There was an era when the leaking of government secrets publicly was rampant.
Those who publicised the leaks were chased down and publicly held up as treasonous people.
What should happen to these people? It is clear they were outraged by the actions of governments and wanted the public to know so they could hold their governments to account.
Governments did not want to be held to account and felt angry at the exposure of behaviour they believed was their right. The outcome was to use their might to make an example of the leakers so that it would not happen again.
In one case the leaker mostly leaked against the USA, is in exile and virtual detention in the U.K. and whose origin is Australia.
What should Australia do? Appease their ally being the USA, or bring this person home to Australia under their protective wing.
Australia regularly deports people to their country of origin for previous perceived or bad conduct. If their values are consistent they will support the leaker being deported back to Australia.
If they have a government without morals, they will not.
It is proper for a country to have allies and to support the allied countries. However, this duty is secondary to the need to support their own citizens.
It is a question of the values of a country and how much their citizens demand their Government acts morally.
From my guide Crazy Horse through Ian Rogers Director Sphinx Spiritual
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