Evidence Gathering Quotes

Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight case.

My role and my obligation was to conduct criminal investigations.

I work like every journalist works so I have recordings, I have notes.

The American justice system administers punishment. It does not conduct inquests and it does not find facts.

When I was a kid, what captivated me about detective fiction were the puzzles more than the detectives or their enemies. And as I've gotten older, I see a lot of merit in setting your investigative sights higher than figuring out how someone stole Encyclopedia Brown's bicycle.

Well, when people talk about interrogating terrorists, they're acting like this is some sort of law enforcement function. Law enforcement is about gathering evidence to take someone to trial, and convict them. Anti-terrorism is about finding out information to prevent a future attack so the same tactics do not apply.

One way to solve a mystery is by asking the right questions until answers start to emerge.

Jayalalithaa was disqualified from contesting elections because of the Tansi case. I was the complainant. The public prosecutor conducted the case, but I provided all the documents and evidence. She was convicted. She could not contest elections, as her nomination papers were rejected.

It's definitely true that law enforcement investigations expand over time in appropriate ways.

We investigate in secret so that we don't smear innocent people.

The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.

I want to catch Mr Whitlam with his pants down.

I was a prosecutor in Brooklyn in the homicide division and then as a senior assistant district attorney.

The F.B.I. pursues cases against individuals and organizations, not topics - this allows each case to have the flexibility to go in the direction the evidence leads, regardless of what happens with other, related cases.

I'm a trained lawyer, after all, so I don't have to admit to anything.

Read like a detective and write like a conscientious investigative reporter.

'CSI' is a part of who I am.

A defendant can use discovery to run out the clock on the plaintiff and to make the plaintiff run out of money.

I thought I'd better check this third plate, which is another date, see if there's an image there in the right place that would be consistent with the images on the other plates. That was the final proof.

In reality, those rare few cases with good forensic evidence are the ones that make it to court.

In all candor, the Court fails to perceive any reason for suspending the power of courts to get evidence and rule on questions of privilege in criminal matters simply because it is the president of the United States who holds the evidence.

I am like a security camera ever on the watch. The furtive quality of vision feels to me like an incredibly valuable weapon. Everything I see gets transformed into a private sketch or painting in my mind, stored away for future reference, future evidence, future ammunition.

I'm an old trial lawyer.

The most successful detectives owe their success to noticing small signs. Scouts are natural detectives and never let the smallest detail escape them. These small things are called by Scouts 'Sign.'

I was the weirdest kid: I wanted to see the police file - in grade school! I was convinced I could crack the case if I just had that file.