Occupation: United States Attorney General Birth: August 4, 1955
Access to information and freedom of access to it may seem like a fundamental right but there are many people who think, rightly or wrongly, it is fo….
Well, there is an attorney-client privilege here that needs to be respected, and it's a privilege that has been found to be worthy of protection by o….
There is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution. There's a prohibition against taking it away..
America is my home - I believe in her promise and I will do what I can to secure that promise for future generations of our children. America is grea….
Listen I don't expect an apology from men like Chuck Schumer, and I would put him and other individuals who were attacking me at the top of the list ….
Well, first of all, let me say that - let me remind your viewers that I am recused from this investigation, and what I said this weekend is not anyth….
But the Congress has made the determination that certain kinds of information can be protected even though the American people may want to have acces….
I respect very much the role of the media in our society; I think they can be very, very helpful. They serve as a very useful check, sort of a watchd….
In this job, you're going to make decisions. You'll say things that some people are going to love them, some people are going to hate them. It's just….
The nature of the new war places a high premium on other factors, such as the ability to quickly obtain information from captured terrorists and thei….
Meth is a national problem to the extent that it's not limited to one state; it's not limited to one region of the country. As to whether or not it r….
We're talking about the lawyers for the United States of America. And I think it's very, very important that the lawyers be comfortable being very ca….
Am I worried about additional attacks in this country? Of course I'm worried about it. We expect the American people to go on living their lives as n….
We want to determine whether he understands the inherent limits that make an unelected Judiciary inferior to Congress or the President in making poli….
In the job of a member of the Supreme Court of the United States, you're going to make decisions. You'll say things that some people are going to lov….
I have lived the American dream. Even my worst days as attorney general have been better than my father's best days..
At the end of the day, you realize that this is important stuff, but it isn't as important as how my kids feel about me. That's how I'm going to meas….
There are, for example, exemptions in FOIA in which the government can withhold certain kinds of information, and the courts have recognized that the….
I want to be clear. No company is too big to be prosecuted. We have zero tolerance for corporate fraud, but we also recognize the importance of avoid….
Our hearts and prayers go out to the people in London and in Egypt. We're very concerned about it. We are providing our expertise to aid in the inves….
I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on terror..