Unfortunately, classified information has been used to protect the corrupt in our government rather than protect the people.
I don’t like the idea of someone getting executed because he leaks the classified information that some senators are getting blackmailed for diddling kids.
that’s where whistle blower statutes come in to play, to uncover lawless behavior.
That would not be releasing to foreign enemies, she specifically said to foriegn.
Good point.
I think the way that would work - and she briefly explains it at the end - is that leaking classified information is only treason if it puts our national security at risk.
The example you gave - leaking classified information that some senators are getting blackmailed for diddling kids - does not put national security at risk, and is therefore not treason, and not punishable by death. In fact, revealing something like that actually protects national security (and children) by exposing the blackmail and the child diddling.
Instead of leaking that would be whistleblowing.
At least that’s the way I understood what she was saying.