Chuck Grassley actually said...

"One of the things that I am concerned about is that we not rebuild the wall that exists between our law enforcement and national security communities before September 11th."

"What worries me about the suggestion that we impose a judicial process on NSLs is that it would actually make it harder for us to do national security investigations than bank fraud investigations."

"Our judgment about the government holding the data is that the primary danger of the 215 telephony metadata program is not if it is used only in the way in which its use is authorized, but that it lea..."

"The most important responsibility of government is to protect our national security, while at the same time preserving our civil liberties."