Being Quote by Neal Katyal

It is a little bit difficult to talk about things that do involve classified matters in public. But I think the public needs to…

— James Comey

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

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

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

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

We need to make sure that leaks of classified information, of national security secrets, needs to be rigorously pursued and prosecuted to the fullest…

— John O. Brennan

If members of the security apparatus could, with impunity, keep from those elected by the people that which they're entitled to know - or…

— Harold H. Greene

“Some information is classified legitimately; as with military hardware, secrecy sometimes really is in the national interest. Further, military, political, and intelligence communities tend…

— Carl Sagan

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

— Julian Assange

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

Although we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there…

— James Comey