If we are at war, which we are not, and if the secrets involve the time and manner and scope and targets of a military attack, I have no problem with classifying that information or criminally punishing someone who deliberately provided that information to the enemy for the purpose of allowing the enemy to use it against us in a pre-emptive or defensive manner.
None of that describes what Snowden did, though some of it does describe what Obama and Kerry are doing.
In a democratic society very little information about government actions, plans or expenditures, should be kept secret.
If you do not want a democratic society, then it is easy to justify keeping secret anything those running the show want to keep secret.
So if we are NOT at war, there should be no Security Secrets?
By the way, you didn't answer my questions. Since you agree that there should be SOME security secrets, do by believe that anyone with knowledge of them should have the legal right to publish them if he doesn't agree with keeping them secret?
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