Intelligence Leaks vs. Whistleblowing

Guest: Ryan Vogel, JD, PhD, Professor of International Law, Director of the Center for National Security Studies, Utah Valley University A 25-year-old government contractor named Reality Winner is in jail on charges of sharing a classified document with the media. Former FBI director James Comey also shared information, but he’s not in jail. He even admitted on live TV, under oath, that he arranged for the media to get notes of a meeting he had with President Trump. Despite the lack of legal prosecution, President Trump continues to call Comey a leaker on Twitter and has fumed publicly about information leaking from various government agencies.  President Trump appears to put James Comey in the same category as Reality Winner and, by extension, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden. Did Comey really break the law? When is a leak illegal and when is it an act of whistleblowing?