Leon Panetta actually said...

It simply should not be acceptable to us that the United States will be absent from either of those discussions.

Panetta emphasizes the importance of U.S. participation in international discussions on seabed mining.

05/22/2012

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I think we're going to get very, very useful and lifesaving information from it. So I am a big supporter of it.

I consider leaking--particularly where it involves secrets that are important to this country--treasonous.

My experience in government, Senator, is that the worst thing you can have is a group of yes-people around you.

Yes, it should be.