[anguish]

You are mistaken. Publishing classified information is illegal.

I'm not too sure about that. The SCOTUS decision in New York Times Co. v. United States suggests it's okay for now.

[Steve Van Doorn]

The SCOTUS ruled that the executive office had no burden of showing justification for the imposition of such a restraint (top secret.)

If any information in these reports can harm our troops then they should be hung.

[Publius Valerius]

Well, NYT was a prior restraint case, and to the extent that people think that the White House could have used the legal process to prevent the publication of the documents, they are delusional.

A different question is whether they can be prosecuted for the publication after it occurs. I still tend to think that the publication is First Amendment protected, but it’s a different question and fair to ask.