[Tolsti2]

There was a report that some 850k or more have top secret clearance in this country now. When it's that overdone, leaks are going to happen. There needs to be a real crack down. I know even with that level you are still limited, but there's enough tracking now to know who is leaking this stuff if they cared to.

[Mariner]

"There needs to be a real crack down."

All the legal tools are there for a crackdown but no modern administration seems willing to exercise them.

First, it's illegal to PUBLISH, TRANSFER and DISSEMINATE Classified information. Every publisher who does so should be imprisoned for no less than 20 years and depending on the nature of the information, hanging.

Second, be willing to reduce the sentence by 1/2 for the publisher/reporter IF they give up their source.

[driftdiver]

“There was a report that some 850k or more have top secret clearance in this country now. When it’s that overdone, leaks are going to happen”

850,000 didn’t release this. One guy stole the files and gave them to wiki. He has already been arrested and the founder of wiki has been on the run (in Europe) for weeks.