the notion is if you follow as goflt employee, protection procedure and disclose things to the right people -- >> you will not be prosecuted? >> that's the idea. they have to be sufficiently -- >> is that in the law? >> the gentlemen's time has expired. the chair recognizes himself for five minutes for the final questions. let me point out in the case of the valerie plame leak, the leak was by an administration supporter and there was a special counsel appointed, patrick fitzgerald for the northern district of illinois. there were very controversial prosecutions involved which resulted in some convictions. i think we all know who was convicted. now the other thing is that i agree with colonel allard there's no such thing as a good leak. a good leak is one that you will agree who gets damage in the national security realm and bad leak is that you disagree with it. nobody should get damaged in the national security realm by a leak and the thing is if somebody is engaged in misconduct, the whistleblower protection acts do provide for protection of a whistle blower who sends the informat

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