Patrick Leahy actually said...

"I would also put in the record a number of military and other national security and terrorism experts, their support for the closing of Guantanamo."

"This country is going to last a long time, long after Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is safely either in prison for life or executed."

"I want to assert the proposition here that a prosecutor should not make their decision or allow their decision in any way to be influenced by legislative opinion."

"I expect to direct prosecutors to seek the ultimate and most uncommon penalty for these heinous crimes."