Frank Snepp

“The C.I.A. has a horror of embarrassing friendly governments.”

“I'm not an advocate of leaks. I'm an advocate of responsible disclosure.”

“They're trying to shut me up. And I don't think they will.”

“The CIA has now become the world's most powerful publisher because it can enjoin publication on national security grounds.”

“What happened in Saigon was a moral failure of the first order.”

“The government has a right to protect its secrets. But it doesn't have a right to suppress the truth.”

“The agency essentially destroyed me professionally for 20 years.”

“I felt a moral obligation to tell the story of what I saw.”

“My book was not about secrets; it was about the misuse of intelligence.”

“The Supreme Court decision in my case was a devastating blow to the First Amendment.”

“There's no question that the C.I.A. has been damaged tremendously by the leaks.”