Richard Blumenthal actually said...

Unfortunately, I have got to--I am probably the only Senator at this point who has not voted, and I have to apologetically excuse myself to ...

the applications that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court reviews, they are fact based.

We got rid of the independent counsel law precisely because we were uneasy about having private parties just make up their own public policy...

I have to express some doubts about the idea of appointing a counsel from outside the Government.