Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"to me it was quite valuable to us in terms of assessing the capacity of the Russian missiles, which is important for our national security."

"I hope you will push that envelope a little bit, at least to explore it."

"I appreciate that, and I stress it again because as you know, anytime anything happens there are immediate investigations done by the media, by Congress, and by the agency itself."

"the risk of allowing someone on the watchlist to board a plane without being subjected to at least a secondary physical screening for a bomb or weapons concealed or anything else is really intolerable..."