Chuck Hagel: “the mission he has been tasked with is to degrade and destroy, not to contain, not to minimize, et cetera.”

I don't believe so, because there will be a question of trust and confidence in the panel, the makeup, if it's not transparent.

We had better pay attention to what our scientists, our intelligence people, our military leaders are saying how serious this is and the impact it is going to have.

There will be consequences. There will be repercussions.

It is hard to overstate how damaging the continued existence of the Detention Facility at Guantanamo has been and continues to be.