I am just sick about this. Why the heck was I in OIF? So the NY Times could sell me and my buddies out for "the public interest"?
I can't print what I would like to see happen to these dirtbags. The very thought that most likely nothing will happen to them despite this vile treason is depressing.
Maybe we deserve to lose.
I can't even tell you how down I am about this. So long as the government is going to slink away every time the NYT invokes the words 'public interest', we're screwed.
Every disgruntled or morally flexible worker in every classified program out there has a chance to take revenge against the system by selling out in a way that would be a death penalty case if he did it to a foreign government. What's worse is that the effect is the same, but instead of having to fear for his neck, he's lauded as a brave whistleblower and protected by the media establishment.
And the government sits by and watches helplessly.
If there's no penalty, and lots of gain, expect people to do it. If the government doesn't have the stones to stand up and take action against these people, I'd just as soon they stop crying about the leaks altogether.