Political Quotes

“Mr. President, as I grew up, I remember listening daily to Paul Harvey on the radio. Paul Harvey's motto was, ``and now the rest of the story.'' That is where we are. I give Senator Wyden a tremendous amount of credit for consistency. He is consistently against providing the tools that law enforcement needs to defend the American people. That is fine, if that is your position, but let's talk about fact. This statute was changed in 1993, and in one subpart of that legislation, it was not carried over about the ISP--Internet service provider--responsibility to provide this information when requested by law enforcement. From 1993 until 2010, every technology company, when requested by the FBI, continued to provide this information. This is not a new expansion. It is clearly something that continued from 1993 until 2010, 6 years ago, when all of a sudden a tech company looked at it and said: Boy, it is in this subpart, but it doesn't state it in that subpart so we are not going to provide it for you anymore. Myth: We have never asked for this. We have never had this. No, we have had it for a long time, and until 2010, every company supplied it to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. All of a sudden, one company's general counsel said: We don't see it in this subpart; therefore, we are not bound to provide that for you. We are either going to fight terrorism and prosecute criminals or we are not going to do it.…”