Namely, that our investigation was authorized by the attorney general of the United States, and that the Justice Department had the information that we had with respect to serious possible federal offenses,

Of all appointments that the president is asked to make, chief justice of the United States Supreme Court deserves the highest level of scrutiny.

After a lengthy and unfortunate delay in our investigation, justice can go forward.

The United States has the burden to lead for peace. And not just peace - we need peace with justice, a much harder goal.

The criminal justice system is accurately symbolized by a large sculpture that sits at the foot of the United States attorney's building: four metal circles that interlock. The wheels of justice, as it were, frozen in legal and social gridlock.

The hypocrisy factor has encouraged copycat techniques around the world by people who do like the United States does and has also weakened the United States as one of the traditional important supporters of human rights.