The difference would be that in Risen’s case, we’re talking classified military intelligence, whereas for whoever leaks the stuff that brings Zer0 down would only be releasing information that is supposed to be public knowledge. It’s not the source itself that is the concern, it’s what they got from the source. In this case, whoever leaked the info could be endangering American soldiers’ lives.
Yes.
And whoever leaked the information should be prosecuted fully.
The inconvenient fact, as our friend Al would say, is that publishing that information is constitutionally protected. It’s always easier to shoot the messenger than to plug the leak at the source.
How’s that for mixing metaphors?