Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"This was an effort to, for want of a better word, corrupt the office so that it would do what it was told rather than provide legal advice that was dispassionate and honest."

"everything was so classified that they took my notes away, and I was only allowed to read my own notes over in the secure confines of the Intelligence Committee."

"The number ran up close to 800 that were contained in that facility. About more than two-thirds of those detained have already been released by the previous administration."

"I think we need to have a coherent and consistent approach, I think an approach that involves accommodation as much as we can."