Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"Give us an explanation of that in plain language. In other words, what did not happen with Abdulmutallab which would happen now under the change?"

"I do think, ultimately, in these cases, security has to be given much more weight than privacy because of all that is involved."

"I want to just go back to last week's first hearing in this series of hearings before I focus on this one and say that I very much appreciated the fact that all of our witnesses in last week's hearing..."

"I appreciate the opportunity to appear before the Committee to discuss intelligence reform and interagency integration."