tomspark wrote:
classified leaks are always tricky because yeah, there's legitimate national security stuff that matters, but this particular case sounds like it was about actual accountability — deaths and drugs at a military base that probably should've been investigated publicly anyway. the fact that it went to a journalist instead of through official channels tells you something about whether the internal systems were working. not saying leaking is always right, but also not shocked when people feel like they have to go outside the system to expose real problems.