Leon Panetta actually said...

I pledge not only to follow the law, but to go a step further and endeavor, as best as I am able, to rebuild the trust between Congress and ...

President Obama has made clear that a selection of Leon Panetta was intended as a clean break with the past, a break from secret detentions ...

I am a creature of the Congress and proud of it.

I pledge I will do everything in my power to make that goal a reality.