Political Quotes

“I want to reclaim the floor. I know Senator McCain is anxious for me to conclude and there is something he is anxious to do quickly, but I will try to do this in appropriate time for the gravity of the issue before us. But to suggest the only way we can get information about a terrorist attack on the United States by al-Qaida and other sources is to turn to the military commissions and tribunals and not use the FBI and not use the Department of Justice defies logic and experience. Abdulmutallab, the Underwear Bomber, a member of al-Qaida, failed in his attempt to bring down that plane, interrogated successfully by the FBI, basically told them everything he knew over a period of time. It worked. To argue that you cannot do this defies the experience with Abdulmutallab. I want to say a word about the Hamdi case. I listened as Senator Feinstein read the Supreme Court decision. I do not think the Supreme Court decision stands for what was said by the Senator from South Carolina. I think what he said was inaccurate. I do not believe Justice O'Connor went to the extent of saying you can hold an American citizen indefinitely. Let me also say when it comes to the Hamdi case, Hamdi was captured in Afghanistan. He was captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan, not the United States.…”