Andrew Weissmann

And so this is really unheard of. Institutional knowledge. Exactly. And just judgment. Good judgment is so important, and a lot of that comes from the experience of having lived through lots of cases, also just how to be effective. I mean, people, I don't think, understand when this whole idea of anti-experience, that anybody can do the job. No, that's not true.

And so this is really unheard of. Institutional knowledge. Exactly. And just judgment. Good judgment is so important, and a lot of that comes from the experience of having lived through lots of cases, also just how to be effective. I mean, people, I don't think, understand when this whole idea of anti-experience, that anybody can do the job. No, that's not true.

And so this is really unheard of. Institutional knowledge. Exactly. And just judgment. Good judgment is so important, and a lot of that comes from the experience of having lived through lots of cases, also just how to be effective. I mean, people, I don't think, understand when this whole idea of anti-experience, that anybody can do the job. No, that's not true.

The judgment and ability to be able to sift through what is noise and what is real is critical in all sorts of ways, but particularly in national security, where there's tons of noise. And the art, I remember Robert Mueller saying this, the art is knowing noise. What is the thing to focus on? What is the thing that causes the most concern? And that is what we count on to prevent bombs going off.

The judgment and ability to be able to sift through what is noise and what is real is critical in all sorts of ways, but particularly in national security, where there's tons of noise. And the art, I remember Robert Mueller saying this, the art is knowing noise. What is the thing to focus on? What is the thing that causes the most concern? And that is what we count on to prevent bombs going off.

The judgment and ability to be able to sift through what is noise and what is real is critical in all sorts of ways, but particularly in national security, where there's tons of noise. And the art, I remember Robert Mueller saying this, the art is knowing noise. What is the thing to focus on? What is the thing that causes the most concern? And that is what we count on to prevent bombs going off.

I mean, there's not a single person at the hearing and Kash Patel's hearing who had the audacity, no Republican had the audacity to say, no, this man is the best person for the job. Of all of the people in the entire country, this is the guy. But you know what? That's supposed to be the standard.

I mean, there's not a single person at the hearing and Kash Patel's hearing who had the audacity, no Republican had the audacity to say, no, this man is the best person for the job. Of all of the people in the entire country, this is the guy. But you know what? That's supposed to be the standard.

I mean, there's not a single person at the hearing and Kash Patel's hearing who had the audacity, no Republican had the audacity to say, no, this man is the best person for the job. Of all of the people in the entire country, this is the guy. But you know what? That's supposed to be the standard.

Who is the best person?

Who is the best person?

Who is the best person?

Big picture and small picture. So obviously, big picture is you need a director and a bureau that's going to be governed by facts and law. So if you believe that the FBI is the one that fomented January 6th, that's just not true. And so not being governed by facts, that's how you do an investigation. You're ultimately going to need to go to court and prove things.

Big picture and small picture. So obviously, big picture is you need a director and a bureau that's going to be governed by facts and law. So if you believe that the FBI is the one that fomented January 6th, that's just not true. And so not being governed by facts, that's how you do an investigation. You're ultimately going to need to go to court and prove things.

Big picture and small picture. So obviously, big picture is you need a director and a bureau that's going to be governed by facts and law. So if you believe that the FBI is the one that fomented January 6th, that's just not true. And so not being governed by facts, that's how you do an investigation. You're ultimately going to need to go to court and prove things.

So you need to know what the facts are and be able to establish it. It's all good and well to spout off things at a hearing, to write whatever you want in a book. That's not the way the FBI works and it's not where the courts work. at least so far.

So you need to know what the facts are and be able to establish it. It's all good and well to spout off things at a hearing, to write whatever you want in a book. That's not the way the FBI works and it's not where the courts work. at least so far.

So you need to know what the facts are and be able to establish it. It's all good and well to spout off things at a hearing, to write whatever you want in a book. That's not the way the FBI works and it's not where the courts work. at least so far.

In terms of specifics, so this idea that we can just take everybody from headquarters and move them to the field, having been in both situations, been in the field and been at headquarters, I mean, obviously there's great work that happens in the field, but again, from a national security perspective and the intelligence community, it's That really has to be coordinated through headquarters.

In terms of specifics, so this idea that we can just take everybody from headquarters and move them to the field, having been in both situations, been in the field and been at headquarters, I mean, obviously there's great work that happens in the field, but again, from a national security perspective and the intelligence community, it's That really has to be coordinated through headquarters.