“In my opinion, the only problem with Guantanamo Bay is there are too many empty beds and cells there right now . . . As far as I’m concerned, every last [captured terrorist] can rot in hell. But as long as they don’t do that, then they can rot in Guantanamo Bay.”

— Freshman Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in which a Defense spokesman reported that roughly 30 percent of released Gitmo inmates return to terrorism.