DAVID AXELROD: Let me just say last summer everybody was clamoring for when are they going to shut down the leakers? Now some of the same people are calling these leakers, whistle blowers and they're rallying to their defense. The fact is, there are some things that can't be public because they will jeopardize national security. The question is how do you do that responsibly?
Look, there is no responsible news organization that isn't going to continue to plow away. I used to be a reporter. I've said before, when officials would threaten me my newspaper would put them on the front page every day just to send a message. I don't think the AP, I don't think the The New York Times, I don't think any of these -- certainly not FOX News, they're not going to pull their horns in because of this. But it may discourage some people who take a sworn oath that they're not going to release highly classified information. It may persuade them that they shouldn't do that. Is that really a bad thing? (Morning Joe, May 31, 2013)
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