Leon Panetta said...

I privately and publicly advocated for a residual force that could provide training and security for Iraq's military.

The fundamental issue is, are you going to protect our forces? Are you going to protect our men and women in uniform?

Make no mistake about it, that would be an act of war because it would threaten our national security.

I'd like to believe it was an instance where his own conscience said, I've got to tell the American people the truth.