Giving Quote by Benjamin Wittes

This is not only a possible breach of national security; it is a potential violation of law. Under the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of…

— David Corn

Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior.

— Julian Assange

If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it.…

— Rachel Maddow

When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't…

— Oliver North

When you're dealing with espionage and covert affairs, sometimes the secret is more exciting than the knowledge.

— Jeffrey Donovan

In the case of someone sharing classified information with foreign intelligence, for example, the FBI could surreptitiously ensure that they are no longer able…

— Asha Rangappa

People don't object to spying on the grounds that the secret dossier about them might be full of errors. They object to spying because…

— Sarah Jeong

There is thus little or no ability for an internet user to know when they are being covertly propagandized by their government, which is…

— Glenn Greenwald

Listen, I know of nobody -- I don't know of anybody in my administration who leaked classified information. If somebody did leak classified information,…

— George W. Bush

Leaking classified information is a crime. And if we have evidence that somebody in the executive branch is committing a crime, we should prosecute…

— Paul Ryan

I think it's kind of a stretch. You know, it's one thing if somebody working for the U.S. government has sold secrets to the…

— Robert M. Gates

Anyone who studies declassified documents soon becomes aware that government secrecy is largely an effort to protect policy makers from scrutiny by citizens, not…

— Noam Chomsky