We need to coordinate closely with international partners, right down to tightly-coordinated execution of seizures, searches, and arrests, so that instead of capturing a single criminal, we're taking down an entire enterprise.

In our country, the vast majority of our critical infrastructure and intellectual property is of course in the hands of the private sector.

Put plainly, China seems determined to steal its way up the economic ladder, at our expense.

China has pioneered a societal approach to stealing innovation any way it can, from a wide array of businesses, universities, and organizations.

Some people are skeptical about the value of indictments where a foreign nation-state actor is involved. But in the case of APT10, the indictments marked an important step in publicly exposing China's continued practice of stealing intellectual property to give Chinese firms an unfair advantage in the marketplace.

My view is that the cyber threat is bigger than any one government agency - or even the government itself. But the FBI brings a rare combination of scope and scale, experience, and tools to the mix. We investigate criminal activity like intrusions and cyber attacks, but we also investigate national security threats like foreign influence.

User-controlled default encryption is a real challenge for law enforcement.

We all want safe, secure, private data, but we also want safe and secure communities. And we can have both. I really do believe that.

Our work in investigating the Oklahoma City bombing reflected some of the very best the FBI has to offer.

We've shown that when an attack does happen, our agents and analysts will move heaven and earth to find those responsible.

We know that terrorism can happen anywhere, at anytime. And we know the best way to prevent an attack is by working together.

We can't eradicate hate, and we can't wish away evil. But we can continue to stand together on the side of the freedoms we all cherish.

Whether core al Qaeda or its offshoots like AQAP, ISIS, or the many others - we are working with our partners to find and disrupt them, wherever they are, whether they're plotting attacks on Americans here at home or abroad.

The men and women of the FBI are deployed around the clock, all over our country and around the world, identifying and disrupting threats, and pursuing those who would do us harm.

We protect the American people from a staggering range of threats. But make no mistake, securing the homeland against terrorism remains our top priority.

The FBI's mission is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution. That mission is both dual and simultaneous - it is not contradictory.

The FBI holds sacred the rights of individuals to peacefully exercise their First Amendment freedoms.

Non-violent protests are signs of a healthy democracy, not an ailing one.

When law enforcement fails to fulfill its most basic duty to protect and serve its citizens, particularly members of a minority community, it not only tarnishes the badge we all wear, but erodes the trust that we in law enforcement have worked so hard to build.

Where protection of certain sensitive information is well-founded, I remain committed to upholding the laws and longstanding policies governing classification and public release.

The FBI is a field-based law enforcement organization, and the vast majority of our investigations should continue to be worked by our field offices.

The FBI relies on FISA every day in national security investigations to prevent terrorists and foreign intelligence services from harming the United States.

At the end of the day, our work is what endures.

I would argue that in the cyber arena, the need for private sector partnership is higher than really anywhere else of any program we have. So, the reality is we couldn't do what we do without the private sector, and vice versa.