Quotes by Leon Panetta

Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that its much more partisan and much more divided.

Well look, CIA is an agency that has to collect intelligence, do operations. We have to take risks and its important that we take risks and that we know that we have the support of the government and we have the support of the American people in what were doing.

You know, as director of the CIA, I got an awful lot of intelligence about all the horrible things that could go on across the world.

When the president went around the table to the countrys national security leadership, Hillary was clear: We have to go get bin Laden. And our Special Operations Forces did just that.

Companies should be able to share specific threat information with the government without the prospect of lawsuits hanging over their head.