I think anyone who leaks classified or "secret" plans should be tried and if convicted, hung for a week in the public square. Yep, that about covers my opinion on leakers.
JPOST.com: "SLAIN AL-QAIDA AIDE WAS PALESTINIAN" by Khaled Abu Toameh (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The sources identified the man as Husam Abu Baker, 32. They said his family, which lives in the village of Ya'bad near Jenin, was notified about his death only this week. His father, Abdel Latif, said he last saw his son about 10 years ago. The family was then living in Saudi Arabia when Husam left the kingdom to join al-Qaida in Afghanistan. Husam, according to village residents, was married to Fatmeh, the daughter of Ayman Zawahiri, the number-two man in al-Qaida.") (Updated April 23, 2006) (Read More...)
So what is the Democratic version of sainthood for leakers, as this is what THEY feel is the appropriate reaction to what traitors and people who signed confidentiality agreements should be glorified for....unless they were aiding or abetting conservative causes, of course. When I heard the names Bill Clinton and Richard Clark associaed with this leaker. I knew immediately MSM news coverage would be muted at best.