People who are entrusted with a Secret clearance are not the Judges of what is to be de-classified.. It isnt their decision to make, when a document should be shown to the public or to someone other than it was intended for.
Secret information is always on a need to know basis. In other words anyone who doesnt need to know that information isnt privy to it, and persons entrusted to handle that information arent the arbiters of who has a need to know.
When people start passing out information that hasnt been cleared to give out ,they break the law,They break a confidence, they beak their oath.
They should be punished severely. If they cannot keep the information secret they should resign, If they divulge the secret they should be incarcerated. They are traitors.
A leaker isnt a whistleblower, he is an agent for the enemy, a spy. A criminal.
It doesnt matter whether he is a small time Government employee or a Senator. That person is an enemy of the State.
The accused (Keogh) hopes to get the jury on his side against the “evil Bush.” That’s why he’s up there openly admitting what he did.
Bump to your post.