Patrick Leahy actually said...

"I do believe, however, that a commission of whatever variety to investigate the Bush administration activities and its officials is a profoundly bad idea, a dangerous idea, both for policy but, even m..."

"The very decision to initiate what amounts to a criminal investigation, whether or not it is formally designated as such, is too weighty to be outsourced to commissions operating outside of the consti..."

"If you violate the Constitution in wiretaps and specific statutes, if you violate the law in not using the FISA Court..."

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