"Uh, how long before this witch starts claiming she was a principled whistleblower and she gets canonized by the Rats a la Cindy Sheehan?"
She will probably be muzzled by the CIA sanctions and by her lawyers.
However, the MSM, which hates a strong America will be scream what you stated as a mantra, after they figure out how to do it.
Perhaps not Grampa Dave. Even the dumbest "journalist" has to have some sense of survival and until they know exactly where the law comes down on receiving confidential information, I doubt too many of them are willing to go out on a limb to protect a fellow "journalist". After all, how far out does the treason net go?