Susan Collins actually said...

"It is evident to me that you are going to get more information over a lengthier period of time than you are over just a few days."

"But you did have the authority to deploy people to these high-risk posts."

"Good intelligence is clearly critical to our ability to stop terrorist plots, and that is why I am very concerned about the decision to quickly charge Abdulmutallab in civilian court."

"We dodged a bullet in the skies above Detroit on Christmas Day."