Not necessarily. General Petraeus purposely handed over documents to his biographer / girlfriend, and he got nothing more than a slap on the wrist.
It seems again to be a high court / low court thing. If you're important enough, your crimes get you lesser sentences, but if not, they throw the book at you.
I think most people believe it's unlikely Clinton will serve any time for the email lapse; instead, she's considered the front-runner for the White House.
On the other hand, Snowden had to flee the country and, like Assange, he may never be able to set foot in a country with the relevant extradition treaties.
I think the high/low court point still stands.
You mean: Disclose that the intelligence apparatus is spying on its own citizens/taxpayers who pay their salaries?
There, fixed it for you.
> leaks of classified information to the press have relatively infrequently been punished as crimes, and we are aware of no case in which a publisher of information obtained through unauthorized disclosure by a government employee has been prosecuted for publishing it.