China also criticized the bills, saying they could harm regional security.

The attorney general said disclosure could harm national security.

He states that, "China would never do anything to harm sovereignty or security of other countries.

For 14 years, the intelligence community has refused to release this damage assessment on the grounds that it would harm national security.

It said the deployment could harm "the stability and security in the region."

Both companies, which are under criminal investigation, maintain they did not harm national security.

The current rhetoric is more likely to harm national security than any merger or acquisition.

The government appealed, saying that allowing such access would harm national security.

That is one reason we believed that publishing the cables themselves would not harm national security.

Cutting off our international work would harm American security in other ways as well.