The fightpartners in against hate crimes and efforts to combat extremism and terrorism, and in our shower shared mission of protecting civil rights. Director comey is a yonkers, new graduated from college of william and mary, and the university of chicago law school. The United States attorney for the Southern District of new york. In 2003, director comey was appointed Deputy Attorney general at the department of justice. He was sworn in as the seventh directors the federal bureau of investigations on september 4, 2013. Under director comeys leadership, every fbi new age the unitedyst States Holocaust Memorial Museum before they graduate from the academy. This program called one enforcement in society, examines the history of the holocaust and the role of Law Enforcement in our democracy. Before i welcomed the director adl, after and the word thanof 160 bomb threats against institutions, director comey convened a meeting with jonathan greenblatt, David Freeman of adl, and a half jewish leaders. Extraordinary anxiety and uncertainty, the director wanted to express his support and compassion, and to assure us that they, the fbi, would expend whatever resources were needed to close the case. And true to his word, thats what he did. ,e think the bureau publicly and we wish to thank director coming personally again today. [applause] please join me in while coming to director of the federal bureau of investigations, james comey. [applause] thank you. Thank you for that, for that kind introduction. Thank you for your applause, for the fbi. All day everynd day worried about protecting the people you were worried about protecting as well. I last spoke to you in spring, 2014. I was seven months into this job , seems like a lifetime ago. [laughter] i was taller then. [laughter] when i spoke to three years ago i sang your praises. You fightted the way for inclusivity and diversity, for equality and justice. Time,that because at the i described yours as an organization that works with us to fight hate crime and terrorism, to educate Law Enforcement to build bonds of trust with important communities all over the country. Years ago,eech three a love letter to the adl. Three years later, i can say ,rom the perspective of the fbi we are still in love with you. [applause] i want to spend some time today explaining to you why we still love you. First let me express regret. As much as we love you, we have been spending way too much time together lately. [laughter] i think we would all be happier if we had meetings that were fewer and far between. If we had no need to investigate hate crime, no need to share information about pending terrorist threats, no need to educate kids or Community Leaders are cops about bigotry and wretchedness. If we had instead, time to focus on other things, life would be better. But its been challenging in recent months. There been threats against Jewish Community centers and schools, the racially motivated shooting of two indian immigrants. We have met to talk about swastikas painted on synagogues and subway signs, a transgender woman attacked in her own home, a nuisance to africanamerican attorney. And youre lying to his and ours, we see a lot of people filled with hate. Some of those people will sit quietly, simmering and stewing in their own bitterness. What some will shout about it to anyone who will listen. Tractate,r hate will they are helpful. While we can try to educate and eliminate those people sitting there simmering, some will always be trapped in that starless midnight the Martin Luther king wrote about so many years ago. People are being emboldened by divisive rhetoric. Other simply more opportunities to instill fear and intimidation today jennifer before . Nowhe ways in which we communicate, often anonymously and from a great distance, offer licensed to those who want to hate, discriminates, poison . Some of you may have read recently that im on twitter. Im not a tweeter. [laughter] , am there to listen, to read especially, what is being said about the fbi and its mission. Sometimes its a wonderful place, sometimes its a suppressing place. Sometimes it feels like im all of a sudden immediately and every dive bar in america, where i can hear everybody screaming at the television set. But it is free speech. You do not have to like it, but we have to protect it. Its the bedrock of this great country. [applause] that we can believe and say what we want, no matter how distasteful or disruptive. Its a vital right in this amazing country of ours. Are others more worrisome to everyone is from, those are the ones who stopped talking about who they hate, and with the hits a much, and start acting on the page. In anow all too well that heartbeat, words cap words can turn to violence. Eight does not remain static too often. In, prejudice, sometimes festers , and it can grow into something far more dangerous. Often, hateoo becomes hate crime. We have to do everything in our power to stop those people who move from stewing to acting, who move from just hating to hurting. Wherever, whoever they are, no matter whether they occupy positions of authority or they are private citizens, we have to do everything we can of course to talk to people about diversity, and the strength that comes from our differences. We also have to educate, do everything we can to bring those who act upon hatred to justice. Hate crime is different from other crime. Of oness at the heart identity, strikes at our sense of self. It strikes at our sense of belonging. The end is the result is loss of trust, dignity, and too often, loss of life. Hate crime hurts more than just the victim. It harms the entire community. An attack on one of us because of who we are, what we believe or what we look like, is an attack on all of us. We each must accept responsibility to speak up and stop it. Eventually, if we dont, it will come for all of us. I want to talk to you briefly about, and remind you, but the ways in which the adl helped the fbi and Law Enforcement educate ourselves. The holocaust is the most significant event in human history, and im insignificant in two different ways. Its significant because it was the most horrific display of any humanity imaginable and one that ifies words, and that believe, challenges meeting. How could such a thing happen . Hows that consistent in any way with the concept of a loving god . Evidently meaning in life when so many lives were snuffed out in such a way . I asked those same questions standing in the pit at ground zero in early 2002. I asked those same questions studying the history of slavery in america. I have asked those questions many times since i have confronted unimaginable loss and suffering. Standing here today, i know i am in good company and asking those questions. The answer for me is, i dont know. We dont know. This. Do know it is our duty, obligation to make sure some good comes from unimaginable bad. Not to somehow make it worth it, thats nonsense. Not to justify the loss, but simply because its what we must do for those left behind. It is our duty were arabs of race or religion or ideology. Tos our obligation to refuse let darkness win. Its our obligation not to let evil hold the field. There are some in ways to fight the tartness, this room is full of them, full of people who have devoted their lives to making sure that evil does not hold the field. I also believe the holocaust was the most significant event in history for second reason, which is, although it was a display of ihumanity that defies words, believe it was also the most perfect display of our humanity imaginable. Display of our true capacity for evil and moral surrender. That second significance, the demonstration of humanity, is the reason we require every fbi agent and analysts the training to come to the Holocaust Museum. We want them to learn about abuse of power on a breathtaking scale. We want them to confront something more painful and frightening. See humanity. O we want them to look into humanities mirror and see what we are capable of. We want them to see that although this holocaust was led a sick and evil leaders were joined and followed by people who love their families, took soup to sick neighbors, who went to church, gave to charity. Good people. Something similar about this at a Holocaust Museum dinner not long ago. I spoke about individual countries which created enormous distraction. Although what i said was true, my point was about human beings, not individual countries. The people hope for millions. Thats the most frightening lesson of all, that are very humanity is capable of its the right thing to do. That should frighten all of us. Thats why we send our agents and analysts to the Holocaust Museum. So they can stare at us and forize our capacity moral surrender. We want them to walk out of a thet museum treasuring constraint of oversight of divided government. The restriction of the rule of a freed the binding of and vibrant press. Its also the reason why we now require that every new agent and analyst also studied the fbis interactions with start dr. Martin luther king. As part of the curriculum, visit the king memorial. On the seventh director of the fbi. I said at the same desk i think that all the prior directors have used. It has class on it so i dont ruin it. [laughter] the deskght corner of under the glass, and keep racing will she do paper. It is a memo from october of 1963 from director hoover to the attorney general robert f kennedy. Its a memo from dr. From director hoover on behalf of the fbi, asking for permission to bug and wiretapped Martin Luther king. It is five sentences long and it is utterly without factual content. It simply asserts quote, there is a communist influence in the racial situation. This update limitation, geographical, technique imitation, it simply says we need to wiretap the sky. Director hoover signed it, Bobby Kennedy signed it, and we were off to the races. Heres the hard part. I am not telling this story and i dont keep that document their is a criticism to become hoover or kennedy. I have no doubt that both of those men believed they were doing the right thing. They were certain that the cause which was just in their facts were right. In the absence of constraint and oversight there was no one to tell them otherwise. I keep that piece of paper in that spot to remind me of what the fbis responsible for and what we as humans are capable of. And why it is vital that power be overseen and constrained, including my power and that of the fbi. [applause] we put both sessions, Holocaust Museum and king curriculum, at the very beginning of our Training Program for analysts and agents. The reason we start to various because it is foundational. It tells us who we are and what we are. And how toe law conduct an arrest in appropriate ways are really important and hard, but it is much more important to, and our view, understand and internalized the longterm ramifications of prejudice and victory, the value of oversight. Its much harder to fight against unconscious bias in the sting of subtle racism. These are more than just lessons. We believe their living principles that have to be ingrained into everything we do. Becomes part of who we are. We have to build an understanding. We must know it, nurturing now, so it can save us later. Thank you for helping us be better and educating ourselves. Now i want to thank you for your work and community outreach. We work hard in the fbi, not only to educate ourselves with bridgesp, but to build with your help, to the communities we serve and protect. We are listening to peoples concerns all over this country and are trying to let them know that we can help. We are trying to create a sense of trust, solidarity, so they know they can call us and count on us to protect them. Know that when we cant prevent hate crimes, our agents and analysts will move heaven and earth to find those responsible and bring them to justice. Our victim specialists who are the angels of the fbi will do everything they can to help heal those who are suffering, their families and communities. They will explain what the agents need to do, why theyre doing the things they are doing. They will host howard calls for frighten town halls, clean up crying scenes. If you have never seen the pain staking work that goes into restoring the items, clothing, furniture, the rooms of loved ones so they dont see the stain of that crime, it is an extraordinary thing. They will plan funerals, find counseling, wipe away tears. I called them the angels of the fbi because they carry this tremendous weight as they lift from the victims onto themselves. They do it for People Living their own worst nightmare. We are not as lawenforcement. We are part of the community. In this together. And if there is a dont fully lawenforcement. They may not believe that we lawenforcement have their best interest at heart. That is something paint but that we have to confront. Its something we need to and work toeep down change. Everybody in this room knows that officers and deputies and agents signed up for this work because they wanted to do good for other people. There want to help other people. Up to help all the people all the time. But we have to do a better job of not just explaining that to the communities we serve and protect. We need to do a better job of understanding those communities. Those with the greatest need for police. We need to know that people who live there, the challenges that confront, the fears that they have, hopes i have. As lawenforcement officers, we especially need a full understanding of the history and journey of lack of america. He hopes, disappointments, and pain. We need to know the history of lawenforcement interaction with black america. Black people cannot forget it. We need to know what is happening in all of our communities, not what we think is happening, or even what the people were serving think was happening, but what is really happening. For that we need at her information in this country. Ata is a boring word people tend to tune out when you Start Talking about data. Its vital because only data, its what smart people used to make decisions. Pressingfbi have been for more data in this country for the last two years. We will keep pressing for it great data related to Violent Crimes of homicide, officerinvolved shootings, altercations with citizens. Also attacks against our enforcement officers, and yes, data related to hate crimes. We must do a better job of tracking and reporting hate crimes. Until we understand whats happening our communities and country we have to understand whats happening so we can stop it. [applause] some jurisdictions do not report hate crime data. There were no hate crimes in their jurisdiction, which would be awesome if it were true. We must continue to impress upon our state and local counterparts how important it is that we track and report hate crime data. Its not something we cant ignore, not something we can sweep under the rug, even though its painful. Inneed to know and believe good policing in this country. We need to live it. Fairose, respectful firm lawful transparent lawenforcement is what has always worked best in every neighborhood in this country. To take one example, african americans, like all americans, know the good policing like that is the path to prosperity and safety. Comeve to stand together along enforcement, advocates like adl, Community Groups and people from all walks of life, understand what we needed to insist upon. We have to work to understand and recognize ourselves and one another. I sometimes think, may the reason we struggle as a nation is because we have come to see only what the other represents at face value, instead of who that person really is. Who are they really . I have long believed its hard to hate up close, hard to hate someone when you know their story. Its long past time with your learning each others stories. June in orlando last the wake of the pulse nightclub attack. Toanted to go down there meet privately with First Responders without any media, just to thank them for what they had done. We met and a big church. I spoke briefly about the fbis gratitude and i said, i said, love to take questions. Many uniforms stood up. He said my name is menachem green, jewish. Becks may, but he went on purity seven jewish. It was there that night. The sound of gunfire, next to me was a muslim officer. Chrisd, your jew, muslim, christian, white, black, latino, asian. We were rushing towards danger to help people we didnt know, we did know they looked like, what they believe. We did know anything except they were people who need us. Then he said very quietly, i wanted you to know that. Then he finished by saying, i think the American People should know that. Then he sat down. There were more questions. After finished an officer came to me and sheepishly said, im a muslim guy, that was a true story. [laughter] that officer and to menachem green, i will tell that story all over this country. I do know it. I think the American People need to know that story. [applause] we confront divisiveness, fear and ignorance and prejudice. We live in a world with a hole, lack of stability. As a society, we have to do better. Police officers of different faiths from different backgrounds running towards danger to help strangers, that makes us better. , who raisedists over 100,000 to repair jewish headstones in the last in st. Louis and philadelphia, and makes us better. [applause] oversamaritans who painted and middle slurs written on them as hosts when they were on the never have to see the others. The sign on a spanishlanguage that local pastors covered with posters that said, love wins, a sign that says, whoever you are wherever you are from, you are welcome here stars like this make us better. You make us better. You fought for inclusion and acceptance. You never were complacent. The word sounds is not your vocabulary or that advocated for voting rights, and on immigration issues you fought against antipresident prejudice, cyber bullying. Youre pushed and prodded for hate crime legislation. On behalf of the federal bureau of investigation comes thank you for standing by us, for giving us the benefit of your experience, for making us better. And for serving this country alongside us. So i close my letter three years later, love, the fbi. [laughter] [applause] thank you, director call me. Theres a washington, d. C. Out hair, its time to see some of it. Were going to head for offsite business. All of the buses will be lined up outside the doors going this way. If you have forgotten what you have registered for, you can check on your app or the registration table. This assignment window. If youre going the Fourth Circuit court of appeals will revise Donald Trumps travel ban. The Court Considering an appeal of a marylandu. S. Strict judges ruling that blocked president trumps ban on issuing visas to citizens of those countries. The revised travel ban was issued in march. This one imposes a 90 day ban on travelers but excludes iraq from the list of countries. Green card holders it applies early this month cspan petitioned the Fourth Circuit court of appeals to consider allowing the life broadcast to the cases audio k for the head of public interest. Thats a precedent first set by chief Justice William rehnquist and releasing the audio and push me gore immediately following its submission to the court. The Fourth CircuitCourt Approved a request. For the First Time Ever we will have live audio broadcast serving at 2 30 eastern time, right here in cspan. The revised travel ban was one