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>> and he himself would get arrested and sued for leaking secrets - the president is not above the law You must be new around here. Executive branch officials
by hyperpape 11y ago
>> and he himself would get arrested and sued for leaking secrets - the president is not above the law
You must be new around here.
Executive branch officials leak classified information whenever it's convenient to them. As long as it's done with approval from higher up, there are no consequences. Even Petraeus received minimal consequences after sharing secrets with his mistress.
- scintill76 11y agoMaybe "law" is the wrong term, but considering this is an international treaty, there is not really a "higher up" with the authority to "approve" leaking this. (Unless you believe several of the nations involved are secretly governed by a higher body.) There would probably be fairly severe diplomatic consequences regardless how it leaked, and even worse if it was clearly a high-level official.