People get charged for the act of leaking classified information. Hell, our president (ugh) did.
But the key is that what they actually leaked is never discussed outside of closed door sessions. And it is almost always as part of a lesser, easier to prove, treason or espionage case.
But actually charging someone because they talked about the space aliens? THAT becomes a huge problem. And that is what we are looking at here.
We are very much not taking about space aliens and “people get charged but the court case doesn’t release classified information” is very different from them not getting charged or getting disappeared.
This is a fantasy. People get charged for leaking classified information all the time. It’s just a crime, not a spy thriller.
People get charged for the act of leaking classified information. Hell, our president (ugh) did.
But the key is that what they actually leaked is never discussed outside of closed door sessions. And it is almost always as part of a lesser, easier to prove, treason or espionage case.
But actually charging someone because they talked about the space aliens? THAT becomes a huge problem. And that is what we are looking at here.
We are very much not taking about space aliens and “people get charged but the court case doesn’t release classified information” is very different from them not getting charged or getting disappeared.