quote by Nina Totenberg

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

It simply cannot be that the president can name his own temporary attorney general to supervise an investigation in which he and his family…

— Neal Katyal

The office has oversight of people who do analysis and oversight of people who do operations, but it is not charged with doing either.…

— Stephen Cambone

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

In some cases, Justice Department leaders can supervise investigations despite having personal knowledge about the entities involved.

— Neal Katyal

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…

— John Ashcroft

I can guarantee that not because I give Attorney General [Loretta] Lynch a directive. That is institutionally how we have always operated. I do…

— Barack Obama

During my 8 years in office, I set up a special investigatory branch as part of the highest court level. As it happened, from…

— Chen Shui-bian

The Office of Attorney General should be independent and the Office of Attorney General should have the power to investigate without the approval of…

— Letitia James

The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That means power over the intelligence budget.…

— Leonard Boswell

As both a career intelligence officer and as an American citizen, I am a strong believer in the importance of oversight. Simply put, experience…

— Gina Haspel

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