Standard Procedure Quotes

It was nothing, just the normal thing to do at the time.

I believe there is a certain way to do things.

Farming out atrocities to paramilitaries is standard operating procedure.

My process is always the same. Maybe that's why I stay so consistent, it really doesn't change. I only know one way to record and do things.

We came up with the name and logo pretty much the same way we do everything else.

It's pretty much the same; it's just that Phil was very weird with his system. This is more of the traditional system.

I can tell you that standard D.O.J. protocol is that you let official acts speak for themselves. You don't go and spin your action. For example, when I ran the Solicitor General's office, there would be all sorts of times when the litigants would make something up, and we would just never comment to the press. It is not what we do.

Assessing any possible threat is one thing, but pressing into a full investigation without facts of a crime or national security threat violates standard procedure.

It's a normal way of doing business.

In every operation there is an above the line and a below the line. Above the line is what you do by the book. Below the line is how you do the job.