Political Quotes

“Madam Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. I want, again, to begin: I don't believe it's fair to say that had we closed down Guantanamo Bay bin Laden would not have done what he had done. Bin Laden was active and al Qaeda was active in a 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center that was before the Guantanamo Bay. They were involved in the bombing of the American Embassy in Tanzania and Nairobi that was before. And I don't believe that al Qaeda and al-Shabaab and all these are waiting to see, Well, when President Obama closes down Guantanamo Bay, we're going to kind of get off the field and it's going to be over. I just don't think that has any impact. Secondly, the transferees--according to a political article, FBI Director Robert Mueller stated: To transfer detainees to local jails could affect or infect other prisoners or have the capability of affecting events outside the prison system. I agree with Director Mueller. I think Director Mueller has done a great job. On the Moussaoui case--if the gentleman remembers, Moussaoui was in Alexandria for 4 years, and it tied up Alexandria. And to bring some of these people and to try them here creates a lot of problems. The other issue, though, is 15 percent, at least--and this is an old figure.…”