Patrick Leahy actually said...

But we also have to have meaningful checks and balances. We are going to safeguard our fundamental values as we try to secure the Nation.

Leahy stresses the importance of checks and balances in national security efforts.

04/17/2012

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When you have 8 or 9-year-old girl who's being raped by gangs that are sending them up here, are they being sent by their parents to escape ...

We can't turn our backs on these kids. We can't hold ourselves up... as some paradigm of human rights protections.

We have to set an example ourselves, and following our law is a good way to start.

We are better than that.