I was the exact same MOS as this flamer. He knew going in that ANY release of classified information entrusted to him was punishable by the UCMJ. You can’t be a “whistleblower” in intelligence, it doesn’t work that way, especially with clasified documents. I am still bound by secrecy even though I got out 30 years ago and cannot travel to communist countries without prior permission of the government. If he didn’t like the homosexuality policy of the military at that time, he could’ve either waited until his ETS or went to his first sergeant and said “I’m gay and I want out” and he’d have been a civilian with an honorable discharge and unemployment benefits & GI Bill in less than two weeks. But no, now he’s on trial and will likely do at least 10 years of hard time with a dishonorable discharge to boot. He chose poorly.
He disclosed sources and hundreds of them were killed. A firing squad would be fair.
That’s all well and good. Except for the part about not being able to be a whistleblower in intelligence. Of course you can, as elsewhere. You can be sued, for instance, by private companies for breaking contracts. Whistleblowing usually is accompanied by consequences, otherwise we call it something else.
Anyway, what ypu say is not really what I was talking about. He can be punished; that’s the law. I just don’t feel the need to call him traitor and such. And I don’t like the unilateral nature of what does or doesn’t get to be called a secret in the National Security State. But this has been going on since Truman, the watershed, and before. It isn’t dependent upon this particular case.
good post. Thank you for your service.
He knew going in the military’s position on homosexuality just as Sandra Fluke, left wing feminazi, knew going into a Catholic univerity their stance on providing birth control and abortions.
They are activists first.
It’ll be a travesty if this traitor only gets ten years, he should get a minimum of forty years to life.
Like you said, he knew exactly what he was doing and knew the consequences and it shouldn’t matter in the least that he’s light in the loafers. No telling how many lives he cost whether American or Iraqi.
He should be made an example of, especially now that gays serve openly.