“People, I am actually fairly smart. Why has this not occurred to anyone? The information is all out there, if you go looking for it, and the classified stuff just comes from analyzing the unclassified stuff and connecting the dots.” PeopleIfsStuffInformationSmartConnectingDotsAnalyzingConnecting The DotsClassified Information Author:Tom Clancy
“The fact that the president was willing to reveal classified information for political gain and put the interests of his political party ahead of America's security shows that he can no longer be trusted to keep America safe.” FactsShowsAmericaPoliticalPresidentInterestPartySecurityInformationWillingSafeGainsTrustedPolitical PartiesClassified Information Author:Howard Dean
“Clapper has been straight and direct in the answers that he's given, and has actively engaged in an effort to provide more information about the programs that have been revealed through the leak of classified information.” Has BeensGivenAnswersEffortInformationProgramDirectEngagedNsaLeaksClassified Information Author:Jay Carney
“If any individual who objects to government policy can take it in their own hands to publicly disclose classified information, then we will never be able to keep our people safe or conduct foreign policy.” PeopleIfsHandsGovernmentAbleIndividualInformationPolicyObjectsSafeForeign PolicyNsaGovernment PolicyClassified Information Author:Barack Obama
“Some of you may think that you are not of interest because you don't have access to classified information. You are mistaken.” ThinkingMayInterestInformationAccessMistakenClassified Information Author:Dan Payne
“I'll turn the page on a growing empire of classified information. We'll protect sources and methods, but we won't use sources and methods to hide the truth.” UseTurnsGrowingInformationSourceProtectPagesMethodEmpiresClassified Information Author:Barack Obama
“David Petraeus, the best known American general of his generation. After commanding the American war effort in both Iraq and Afghanistan, he was serving as CIA director when he stepped down suddenly following revelations that he`d had an extramarital affair. That same investigation that turned up evidence of the affair also eventually turned up evidence that General. Petraeus had passed classified information to his mistress.” WarEffortKnownGenerationsInformationDirectorsEvidenceAffairIraqFollowingRevelationsServingAfghanistanInvestigationMistressCiaClassified InformationAmerican War Author:Rachel Maddow
“Hillary Clinton is using a private server for - where classified information go by. This is a - this is a serious administration?” InformationSeriousClintonAdministrationServerClassified Information Author:Jeb Bush
“I would say that [David] Petraeus and [Hillary] Clinton are being handled very difficultly by this administration over arguably exactly the same issue, which was the handling of classified information over a personal email.” IssuesInformationClintonAdministrationEmailClassified Information Author:Carly Fiorina
“There are two things that matter in a criminal investigation of a subject.What did the person do, and when they did that thing, what were they thinking? When you look at the hundred-years-plus of the Justice Department investigation and prosecution of mishandling of classified information, those two questions are obviously present.” ThinkingYearsLooksPersonsTwoMatterJusticeSubjectsInformationHundredCriminalsTwo ThingsDepartmentPlusInvestigationThings That MatterProsecutionClassified InformationCriminal Investigation Author:James Comey
“There is evidence that Democrates were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.” InformationEvidenceSensitiveCarelessClassified Information Author:James Comey
“Hillary Clinton was an outstanding secretary of state. She would never intentionally put America in any kind of jeopardy. And what I also know, because I handle a lot of classified information, is that there's classified and then there's classified. There's stuff that is really top secret top secret, and there's stuff that is being presented to the president or the secretary of state that you might not want on the transom or, you know, going out over the wire, but is basically stuff that you could get in open source.” KnowsWantKindStatesMightAmericaStuffPresidentSecretInformationSourceClintonHandleGoing OutSecretaryWireOutstandingJeopardyOpen SourceTop SecretClassified Information Author: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 is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.” LawClearInformationEvidenceClintonSensitiveColleaguesGoverningCarelessClassified Information Author:James Comey
“Our investigation looked at whether there is evidence classified information was improperly stored or transmitted on that personal system, in violation of a federal statute making it a felony to mishandle classified information either intentionally or in a grossly negligent way, or a second statute making it a misdemeanor to knowingly remove classified information from appropriate systems or storage facilities.” WayInformationEvidenceAppropriateRemoveInvestigationViolationFacilityStorageStatutesFelonyMisdemeanorsClassified Information Author:James Comey
“Only a very small number of the e-mails containing classified information bore markings indicating the presence of classified information. But even if information is not marked 'classified' in an e-mail, participants who know or should know that the subject matter is classified are still obligated to protect it.” IfsKnowsShouldStillsMatterNumbersSubjectsInformationProtectMailBoresSubject MatterParticipantsContainingSmall NumbersClassified Information Author:James Comey
“Hillary Clinton said there was no marked classified information on her server. The FBI Director said that's untrue.She said that she did not email any classified information. The FBI Director says that's untrue.” SaidInformationDirectorsClintonEmailFbiUntrueServerClassified Information Author:Chris Christie
“I don't think a woman [Hillary Clinton] who has revealed numerous classified information, doesn't know that the letter "C" means confidential.” ThinkingKnowsMeanInformationLettersClintonConfidentialClassified Information Author:Rudy Giuliani
“If my son or your son handled classified information the way that Hillary Clinton did, they'd be court marshaled.” IfsWayInformationSonCourtClintonMy SonYour SonClassified Information Author:Mike Pence
“The fact that this highly classified information of very, very important people in many cases was so poorly protected demonstrates that cyber security is just one more area where the Obama administration has failed.” PeopleImportantFactsCasesInformationAreasAdministrationBarackJust OneProtectedCybersecurityClassified Information Author:Donald Trump
“Obviously, as secretary of state, I had some of the most important secrets that we possess, such as going after bin Laden. So I am very committed to taking classified information seriously.” ImportantStatesSecretInformationCommittedSecretaryBin LadenClassified Information Author:Hillary Clinton
“The FBI demonstrated this by taking down the former head of the CIA [General David Petraeus] over classified information given to his mistress. Almost no-one is untouchable. The FBI is always trying to demonstrate that no-one can resist us. But Hillary Clinton very conspicuously resisted the FBI's investigation, so there's anger within the FBI because it made the FBI look weak. We've published about 33,000 of Clinton's emails when she was Secretary of State.” TryingLooksMadeStatesGivenInformationWeakClintonFormerInvestigationSecretaryEmailMistressAlways TryingCiaFbiUntouchablesClassified Information Author:Julian Assange
“I didn't investigate Hillary Clinton before she was in office, I started investigated Hillary Clinton's actions after the inspector-general said that there was classified information housed in a non-classified setting.” SaidActionInformationOfficeClintonSettingSettingsInspectorsClassified Information Author:Jason Chaffetz
“In the United States the White House has appointed two different independent panels who had full access to classified information for the last 10 years that master balance has been in place in the United States, and they found that despite intercepting the calls - everybody in the country, - it had never stopped a single terrorist attack. So the question is, why would these officials be pursuing these policies, if we know they don't work, if they don't stop terrorism?” IfsKnowsYearsHas BeensTwoDifferentCountryStatesLastsFoundHouseWhiteUnitedUnited StatesInformationPolicyMastersBalanceIndependentTerrorismAccessTerroristDespiteOfficialsWhite HouseTerrorist AttacksClassified Information Author:Edward Snowden
“At the trial of Chelsea Manning, the government could point to no case of specific damage that had been caused by the massive revelation of classified information. The charges are a reaction to the government's embarrassment more than genuine concern about these activities, or they would substantiate what harms were done.” DoneGovernmentCasesInformationActivityConcernHarmGenuineTrialsReactionsDamageRevelationsMassiveEmbarrassmentChelseaClassified InformationGenuine Concern Author:Edward Snowden
“People sometimes say I broke an oath of secrecy - one of the early charges leveled against me. But it's a fundamental misunderstanding, because there is no oath of secrecy for people who work in the intelligence community. You are asked to sign a civil agreement, called a Standard Form 312, which basically says if you disclose classified information, they can sue you; they can do this, that and the other. And you risk going to jail.” PeopleIfsSometimesFormCan DoCommunityRiskInformationStandardsFundamentalsBrokeAgreementJailMisunderstandingSecrecyOathIntelligence CommunityClassified Information Author:Edward Snowden
“Hillary [Clinton] has a resume. What is the story in Hillary's resume? Four dead in Benghazi, illegal emails, trafficking in classified information. The media hasn't gone there on that yet because when covering that aspect of Hillary minus [Donald] Trump, the story is the same.” StoriesGoneFourMediaInformationTrumpAspectClintonIllegalEmailCoveringResumesMinusTraffickingBenghaziClassified Information Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Leaking classified information is a crime. And if we have evidence that somebody in the executive branch is committing a crime, we should prosecute that person.” IfsShouldPersonsCrimeInformationEvidenceBranchesExecutivesExecutive BranchClassified Information Author:Paul Ryan
“I would never jeopardize classified information to be brought out to the public. This information is all open source. There is no reason to worry about classification. It is simply an attempt by bureaucrats to cover their rear ends.” EndsReasonWorryInformationSourceNo ReasonBureaucratsClassificationOpen SourceJeopardizeClassified Information Author:Curt Weldon
“We need to make sure that leaks of classified information, of national security secrets, needs to be rigorously pursued and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” NeedsLawSecretSecurityInformationNational SecurityPursuedLeaksClassified Information Author:John O. Brennan
“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 efforts to work with other countries to solve shared problems.” PeopleCountryStatesProblemUnitedEffortUnited StatesSecurityInformationDangerSolveIllegalOther CountriesNational SecurityDisclosureClassified Information Author:Hillary Clinton
“I regret if my actions hurt anyone or harmed the United States. It was never my intent to hurt anyone. When I chose to disclose classified information, I did so out of a love for my country and a sense of duty to others.” IfsCountryStatesActionHurtUnitedUnited StatesInformationRegretDutyI RegretClassified Information Author:Chelsea Manning
“This is not only a possible breach of national security; it is a potential violation of law. Under the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982, it is a crime for anyone who has access to classified information to disclose intentionally information identifying a covert agent.” LawSecurityCrimeInformationIdentityProtectionAccessAgentsNational SecurityViolationIdentifyingBreachCovertClassified Information Author:David Corn
“I think anybody in our - in the, in the national security apparatus has, has got to take full cognizance of their responsibility for the safeguarding of classified information.” ThinkingResponsibilitySecurityInformationNational SecuritySafeguardingClassified Information Author:Michael Mullen
“People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.” PeopleDoeBookEndsGivenInformationClassified InformationDisclaimers Author:David Baldacci
“Accountability is the essence of democracy. If people do not know what their government is doing, they cannot be truly self-governing. The national security state assumes the government secrets are too important to be shared, that only those in the know can see classified information, that only the president has all the facts, that we must simply trust that our rulers of acting in our interest.” PeopleIfsKnowsImportantSelfStatesFactsGovernmentPresidentInterestActingSecretDemocracySecurityInformationEssenceAssumingAccountabilityRulersNational SecurityGoverningClassified Information Author:Garry Wills
“My understanding is that espionage means giving secret or classified information to the enemy. Since Snowden shared information with the American people, his indictment for espionage could reveal (or confirm) that the US Government views you and me as the enemy.” PeopleGivingMeanGovernmentAmericaPoliticalUnderstandingViewsSecretOpinionEnemyShareInformationWise WordsSpyRevealingEspionageConfirmationSnowdenIndictmentClassified InformationClassifying Author:Ron Paul
“Listen, I know of nobody -- I don't know of anybody in my administration who leaked classified information. If somebody did leak classified information, I'd like to know it, and we'll take the appropriate action. And this investigation is a good thing.” IfsKnowsActionInformationGood ThingsAdministrationAppropriateInvestigationLeaksClassified Information Author:George W. Bush