I'm A Hard Headed Lawyer.

At A Time When We Must Seek To Rebuild Trust Between Law Enforcement And The Local Community, I Am Deeply Concerned That The Deployment Of Military Equipment And Vehicles Sends A Conflicting Message.

Operation Fast And Furious Was Flawed In Concept And Flawed In Execution. The Tactics Used In This Operation Violate Department Of Justice Policy And Should Never Have Been Used.

It Pains Me Whenever There's The Death Of A Law Enforcement Official.

There's A Certain Level Of Vehemence, It Seems To Me, That's Directed At Me [and] Directed At The President. You Know, People Talking About Taking Their Country Back. There's A Certain Racial Component To This For Some People. I Don't Think This Is The Thing That Is A Main Driver, But For Some There's A Racial Animus.

One Cannot Understate The Importance Of Eliminating Bin Laden. He Was A Symbolic Head Of The Organisation And, As We Now Know, An Operational Head Of The Organisation.