Leon Panetta

Let me be clear, it is not our policy or practice to mislead Congress. That is against our laws and our values.

CIA chief Leon Panetta, who says she was?

In the long term, we need to rebuild and reposition our diplomatic capabilities to engage in conflict prevention and peacebuilding.

We need to look at how we can better partner with strong regional actors, such as Nigeria and South Africa.

We must also recognize that much of the information our country needs on Africa... can sometimes be obtained overtly through increased diplomatic reporting.

I intend to reintroduce this legislation this year, and hope that my colleagues on this committee... will also support it.

We need to help our diplomats get outside their embassy compounds in foreign capitals to interact with a range of non-national governmental actors.

You have to have people who are willing to stand up and say this is a mistake.

I do because clearly they are the terrorist who attacked us on 9/11 and we have to do everything possible to strike against them.

I'm absolutely convinced that we can protect this country, we can get the information we need, we can provide for the security of the American people and we can abide by the law.

Do you agree that Congress should be notified and provided with a full plan in advance of action taken to close Guantanamo and dispose of these detainees?

I believe that if you talk to Bob Mueller, if you talk to John McCain, if you talk to General Petraeus, that they believe that information can be obtained without having to resort to extraordinary measures.

I really believe that we have a responsibility to bring a lot of those duties in-house.

It makes a difference if, you know, the Vice Chairman or the Chairman go to the President of the United States and say wait a minute, you know, we've just been notified about this; this is wrong.

I expect the IG to perform independently, to be objective, to do the investigations that have to be done.

I think we're a stronger nation when we abide by the law and the Constitution.

I suspect that that's been the case.

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

That's the same question I ask every day, because I think one of the responsibilities we have is to go after our worst enemy, and that is Usama bin Ladin.

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

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 CIA.

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

That's a serious, serious breach, and obviously I think the disciplining of that individual I would leave to this committee, but I could certainly make a recommendation.

No, I wouldn't support a complete ban because there are going to be instances where you may have to get a certain language ability or a certain capability that isn't in-house.

But we also have to clearly look at Russia and China. We've got to look at Africa. We've got to look at Latin America.