The American people must be willing to give up a degree of personal privacy in exchange for safety and security.

Louis Joseph Freeh (born January 6 1950) served as the fifth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from September 1993 to June 2001. Freeh began his career as an agent of the FBI and was later an assistant United States Attorney and a United States district court judge the position he held when appointed FBI director. He is now a lawyer and consultant in the private sector.