Dick Durbin: “The military commissions violated the law”

The lack of community involvement and speed with which this project has moved forward raises questions about the role of private interests.

You can’t survive in politics unless you’re optimistic. You’ve got to believe that even though you face a setback or you don’t have all the laws you need, that tomorrow will be better.

Public executions have no place in a democracy.

Changes of this magnitude with no discernible justification must be scrutinized.