Is a "reluctant leaker" someone afflicted with a bashful bladder?
Probably because of a history of piss pour aim.
Felts didn't betray the American public, Nixon did. If my top boss commits a crime, I'm ethically obligated to report it. If my superiors are in cahoots with him, I do what I have to do.
If that make me a traitor, then so be it. I'm a patriotic American.