[Shalom Israel]

The exact nature of the harm is irrelevant

I didn't raise the question: the poster to whom I replied did, when he asserted that "incalculable harm" was done.

When you get a security clearance you swear not to disclose the secured information to unauthorized persons. The Israeli agents he gave the info to were not authorized and he was not in a position to freelance the decision.

Granted. Others have been convicted of passing information to allies before. None of them got life sentences; in fact half of them were sentenced to less than 4 years.

[Alberta's Child]

Your post is meaningless for two basic reasons:

1. What kind of information did those "others" provide to our allies?

2. Israel is not an "ally" of the United States in any formal (i.e., legal) sense of the word.