Yeah, right. They’re too afraid of having THEIR secrets exposed, thus they are blackmailed into kowtowing.
Too true.
My definition of a patriot -- telling the public the things that the public needs to know, no matter the personal cost to the whistle-blower. General Petraeus clearly failed this test. He could and should say a lot more than he is saying, but the man is too cowardly to do so. I would say that the Republicans in the House and Senate are also manifestly unpatriotic. They put their own interests and reputatiosn ahead of the needs of the nation.