Yes, but the shadow government would have been watching their backs if Bush had appointed a Special Prosecutor, or the equivalent, every damn time a leak spilled. All you’d have to do is catch one and make a big deal out of hitting him/her with the maximum penalty, and the shadow government is put on notice.
They turned the McCarthy/Cohn investigation of the fifth column within the State Department and Military around and accused McCarthy of faking a photo and gave out some gay-baiting barbs at Roy Cohn who was homosexual.
They don’t take kindly to having their patriotism questioned. They may be guilty but they won’t sit back and be called out on it.