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Perhaps whomever leaked it regarded it as essential to upholding an oath of office. 'preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.... '
by ISL 13y ago
Perhaps whomever leaked it regarded it as essential to upholding an oath of office. 'preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.... '
- olympus 13y agoThat could certainly be the case. The only two plausible reasons for leaking classified information are moral convictions or personal gain (selling it to the news or a foreign country). Edit: Maybe three reasons. Blackmail/extortion is a possibility that doesn't quite fall into the personal gain category. However noble the intention, it doesn't change the fact that everyone who has access to that information has signed an NDA and been through a security indoctrination (indoc used without the negative connotation in this case). They knew exactly what the punishment is for what they did. The jury that would nullify that would be a rare find in the US. It's basically zero probability if it was a military member subject to the UCMJ.