Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"I believe Congress has been complicit in the current complicated situation. We have not followed the President's lead in closing Guantanamo."

"We are going to join together, and perhaps others wish to join us, in a letter to the President asking him to exercise his Executive authority to end this force feeding in Guantanamo."

"I remain concerned that we have not yet struck the right balance between the intelligence-gathering needs of the FBI and the privacy rights of Americans."

"I have long said that protecting our national security and protecting Americans' fundamental rights are not and should not be mutually exclusive."