She divulged classified information which materially aided enemies of the United States in wartime. That is the definition of treason. Now I don't think she should be executed for this, although the treason laws permit it, but she should be given, say, 10 years to think over the wisdom of working for an intelligence agency and then running to reporters when things don't go her way.
My own feeling is that she should be prosecuted for a felony, and all the CIA employees who were sympathetic to her should be escorted to the gate. That they could find anything to sympathize with just shows they're in the wrong line of work. Intelligence work is not neat and tidy, and if you can't stomach what the work requires, you need to leave.
Posted on April 23, 2006 08:54 PM