It seems to me, with that clarification--and I really appreciate that--that with that further requirement, it is hard to justify a good-motive leak when, in order to prosecute such a case, you would have to establish that he knew that he was potentially harming the national defense of the United States.
Kyl argues that proving intent to harm national defense complicates justifying leaks for good motives.
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One of our recommendations concerns ways that we could potentially mitigate the risk of a deterrence gap.
Our responsibility is to be straightforward with you all. You're the ones that appointed us, you're the ones that we answer to.
It's enough that it's opportunistic. In other words, we're in a conflict with one, and the other sees that this is an opportunity.
One of the things that we noticed in this endeavor is there is a great attitude among the military, among the Defense Department generally in being able to succeed at a mission.
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