Jeff Sessions actually said...

"It is not just the ability to prosecute this individual, but whether if he were properly interrogated over a period of time we may find out that there are other cells, other plans, other Abdulmutallab..."

"I don't think--I just would say I do not think we need to have proof beyond a reasonable doubt that a person is a terrorist before they go on the list."

"I do not think you can say it is appropriately. We do not know what that individual learned while he was working with al Qaeda."

"I was able to work on legislation and get language in that said anyone 'a part of al Qaeda at the time of the alleged offense was per se an unprivileged criminal combatant, enemy combatants, subject t..."