"If there is a rendition taking a person to a place where the possibility is that person might be tortured, that is the kind of rendition I think that is inappropriate."
"That is probably my top priority now, Senator."
"Profiling is simply not good law enforcement."
"It will not be the intention of this administration or this Attorney General to place anybody in any part of this world who is a risk to the community."
"I think the billion dollars that the Recovery Act provides will give us a leg up on the efforts that we have to use to reinvigorate the COPS program."
"Our desire is not to do anything that would be perceived as political, as partisan."
"I spend every waking moment of my life now thinking about how I can ensure the safety of the American people."
"We are not going to put at risk the safety of the people of this country in any determination we make."
"We have to do something on the demand side."
"The task force that is making the individualized determinations on the detainees is supposed to be done by January of next year."
"I wouldn't want to restrict the ability of our Government to use all the techniques that we can to keep the American people safe."