Top 45 Christopher A. Wray Quotes

As cyber threats evolve, we need to evolve as well.

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.

Your voice matters, so protect it.

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.

If you think about the average person and their interaction with law enforcement, their whole perspective on who we are and what we stand for – our brand, if you will – might be defined by just one interaction or encounter, a traffic stop, a visit to a school, or a response to a call for help.

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.

There’s a clear distinction between activities that threaten the security and integrity of our election systems, and the broader threat from influence operations designed to influence voters.

America’s elections are the foundation of our democracy – so protecting them is a priority for the FBI and our partners.

Whether core al Qaeda or its offshoots like AQAP, ISIS, or the many others – we are working with our partners to find and disrupt them, wherever they are, whether they’re plotting attacks on Americans here at home or abroad.

The inability to access evidence or intelligence despite the lawful authority to do so significantly impacts the FBI’s ability to identify, investigate, prosecute, or otherwise deter criminals, terrorists, and other offenders.

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

We are vested with significant authorities, and it is our obligation as public servants to ensure that these authorities are exercised with objectivity and integrity. Anything less falls short of the FBI’s duty to the American people.

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 need to hold ourselves accountable for the work we do and the choices we make.

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

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.

Understanding the Chinese counterintelligence threat better will help us respond to it more effectively. China is taking a multi-faceted approach, so we’ve got to have a multi-faceted response.

At the end of the day, our work is what endures.

We can’t eradicate hate, and we can’t wish away evil. But we can continue to stand together on the side of the freedoms we all cherish.

The FBI relies on FISA every day in national security investigations to prevent terrorists and foreign intelligence services from harming the United States.

We all want safe, secure, private data, but we also want safe and secure communities. And we can have both. I really do believe that.

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.

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

The men and women of the FBI are deployed around the clock, all over our country and around the world, identifying and disrupting threats, and pursuing those who would do us harm.

It is the honor of a lifetime to serve as Director. I long ago grew to know and admire the FBI from my earliest days as a line prosecutor to my years as assistant attorney general.

As the threat to harm the United States and U.S. interests evolves, we must adapt and confront these challenges, relying heavily on the strength of our federal, state, local, and international partnerships.

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

The Chinese government’s not pulling any punches. They want what we have so they can get the upper hand on us. And they’re highly strategic in their approach – they’re playing the long game.

Our folks at the FBI are working their tails off every day to stop and find criminals, terrorists, and nation-state adversaries.

Terrorists in ungoverned spaces – both physical and cyber – readily disseminate propaganda and training materials to attract easily influenced individuals around the world to their cause. They motivate these individuals to act at home or encourage them to travel.

Cybersecurity is a central part of the FBI’s mission. It’s one part of the broader safety net we try to provide the American people: not only safe data, safe personal information, but also safe communities, safe schools.

In this country, we value our open, free-market system – including the way it attracts international investment and talent to our country.

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

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.

China has pioneered a societal approach to stealing innovation in any way it can from a wide array of businesses, universities, and organizations.

We must build toward the future so that we are prepared to deal with the threats we will face at home and abroad and understand how those threats may be connected.

Technology has made life much easier for the good guy – there’s no doubt.

Lack of lawful access certainly affects our ability to do our jobs, but we know where the harm really falls when evidence is kept unavailable – it falls on innocent people, the people we’re sworn to protect.

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.

China has pioneered a societal approach to stealing innovation any way it can, from a wide array of businesses, universities, and organizations.

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.

Every officer, every deputy, every agent we lose is one too many. It’s a loss to our organizations, of course, it’s a loss to our community, and most importantly, it’s a devastating loss to the loved ones they leave behind.

Healthy competition is good for the global economy. Criminal conduct is not. Rampant theft is not. Cheating is not.

All too often, vital electronic evidence has been made unavailable through encryption that doesn’t allow for execution of legal process including court-approved search warrants.