Patrick Leahy actually said...

There can be no doubt that we must fully understand the mistakes of the past in order to learn from them.

The longest serving member of this Committee, Senator Edward Kennedy, half a dozen or a dozen times was told he could not board a flight.

We do not have any provisions in our Constitution that puts some people, elected or otherwise, above the law.

I think that we are less safe as a result of the mistakes of the last administration's national security policies.