Obama DOJ formally accuses journalist in leak case of committing crimes

[struggle4progress]

8. ... While details in the court papers are vague, there are indications that the leaked information

may have related to the nuclear activities of a foreign power. The indictment says that in June 2009, Kim leaked information from an intelligence report carrying the very high classification "Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information" to a reporter who was not authorized to receive it. The Justice Department press release says the leaked secrets related to "intelligence sources and methods and intelligence concerning the military capabilities and preparedness of a particular foreign nation" ...
Justice Department Indicts Contractor in Alleged Leak
Aug 27, 2010 7:08 PM EDT

I have no idea exactly what Kim is alleged to have leaked, nor exactly why he is being prosecuted. But he seems to have a long association with the US nuclear weapons complex. The nuclear weapons complex is (of course) the actual origin of our modern national security state, and it has always been a bit touchy about security

Prosecuting Kim may indeed be unreasonable, but I don't know that actually it is. It's not obviously unreasonable, for example, to cultivate intelligence assets who provide information on foreign nuclear capabilities. And it's not unreasonable to protect such assets: one should prefer not to have so much information gradually dribble out, that such information sources were ultimately identified and silenced