Political Quotes

“Mr. President, after I went home last evening, I couldn't stop thinking about a statement Senator Harkin had made regarding the leak of classified information about the identity of an undercover CIA agent. Like Senator Harkin, I also remember as a boy seeing those signs that warned: Loose lips sink ships. Our Nation was at war then. Even though the war was far away, every citizen was constantly reminded that there might be spies among us and that the wrong information in the wrong hands could cost American lives. So here it is, 67 years later. Once again we are at war and, sadly, it seems that the wrong information has been passed into the wrong hands--not by our enemies but by someone who works at the White House. By now I think we are all familiar with what happened. On July 14, the political columnist Robert Novak, who I consider a friend and like very much, disclosed the identity of a covert CIA operative. He wrote that the information was given to him by 'two senior administration officials.'”