Louis Joseph Freeh (born January 6, 1950) is an American attorney and former judge who served as the fifth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from September 1993 to June 2001. (wikipedia)
I have always said to myself, 'I never want to say I'm leaving a job because I want to spend more time with my family.' I feel sorry for people when they say that. But my advice to them is that you shouldn't have taken the job in the first place.
We are potentially the most dangerous agency in the country.
I wanted all my visits to be official. When I sent the pass back with a note, I had no idea it would antagonize the president. I found out years later that it did.
I was concerned about who he would put in there as FBI director because he had expressed antipathy for the FBI, for the director. I was going to stay there and make sure that he couldn't replace me.
And I understand that, I testified in closed hearings over eight years because there are intelligence matters, there are sensitive matters that should not be held in a public hearing.
It's a truism that you can investigate anything forever.
I was a prosecutor and an FBI agent for many, many years.
The country was not focused on terrorism before September 11th.
My role and my obligation was to conduct criminal investigations.
The rule of law has continued to prevail over the emotion of the moment, the cornerstone attribute of our criminal justice system.
