Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, Politico talks about this case and said: The failed prosecution of an alleged Somali pirate--and the fact that that failure could leave him living freely, and permanently, inside U.S. borders--is highlighting anew the risks of trying terror suspects in American courts. Just a few weeks ago, Ali Mohamed Ali was facing the possibility of a mandatory life sentence in a 2008 shipjacking off the coast of Yemen--an incident much like the one dramatized in the film `Captain Phillips.' Now, the Somali native is in immigration detention in Virginia and seeking permanent asylum in the United States. One current Federal terrorism prosecutor said the Ali case and the potential for his eventual release is another reason why foreign al Qaeda suspects picked up overseas should not be brought to the United States but should instead be detained at Guantanamo or some other facility. I personally would think the very thought of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, or some of the people when you go down to Guantanamo Bay and see them, walking the streets here in the United States should they be acquitted--they ought not to be brought to the United States. I yield back the balance of my time.”