I'll Leave Here With My Head Held

Operation Fast And Furious Was Flawed In Concept And Flawed In Execution. The Tactics Used In This Operation Violate Department Of Justice Policy And Should Never Have Been Used.

In The Months Ahead, I Will Leave The Department Of Justice, But I Will Never -- I Will Never -- Leave The Work. I Will Continue To Serve And Try To Find Ways To Make Our Nation Even More True To Its Founding Ideals.

It Is Possible, I Supposed, To Imagine An Extraordinary Circumstance In Which It Would Be Necessary And Appropriate Under The Constitution And Applicable Laws Of The United States For The President To Authorize The Military To Use Lethal Force Within The Territory Of The United States.

I'm A 21st Century Guy, Secure In Who I Am.

Let's Deal With Reality. The Reality Is That We Will Be Reading Miranda Rights To The Corpse Of Osama Bin Laden. He Will Never Appear In An American Courtroom.