Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"There is a tension between those constitutional rights."

"And nobody has ever suggested that a criminal, a convicted felon or a fugitive or a drug addict or someone seriously mentally ill, dangerous to himself or others, or a domestic violence abuser has a f..."

"I think many of us on this Committee are aware, but maybe not most Americans, that you often know that a crime has been committed, and you know who has committed it, but you need more than that knowle..."

"None of them is absolute."