I have been enjoying the leaks and my thanks go to the leakers of the conversations between heads of state. I do not hold leakers of white house staff politics to the same standard and have no problem with them being anonymous.
Having said that about the leakers of the Presidential conversations, let me say that I will be even more appreciative of the leakers if they did this knowing that if they get caught, they are ready to pay the price.
The President should have the privilege of privacy in these kind of conversations. A lot of stuff will be said in these conversations that may offend people or maybe part intentional bullshit to sway a foreign leader. I wouldn';t want a Democratic President be subject to this kind of leaks.
Let me be clear. The MASSIVE HYPOCRISY of Trump and the republicans(not to mention those idiots at FOX NEWS) does not escape me. They were welcoming all the leaks on Hillary and the DNC and Trump himself made a plea for more leaks. Sure, those leaks were not necessarily by people entrusted to keep it a secret and I get the difference. Still, I am sure Trump would not have had a problem of any leaker as long the info leaked helped him.
What we can do is lobby for less harsh punishments if the leakers were not profiting from such leaks. The leakers do not quite enter whistleblower territory in this case. But I am not comfortable with some of the harsh punishments in such cases that can be levied.
My ideal situation here would be for the leakers to get caught, they make public statements saying that the punishment is worth it and we hail them as heroes for their sacrifice. And let me know where I can donate to their defense fund if they do get caught.
Oh , I forgot about the media issue. I am against Sessions trying to force the media to disclose the leakers.