Here’s what stands out for me from that link and what I wrote on the Wide Open blog when someone asked me whether I really was supporting the leaking of classified info (of course I don’t):

“If information is classified, it shouldn’t be leaked. If the information is not so important where out national security or other important functions of government aren’t harmed should it be made public, then it shouldn’t be classified in the first place. The politicians can fix this themselves by changing what they do and do not keep classified.”

That’s pretty much what I wrote on WO – that the Commander in Chief et al get to pick the people who work with the classified info. If they are picking people who will leak, how is that everyone else’s problem too? I mean, of course it is everyone’s problem when there is a leak – we shouldn’t have them.

But so what if the onus is placed back on the employers? Why shouldn’t that be where it is, rather than on the recipient of the leaked info?

http://www.congoo.com/user/FullComment?comid=190&Category_ID=-1&Channel_ID=64&Channel=Politics/Law

I do not agree with the law and I hope Bush does Veto it.