Patrick Leahy actually said...

"I think we have to strengthen the hand of law enforcement to respond to these very vile threats and vile crimes."

"We owe it to the memories of Officer Stephen Johns, the murdered guard at the museum, and Matthew Shepard and so many others."

"I do not know how we justify continuing these expansive authorities, whether it is FISA or the search powers authorized by the PATRIOT Act, when they are being--even the expanded authorities are being..."

"We want us to be secure. We want us to be able to use the abilities to gather intelligence."