Sensitive Information Quotes

Secrets have power. And that power diminishes when they are shared, so they are best kept and kept well. Sharing secrets, real secrets, important ones, with even one other person, will change them. Writing them down is worse, because who can tell how many eyes might see them inscribed on paper, no matter how careful you might be with it. So it's really best to keep your secrets when you have them, for their own good, as well as yours.

Any information about U.S. special operations forces is highly sensitive.

Nothing on paper; paper can be lost or stolen or simply inherited by the wrong people; if you want to keep something secret, don't write it down.

I don't welcome leaks. There's a reason why these programs are classified.

I had top-secret clearance and everything. I was working on a couple of projects that would keep me involved in Desert Storm. I was in the mix, which is scary.

National security is a serious matter and I do not think it is in proper to discuss such details in a public forum.

There are some things that should not be leaked without authorization.

A secret ceases to be a secret if it is once confided - it is like a dollar bill, once broken, it is never a dollar again.

Be careful about gossiping because loose lips really do sink ships.

And when you have it, what then? Some secrets are safer kept hidden. Some secrets are too dangerous to share, even with those you love and trust.

Hopefully, the stuff that is way too personal that I record and keep - people won't hear it because it's way too personal.

Be careful that what you write does not offend anybody or cause problems within the company. The safest approach is to remove all useful information.

Classified information includes much more than the actual 'secrets' acquired. It includes how they were acquired and the process by which related analyses were made.

Ironically, one of the clearer threats to consumer privacy is the government's largely unchecked ability to collect your sensitive information without due process.

The public never ought to have become aware of this matter.

We know there are lots of leaks everywhere. There's nothing we can do about that, except not leak ourselves.

Most secrets should never be told, but especially those that are more menacing to the listener than to the teller.

Sometimes there are times you actually don't want to be in the information loop on some rumors; because once you're in the loop, then if something leaks, you're one of the people in the loop.

The first rule in keeping secrets is nothing on paper.

When I resigned, I put the U.S. Government on notice that I'm going to stick to policy issues, that I have no intention of going out and blowing the cover off of the intelligence operations, that those are truly sensitive and they should not be exposed.

There's some things I can't write about, just terrible personal tragedies.

The higher the classification of secrecy, the quicker you will report it.

There are some things I keep sacred. My middle name. Who I sleep with. And what kind of hand moisturizer I use.

So much of what I do is so strictly confidential that it's nice to be able to discuss or vent or laugh about something and not read about it in the newspaper the next day.

I'm just warning you here: Don't anybody ask about the president's religion! Don't even get close to going there. Don't do it. That is a forbidden area. You cannot even ask about it.