Community Quote by James Comey

If we cannot share aspects of our secret work with the public, we should do so with their elected representatives. For CIA oversight is…

— Gina Haspel

We cannot have people leaking classified information at any level, and we certainly take that very seriously and would not ignore that.

— Sarah Huckabee Sanders

I think anybody in our - in the, in the national security apparatus has, has got to take full cognizance of their responsibility for…

— Michael Mullen

If any individual who objects to government policy can take it in their own hands to publicly disclose classified information, then we will never…

— Barack Obama

Executive branch rules require sensitive classified information to be discussed in specialized facilities that are designed to guard against the possibility that officials are…

— Neal Katyal

The U.S. government places considerable trust in those given access to classified information, and we are committed to prosecuting those who abuse that trust.

— Dana Boente

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

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

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

The United States strongly condemns the illegal disclosure of classified information. It puts people's lives in danger, threatens our national security, and undermines our…

— Hillary Clinton

“It is a fundamental principle of American democracy that laws should not be public only when it is convenient for government officials to make…

— Ron Wyden

The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans' privacy. But when Americans lack the most basic…

— Al Franken