I believe that Americans should be deeply skeptical of government power. You cannot trust people in power. The founders knew that. That's why they divided power among three branches, to set interest against interest.
Some believe that the FBI has these phenomenal capabilities to access any information at any time - that we can get what we want, when we want it, by flipping some sort of switch. It may be true in the movies or on TV. It is simply not the case in real life.
We believe the court's opinions are wrong on the facts and the law, and we are reviewing our appellate options.
I believe that the Holocaust is the most significant event in human history.
I believe the job of the FBI Director is to be as transparent as possible with the American people because we work for them.
Privacy is tremendously important. I believe the American people, and all people, should be skeptical of government power, should ask hard questions: What is the authority? What is the oversight? That's the way it ought to be.