Actually wasn’t it Picard who gave the order to tell the Romulans?
They should have set the Pegasus to self destruct or left a timed Photon torpedo behind and high tailed it out of there and de-cloacked back in Federation space.
The same similar stupid thing happen on Enterprise where they told the Andorians about the Vulcan listening outpost.
Such stupidity and treason against an ally by a captain would not be tolerated. Well, maybe under Obama.
Also beyond the authority of a captain. This is Executive Branch decision making.
They should have set the Pegasus to self destruct or left a timed Photon torpedo behind and high tailed it out of there and de-cloacked back in Federation space.
They should have retrieved the top secret and valuable government property, taken it back to their government, then allowed their government to decide what to tell the Romulans and what to do with the property.
It is not the business of field officers to make decisions which ought to be made by the Executive leadership.
The same similar stupid thing happen on Enterprise where they told the Andorians about the Vulcan listening outpost.
I vaguely remember that, and I believe you are right. That was also a case of a Captain being too big for his britches.
Such stupidity and treason against an ally by a captain would not be tolerated.
Not in a real military service it wouldn't.