Benjamin Wittes Quotes

Secret courts require great faith that the Justice Department - and future Justice Departments - will act with integrity.

The president can take steps to make sure the American public knows what its Justice Department and FBI have been up to.

I think the Justice Department needs to be the final protector of the people of the United States of America.

If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public.

All officers of the Intelligence Community, and especially its most senior officer, must conduct themselves in a manner that earns and retains the public trust. The American people are uncomfortable with government activities that do not take place in the open, subject to public scrutiny and review.

What the American people really want to know is if Jeff Sessions is going to be a good attorney general. Is he going to protect my family? Is he going to make my community safer? The answer is clearly yes.

I see the job of attorney general as the single most important legal office in the country when you can't trust the federal government.

I'm honored to have the support of Attorney General Bondi. She has been a champion for constitutionally limited government in Florida and across the nation. Our state is fortunate to have a leader so dedicated to the rule of law.

Regardless of what side of the issue you are on, the release of the Mueller Report is essential to restoring faith in our government.

The Attorney General is not above the law.

If we cannot share aspects of our secret work with the public, we should do so with their elected representatives. For CIA oversight is a vital link to the open society we defend. It's a defining feature of the U.S. intelligence community and one of the many things that distinguishes us from the hostile services we face in the field.

There is no more important institution in our country than the Department of Justice.

My attorney general will restore the integrity of the Department of Justice which has been severely questioned.

On March 12, 2004, acting attorney general James B. Comey and the Justice Department's top leadership reached the brink of resignation over electronic surveillance orders that they believed to be illegal.

My challenge to members on both sides of the aisle is to stand up and have the integrity to say that we have a dead U.S. agent; we have a Department of Justice that lied to Congress.

I believe that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act must be reformed. We must improve the American public's confidence in, and perception of, our national security programs, by increasing transparency, strengthening oversight, and safeguarding civil liberties.

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

This is going to be a very transparent Justice Department. But I'm not gonna sacrifice the safety of the American people or our ability to protect the American homeland.

National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.

The Supreme Court is a menace to the welfare of the nation.

The Attorney General's ultimate client must be the people of the United States

The people have a right to know—no, a duty to know—what the army is doing in our name.

I find it extremely difficult to argue against telling the people of the United States how much we intend to spend on the aggregate for intelligence purposes.

While the interests of the Intelligence community should not be taken lightly, we must remember that they exist to serve, not dictate.

I believe that the American People have a right to know what was done in their name..