“Let me say this: I believe closing Guantanamo is in our Nation's national security interest. Guantanamo is used not only by al-Qaida, but also by other nations, governments, and individuals - people good and bad - as a symbol of America's abuse of Muslims, and it is fanning the flames of anti-Americ”

“I believe in discipline, so I'm not the right person to cry about weakness and things like this, but maybe I'm not human.”