He wasn't a bad guy, particularly, but he wasn't a good guy, either. You would have hoped someone in his position would have stopped it.

It was a bombshell for us when we saw what Time had done. We had always worried about a sloppy reporter, but I never thought there'd be a concerted decision made to turn over names.

I am astounded. This is theoretically a fiscally conservative Republican Congress. I don't get it.

Our experience has shown that companies are happiest when no information is shared. The threshold for releasing information under the Freedom of Information Act is high. If the Defense Department believes these records should be made public, then it raises questions about why the company wants to keep them secret.

The IG is probably the best-equipped office to look at the broad range of problems and possible misconduct that will arise in Iraq. It's really hard to fathom how the IG could have thought how it wasn't worth having his people on the ground in Iraq scrutinizing the situation.

If there is an attack on a nuclear plant with the weapons and tactics described -- weapons and tactics against which the Commission decided were not important to defend -- (the) records will reveal to the public exactly who ... dismissed the actual threats.