Patrick Leahy actually said...

"This is not unlike the resolution I introduced in 2006 to clarify that the Authorization for the Use of Military Force adopted after 9/11 did not authorize warrantless domestic surveillance."

"Indefinite detention contradicts the most basic principles of law that I have pledged to uphold."

"I hope that the Due Process Guarantee Act will serve to open a discussion about how to ensure that no individual arrested within the United States will be detained indefinitely."

"I firmly believe that the Constitution makes such actions unconstitutional."