| Bob Schieffer: | But I guess the point that some people are raising is that someone who is an enemy combatant does not deserve the benefits that one gets in a trial in an American courtroom. |
| US Sen. Pat Leahy: | Bob, if somebody murders Americans and they murder Americans in America, they ought to be prosecuted in America, and hopefully convicted in America. I mean, if somebody comes into our country and murders somebody walking down the street, we're going to prosecute them here. It doesn't make any difference whether they're Americans or not Americans. They committed the crime in America, and that's what he did. |
-- from the CBS television program Face the Nation, 2009-11-15 (via crooksandliars.com)