As you know, we live in a dynamic and dangerous threat environment where access to and accumulation of closely held information is key to understanding our world. The unauthorized disclosure of sensitive War Department information has the very real potential to cause exceptionally grave damage to our national security and the operational integrity of our armed forces. To leak security sensitive national defense information and secrets betrays the men and women who wear our nation's uniform. It's a principle as old as war and in the United States goes back to the founding of our republic. (00:11–00:24)
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Asserts that leaking War Department information can severely harm national security and military operations.
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