“For the safety of all the public, for the safety of our officers, we need to understand intimately all that can be learned from that incident, and that is our intention, to learn, and to make changes where necessary and to do it in as transparent a manner as possible,”
“We are taking the unprecedented step of sharing what we can with you, but I am not about to give to any of you tactics that might endanger my officers,”
“Money that is spent here, even if allocated to Los Angeles, the county, the region, and the state will benefit ... because we're all about sharing what we acquire,”
“Make no mistake about it: We dodged a bullet here, perhaps many bullets, ... As outlined in this indictment, these individuals had devised a plan, selected targets, obtained the weapons, set the date and chosen their victims.”
“Bombastic pronouncements are expected on the anniversary of terrorist incidents like Sept. 11, ... was meant to instill fear, and fear is the most potent weapon terrorists possess.”
“The reality is, kids today ... may in fact have sampled drugs some time in their life. Does that mean we should automatically disqualify them? I don't believe so,”
