Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"I think it is a very tough bill to draft."

"It is too important that Congress' oversight be as good as it possibly can be."

"You do hold people accountable, as is appropriate, and you go on with the aim of securing the country."

"I am encouraged by that because obviously we know that the Islamist extremist terrorist movement is operating, and others who want to threaten our security, operating globally."