These people have no regrets other than the idea of being held accountable.
As to Risen's observations that . . .if we decide that we don't want independent, aggressive investigative reporting, then we'll become more like other countries and less like the United States.
I would respond that this is precisely what all this is about. . .these Libs wanting to change the United States into the marxist model that abounds in countries around the world.
And they are willing to sell compromise the security and integrity of our country and our Miilitary to accomplish their goals.
Oh I really think that Risen is just a pawn.
He knows it is illegal what he is doing. But he probably feels like he is now part of something much larger and will be protected. But he does not realize what he is doing. A stenographer just puts it out there. He can claim that he was just writing what he was told to write.
The ramifications are irrelivent. The end goal the the justificaiton of everything that they do. Their stupid " just a leak to let the American people know what was going on " is insane! That means that really nothing can be " Classified " because it would not mean anything ( with thier argument) to the party that let the information out.
They pee onthemselves to hang Libby for Plame....hell in their eyes Libby should he heralded as a Whistleblower!