Sure, keep your job or uphold the fundementals of democracy. Although he lost his job explicitly for optimizing towards the former. If he instead did the latter

Sure, keep your job or uphold the fundementals of democracy. Although he lost his job explicitly for optimizing towards the former. If he instead did the latter he would be less likely to be fired, because that would have looked as bad as the leaks he tried to contain. If I'm not tripping anywhere, the only sound choice is the latter, both morally and professionally.