Brief Quote by Oliver North

Usually you kind of give the President a pass on leaking confidential stuff.

— Candy Crowley

It's hardly a news flash that a secret, clandestine intelligence agency might resist giving out information about its operations when not not legally required…

— Benjamin Wittes

The consequences of leaking sensitive information is that Americans and coalition forces die, and we lose trust with foreign spies, and our national security…

— Brandon Webb

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

My literal responsibility as director of the CIA with regard to covert action was to inform the Congress - not to seek their approval;…

— Michael Hayden

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

Obviously, as secretary of state, I had some of the most important secrets that we possess, such as going after bin Laden. So I…

— Hillary Clinton

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

The Obama administration appears to regard intelligence leaks and briefings more or less like briefings by the Democratic National Committee or White House flack…

— Elliott Abrams

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

And one of the things that I'm most concerned about is the confidence, the confidentiality of those kind of meetings between President and Russian…

— H. R. McMaster

One of the problems we have as a government is our inability to keep secrets. And it costs us, in terms of our relationship…

— Dick Cheney