Companies should be able to share specific threat information with the government without the prospect of lawsuits hanging over their head.
Leon PanettaThe United States has to be a leader in the world, because the problem is: If we are not leading, nobody else will.
Leon PanettaThe consequence could be that we would have an escalation that would take place that would not only involve many lives, but I think it could consume the Middle East in a confrontation and a conflict that we would regret.
Leon PanettaWe have throughout our history been tested when it comes to the institutions of our democracy. And thank God our forefathers were smart enough to establish a government of checks and balances to make sure that power cannot be centralized in any one branch of government. And those institutions have proven themselves.
Leon Panetta