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Being well executed. >> did you seek anyones counsel? >> i didnt. and the reason was because this had to be such a close hold operation. there were only a handful of staff in the white house who knew about this. the majority of my senior staff didnt know about it. my secretary didnt know about it. my personal aide didnt know about it. >> the first lady? >> the first lady didnt know about it. >> your husband didnt know? >> no. >> mrs. obama didnt know. these are big-time washington diplomatic sec...

Counsel? >> i didnt. and the reason was because this had to be such a close hold operation. there were only a handful of staff in the white house who knew about this. the majority of my senior staff didnt know about it. my secretary didnt know about it. my personal aide didnt know about it. >> the first lady? >> the first lady didnt know about it. >> your husband didnt know? >> no. >> mrs. obama didnt know. these are big-time washington diplomatic security secrets? >> yes. this was such an impor...

The majority of my senior staff didnt know about it. my secretary didnt know about it. my personal aide didnt know about it. >> the first lady? >> the first lady didnt know about it. >> your husband didnt know? >> no. >> mrs. obama didnt know. these are big-time washington diplomatic security secrets? >> yes. this was such an important secret to keep, no one in the state department knew, same, i think, except for those with need-to-know in the pentagon or the cia and certainly the white house. s...

It seems that since president clinton and the revelations, the american public has been more willing to accept flaws in candidates personal lives. and yet, youre pointing out now that we should still be concerned about that? >> the only person who doesnt get a security clearance in our government is the president. hes elected by all of us. the standards we have for trusting people in our government with security secrets is very high. if you engage in high risk behavior, it allows you to be poten...

Its not up to an individual member of the military to determine which security secrets, which classified information is okay to leak for the public good. their job is to take orders. while i am sympathetic to the whistle blower argument in general, when you sign up for the military, its a different thing. theyre well within theyre rights to go after this. >> i know youre intellectually honest. right? >> i try. >> when general mcchrystal and his aides were affiliated tw the leaking of a afghanist...