I'm Dan Gelber. As a federal prosecutor, I helped put away corporate criminals, corrupt politicians and violent gangs.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was a prosecutor and an FBI agent for many, many years.
As a border prosecutor, I've put criminals behind bars who worked for some of the most violent cartels in the world.
I was a federal prosecutor when we exercised powers under the Patriot Act or under the FISA court.
He convinced me that if we're going to have honest government that you can't leave it up to the crooks and that honest people have to get involved in government. So I did. I got involved as a criminal prosecutor with the U. S. Justice Department.
No matter what I do, I'll be forever known as the Manson prosecutor.
I ran for attorney general to be attorney general.
As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence gathering.
I was a prosecutor for 25 years. I saw so many 15, 16, even 20 year-olds who could not read, had little hope that they would ever find work, faced more challenges than opportunities in life, dropped out of school at some point, and turned to crime.
I was a case officer, otherwise known as an operations officer. My role was to go out and convince Al Qaeda operatives to instead work with us as well as to convince people and officials in foreign governments to work on behalf of the U.S. government secretly.
I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.