Carl Levin

I think his political organization clearly profited from those oil sales which violated the U.N. program.

Can you tell us approximately how many of those NSLs have been issued? Is it in the hundreds a year?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

So, you cannot be investigated as an American citizen under either 214 or 215 solely on that basis.

We ought to go after any acts of terrorism or support of acts of terrorism with all of our might.

I think we've fallen short in Congress of carrying out those responsibilities and I very much welcome your statement of support.

I'm wondering whether--and I'll ask each of you--whether or not you were consulted by the State Department prior to this important information being dropped.

The morning paper tells us that the State Department has decided to drop from its annual report the number of serious international terrorist incidents that occurred during the previous year.

I do think we want somebody who will call them as he or she sees them in terms of intelligence.

The pictures convinced me there was a concerted organized effort to extract information from Iraqi prisoners and the abuses were not individual acts.

American lives are going to be in danger unless we clean house and hold people accountable at whatever levels for what happened here.

Yes, I do. I think we might as well get this behind us and not just have this leak out two or three pictures at a time.

Well, they were even another level of horror above the previous ones.

The collars used on prisoners, the dogs and the cameras did not suddenly appear out of thin air. These acts of abuse were not the spontaneous actions of lower ranking enlisted personnel who lacked the proper supervision.

The despicable actions described in General Taguba's report not only reek of abuse, they reek of an organized effort and methodical preparation for interrogation.

Actions must follow. Accountability must follow.

Two Democratic Senators want an investigation into the Pentagon's treatment of Army Captain James Yee.

The case raises serious questions about military justice.

Again, the CIA is making a mistake of having its public statements different in tone in a significant way from its underlying classified documents.

I just think that what is not wise is not to formally inquire of our top uniform leadership what they think.

I think that's just a generally bad, ineffective, and insufficient process.

A decision of that magnitude which has had such implications and such ramifications surely should have involved our top military leadership.

We wanted them to disintegrate too, didn't we? We urged them not to fight, didn't we?

I think it was the wrong decision, but it was surely wrong not to include the chiefs.

Will you let us know what is going on? One way or the other, will you get back to us?