Leon panetta

The last thing I want to do is to make the mistakes of the past.

You know, as director of the CIA, I got an awful lot of intelligence about all the horrible things that could go on across the world.

Companies should be able to share specific threat information with the government without the prospect of lawsuits hanging over their head.

It doesn't make a lot of sense for us to borrow money from the Chinese to go give to another country for humanitarian aid. We ought to get the Chinese to take care of the people.

One demonstration of extremists, any more than a Ku Klux Klan demonstration in the United States, is not necessarily reflective of what the rest of the country feels.

I know that young people sometimes, caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions.

The United States has to have the capability to deal with more than one enemy at one time and be able to confront them and win.

Frankly, my fundamental beliefs have not changed.

Al Qaeda still remains a threat.

An aggressor nation or extremist group could gain control of critical switches and derail passenger trains, or trains loaded with lethal chemicals.