Quotes from Christopher A. Wray

We've shown that when an attack does happen, our agents and analysts will move heaven and earth to find those responsible.

When you can say, I get up in the morning to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution, it keeps people coming back. And I will stack our workforce up against anybody, anywhere, any day.

We know that terrorism can happen anywhere, at anytime. And we know the best way to prevent an attack is by working together.

It's going to take all of us working together to protect our economic security and our way of life. The American people expect and deserve no less.

To be clear, we do not open investigations based on race, or ethnicity, or national origin. But when we open investigations into economic espionage, time and time again, they keep leading back to China.

Our work in investigating the Oklahoma City bombing reflected some of the very best the FBI has to offer.

Where protection of certain sensitive information is well-founded, I remain committed to upholding the laws and longstanding policies governing classification and public release.

FISA is a powerful tool - and we've got to be sure we're using it properly, at every step in the process. But we couldn't do our jobs without it.

FISA is one of the most important investigative tools we've got in preventing our adversaries from harming our country.

Cyber criminals often operate through online forums, selling illicit goods and services, including tools that lower the barrier to entry for aspiring criminals and that can be used to facilitate malicious cyber activity.

We protect the American people from a staggering range of threats. But make no mistake, securing the homeland against terrorism remains our top priority.

We, the FBI, don't investigate ideology, no matter how repugnant. When it turns to violence, we're all over it.

Non-violent protests are signs of a healthy democracy, not an ailing one.

As the Director of the FBI, I am committed to ensuring that the Bureau is being transparent and responsive to legitimate congressional requests.

I can't imagine a situation where, as FBI director, I would be giving a press conference on an uncharged individual, much less talking in detail about it.

What was once a comparatively minor threat - people hacking for fun or for bragging rights - has turned into full-blown economic espionage and extremely lucrative cyber crime.

The cyber threat has evolved dramatically since I left DOJ in 2005, partly just reflecting how much the digital world has itself evolved over that time. Back then, 'tweeting' was something only birds did.

We have no information that indicates that Ukraine interfered with the 2016 presidential election.

It takes an incredibly special person to be willing to put his or her life on the line for the community, and we owe it to our law enforcement heroes to do whatever we can to make their work safer.

I left DOJ's leadership back in 2005. At the time, we were still building our national security capabilities in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. And we'd made a lot of progress.

Our adversaries are trying to undermine our country on a persistent and regular basis, whether it's election season or not.

We will not stand idly by while any entity - be it a foreign power or corporation - seeks to criminally or unfairly undermine our country's place in the world.

Some people are skeptical about the value of indictments where a foreign nation-state actor is involved. But in the case of APT10, the indictments marked an important step in publicly exposing China's continued practice of stealing intellectual property to give Chinese firms an unfair advantage in the marketplace.

A line of duty death, whether an officer, special agent, or professional staff employee, is personal to the FBI, and it's personal to me as Director.