Brian J. Roehrkasse is from Urbandale, Iowa. Roehrkasse served as the Director of Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of Justice during the last two years of the George W. Bush Administration... (wikipedia)
We're reviewing the advisory system as part of a comprehensive review of the department . . . which will focus on improvements and adjustments that could be made to the system.
We don't comment on the existence or nonexistence of any investigation.
We do not have any intelligence indicating this type of attack is planned in the United States.
We do not have any credible or specific evidence indicating a possible attack of the kind seen in London.
We believe these cases are without merit and plan to vigorously defend against the charges.
The president has made clear that he will use his constitutional and statutory authorities to protect the American people from further terrorist attacks.
We are discussing a number of possible options with our international and private-sector partners that will allow us to achieve our mutual goals of enhancing security.
The government in seeking this data is not attempting to obtain information about individual computer users. Our sole intent is to make the Internet safer for our youth.
This is being done in a manner that protects U.S. constitutional rights. FBI agents do not intrude across any constitutionally protected areas without proper legal authority.
This is an inaccurate and misinformed interpretation of the administration's legal analysis.
This information continues to be evaluated by the intelligence community.
They will not be making a determination on the lawfulness on the NSA program, but rather will determine whether the department's lawyers complied with their professional obligations in connection with examining this program.
In this case, exercising the discretion that Congress is now encouraging us to exercise, the FBI has determined that allowing the recipient to disclose its identity, and only its identity, will not harm the national security or interfere with an ongoing investigation.
The information is uncorroborated, and the source is of questionable reliability, ... continues to be evaluated by the intelligence community.
The Department of Justice looks forward to presenting this important case before the court.
The Department of Justice Civil Rights Division found that the new identification requirements had no negative purpose or effect, nor is there any evidence, for that matter, that the voter ID requirements have a negative effect on the turnout of any voters.