Quote Originally Posted by js207 View Post
Leaking that stuff didn't really help anyone.
Perhaps not, but did it really hurt anyone? I mean, other than foreign drunks?

Treason, by the way, is not about involving the country in an illegal act, but aiding the country's enemy.
I would think that implicating your country in an illegal act would, ultimately, aid your enemies. Covering up that act provides ammunition for your enemies to use against you, and could even make someone a target for blackmail by those enemies. Let's face it. The chances of a general being fired for bombing enemy civilians, legally or not, are remote. At worst I would suspect he'd get an early retirement with full benefits, and the opportunity to make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year doing speaking tours and Fox News analyses.