Accountability Quote by Rachel Maddow

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

“The lesson for me was clear: national security officials do not like the light. They act abusively and thuggishly only when they believe they…

— Glenn Greenwald

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

Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security.

— Heather Brooke

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 don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom…

— Alan Dershowitz

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

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

“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

The government's assertion that it must be unhindered in protecting our security can camouflage the desire to increase Executive power, while the press's cry…

— Richard Stengel

We cannot expect to keep our nation's secrets secure - or provide meaningful oversight for our intelligence agencies - if proper classification of our…

— Dianne Feinstein

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