Leon Panetta actually said...

I think that this is something that does have to be fully investigated, and it has to be very clear that this is intolerable if we're going to try to protect the defense of this country.

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Panetta emphasizes the need for investigation into unauthorized disclosures to protect national defense.

03/06/2012

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