[SeekAndFind]

RE: They get their clearances via their election, unlike normal vetted government employees.

In other words, their CONSTITUENTS ( Americans ), actually ALLOW this foreign spying on our elected representatives to happen!!

I wonder how this country can survive if our own citizens allow this kind of treachery to go unpunished ....

[Theoria]

Nothing really ever happens to leaks. In many cases, even the WH wont find and punish the leaker, when it came from their area.