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...ROWLEY: I don't think everything is really rosy and peachy now, and I don't see any concrete changes that are directly attributable to my actions. But it doesn't mean you can stop trying. And if I end up flipping burgers, come buy some...
...ROWLEY: There's no doubt that the lowest moment was 9/11. The towers hadn't fallen yet, and we were trying to finally get permission from headquarters to seek a search warrant [to get into the computer of Zacarias Moussaoui, who was indicted last December as a Sept. 11 co-conspirator]. This agent [said to me], "This is going to be just like the inquiry at Pearl Harbor. We are going to have to tell the truth...
...ROWLEY: The idea of this law-enforcement group that is able to solve a crime, get the bad guy and ideally even prevent the crime from occurring? Honestly, I would not want to do anything else. All agents join the FBI with that in mind. We are the good guys. The sad thing is, at some point you see the warping of it, the overlegalization of it, the gaming of the criminal-justice system...
...ROWLEY: I'm not usually focused on business, but when their news broke, I read that and saw some encouragement. The same reason I wrote the letter was the reason for WorldCom and Enron. I thought, Oh, gosh, there's someone doing the right thing...
...ROWLEY: [Addressing Watkins] Whenever you talk, I think, Oh, my gosh, great. She's saying what I think. [Rowley stands up and pounds her fist into her palm as she says this...