Patrick Leahy: “We must also make sure that we do not overreact and repeat the mistakes of the past.”

Do not turn your material, do not turn your reports over to the Executive Branch and let them tell you what is or is not classified.

We thought that the decision that was made was prudent and long overdue.

Congress was the original classification authority (OCA). It let that power essentially slip away to the Executive Branch.

People in the Trump administration who know nothing and care less about these programs are arbitrarily jeopardizing relations with a strategic partner in one of the most challenging regions of the world.