I am sure China and Russia already have the information as reporters leaked it to them. I see the judge’s point that the genie cannot be put back in the bottle. What can happen is the US government can claw back all profits from the sale of the book and possibly prosecute and jail Bolton for releasing the information.
We’re missing something here. The judge ruled one way but said he ‘gambled’ with national security. In doing so he threw us a bone. Just like Comey dissing all of Hillary’s actions but not seeing any ‘intent’. Politicians and lawyers. Gotta see through this. Alan Bakke won his case. Supremes voted 5-4 saying he was discriminated against but universities were ALLOWED to let the policies continue by ‘taking into consideration’ race. Anyone remember Michelle Triola? She lost but the judge awarded her $104k for ‘retraining’. She claimed victory. She wanted $6 million.
The way I see it, the genie may not be able to be put back in the bottle, but that doesn’t justify letting him (and the publisher) profit from it...here’s hoping the DOJ acts and prosecutes - and seizes the profits.