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An example out of her to deter this new kind of leak that she basically was the first to figure out could be done and did carry out. >> charlie, what do you make about this prospect of julian assange from wikileaks coming back to the united states saying that hes already contesting any case against him of that the justice department might mount here. if he does stop fighting extradition and comes to the united states, what would you expect from that case? >> well, im not sure there are charges p...

Call today. comcast business. built for business. today we learned two new things about the exxon ceo who has been nominated to be the secretary of state. the math on this is easy, if all 10 democrats on the committee vote no -- which is possible -- just one republican on the committee voted no to have rex tillersons nomination fail in the committee. in all cases, failing in committee means the end of the nomination. that brings us to the second thing we learned today about this nomination. th...

Three years. i believe the longest other sentence, the next-longest sentence is three and a half years. so the manning sentence is an order of magnitude greater than anyone else has ever received. of course her leak was, to be fair, to be fulsome of our discussions, it was qualitatively different than most other leaks. she was a bulk leaker, not "heres the secret" but "heres all the secrets." and its clear the military and the prosecution was trying to throw the book at her and make an example o...

Deal and all he got was 240 hours of community service plus one years probation. then theres john keir ya cue, he was a cia analyst. in 2012 he was charged with leaking classified information about a fellow cia officer. he served two years in federal prison. there are other people who leaked classified information to the press. for a variety of reasons. whistle-blowers or not. there are a lot of them who got much lighter sentences then chelsea manning did in august, 2013. private first class man...

I believe the longest other sentence, the next-longest sentence is three and a half years. so the manning sentence is an order of magnitude greater than anyone else has ever received. of course her leak was, to be fair, to be fulsome of our discussions, it was qualitatively different than most other leaks. she was a bulk leaker, not "heres the secret" but "heres all the secrets." and its clear the military and the prosecution was trying to throw the book at her and make an example out of her to ...

Reports now, this case is different. morison wasnt spying for a foreign country, he said he was trying to warn us about a soviet threat. >> reporter: samuel morison may have changed america in a way he never intended. he is the first man convicted of spying for making information public and could be sentenced to 40 years in prison. he worked for the navy as an expert on fighting ships and had a part-time job, with the navys permission, as the u.s. editor of a british military magazine. what got ...

In wednesday hell be sentenced for espnage but carl stern reports now, this case is different. morison wasnt spying for a foreign country, he said he was trying to warn us about a soviet threat. >> reporter: samuel morison may have changed america in a way he never intended. he is the first man convicted of spying for making information public and could be sentenced to 40 years in prison. he worked for the navy as an expert on fighting ships and had a part-time job, with the navys permission, as...

And add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. today we learned two new things about the exxon ceo who has been nominated to be the secretary of state. the math on this is easy, if all 10 democrats on the committee vote no -- which is possible -- just one republican on the committee voted no to have rex tillersons nomination fail in the committee. in all cases, failinin committee means the end of the nomination. that brings us to the second...

Just one republican on the committee voted no to have rex tillersons nomination fail in the committee. in all cases, failing in committee means the end of the nomination. that brings us to the second thing we learned today about this nomination. the second thing we learned is that failure in committee in this case would not be a problem. committee chair bob corker today told cnn that rex tillerson will get a full senate floor vote whether the committee approves him or not. which is good to know ...

Permission, as the u.s. editor of a british military magazine. what got him in trouble were satellite photos of construction of a soviet nuclear aircraft carrier which he obtained in his navy employment. he cut off the "classified" designation and sent them off to the magazine. he got no extra pay for them but the government decided to charge him with espionage for leaking the classified photos. >> we are not -- i dont think we are heavy handed or crazy about this. but when were confronted with ...