Jeff Sessions actually said...

"I think this is causing quite a bit of concern."

"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..."

"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 think the idea that a captured combatant who, if eligible to be tried because they have committed violations of the laws of war, would be tried in military commissions is only common sense and part ..."