Adviser Quote by Condoleezza Rice

President's personal staff has a unique role. They're his intimate personal advisers, and the tradition and the precedent has been, even when I was…

— Colin Powell

National security advisors are not there to be advocates, generally. They're not there to be partisans, they're not there to be ideologues.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

You do not walk into any hearing or committee meeting and reveal confidential communications with the president of the United States, who's entitled to…

— Jeff Sessions

Following well-established national security screening procedures and accurately informing Congress about them is not a joke or a political game. It is essential to…

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

Unfortunately, once a person who is willing to act against the interests of the United States assumes the awesome powers of the presidency, the…

— Asha Rangappa

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

It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth.

— Ben Bradlee

It's tempting to dismiss the debate about the National Security Agency spying on Americans as a technical conflict about procedural rights.

— Jacob Weisberg

I don't think the special counsel can avoid that question based upon the president's Donald Trump own statements. But I'm not charging obstruction of…

— Angus King

“Nobody in the government is talking. It’s a case of national security.” “Of course. The national security of spying on U.S. citizens.”

— Kenneth Eade

Spying on the prime minister of Israel and Congress has nothing to do with national security - only politics.

— Mark Meadows

Congress needs to shield critical aspects of America's national security.

— George Santos