There was something odd about that video — had it been edited? Is there a transcript available from a reputable source?
According to this article (http://www.law.indiana.edu/lawlibrary/blawg/?p=1605), it has not been transcribed yet in a public forum, but you can watch the video at http://www.senate.gov/fplayers/jw57/urlMP4Player.cfm?fn=armed030712&st=1110&dur=9960
You can see the youtube part of the video at about 140 minutes in. The scary part is when Panetta says we don’t look for permission for anyone regarding national defense! Who defines National Defense???? They do. Who is they? that is the question but congress has given executive branch WAY too much power.