Jeff Sessions actually said...

"You have got a tough job, but you asked for it."

"It is not cowering in fear of terrorists to decide the best way for this case to be tried is to be tried by military commission."

"I do not think the people are happy with the decision. I think there are clear advantages to trying cases by military commission as opposed to what can become a spectacle of a trial with high-paid def..."

"I do not think we should give a preference to military commission trials simply because the enemy attacked civilian people rather than military people."