American - Public | December 14, 1960 -
The threat here focuses primarily on troubled souls in America who are being inspired or enabled online to do something violent for ISIL.
James Comey
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The threat that ISIL presents and poses to the United States is very different in kind, in type and degree than al Qaeda.
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They do not want people committing violence, either in their community or in the name of their faith, and so some of our most productive relationships are with people who see things and tell us things who happen to be Muslim.
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We can only query against that which we have collected. And so if someone has never made a ripple in the pond in Syria in a way that would get their identity or their interest reflected in our database, we can query our database until the cows come home, but there will be nothing show up because we have no record of them.
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FBI Miami is one of the top five offices. Not only are they responsible for all the work that goes on here in South Florida, but they are one of my international offices, so they cover kidnappings or counterintelligence matters or counterterrorism matters in the whole hemisphere.
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I worry a bit about the unknowns when it comes to travelers to the war zones in Syria and Iraq. Who don't I see? And I worry about the people who may be in their basements radicalizing that I can't see.
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Unfortunately, in places like Ferguson, in New York City and in some communities across this nation, there is a disconnect between police agencies and the citizens they serve, predominately in communities of color.
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Serious debates are taking place about how law enforcement personnel relate to the communities they serve, about the appropriate use of force.
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It's not about the stuff. The issue is how we use that stuff and how do we train people to use that stuff. Do we use that stuff to confront people who are protesting in a community? Do we use a sniper rifle to see closer in a crowd? That's where it breaks down.
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America isn't easy. America takes work.
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I have trouble applying the 'whistle-blower' label to someone who just disagrees with the way our country is structured and operates.
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I'm a big fan of the rule of law.
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