Risen: My Sources Shouldn't Be Outed, Because They're "Patriots"

I'm late to this party, but if you missed it, James Risen, who blew the NSA/GST secret, says that Valerie Plame's classified-information outers were bad but his are good.

By which he means Republicans outed Plame and Democrats outed the NSA/GST program.

Listen very closely: Individuals do not get to decide, according to their own precious "feelings," which information should be kept secret and which should not. Charles Schumer already trotted out the "whistleblower" versus "leaker" distinction.

Everyone in government has different ideas about how the government should function and what the Constitution demands, and we cannot have every single fucking jackass with a security classification deciding according to the whims of his own conscience whether or not he will abide by the national security laws, as well as the guarantees made to his employer that he signed of his own free will.

LOCK THEM UP, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.

posted by Ace at 06:31 PM

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