Persons who leak classified information (and there are multiple levels of classification) should be jailed whether journalists or not. Perhaps the jail sentence should be determined by the level of classification of the information released. “Confidential” a six month in jail and a $5,000 fine, “Secret”, 3-5 years in prison and a $20,000 fine, etc, etc.

At one point in time, journalists acted in what they thought would be the best interests of the country. Now they act in whatever way they think will best benefit them. While they once would kill stories that might damage the reputation of this country, now they seek, and when necessary, fabricate them. The above the fold fabricated story is retracted below the fold on page b-16 and they call that fair reporting.

Perhaps the proper response would be for the victims of the next terrorist attack to sue the journalist who published the story about the surveillance program that the terrorists were then able to avoid.

And you know, re-reading that definition I posted, actually it is the larvae (worm) form that burrows into and eats the cotton boll. So yes, it is a worm, the Leftists are worms, and the original analogy fits like a glove!

Nobody ever mistook liberals for geniuses.

A small, grayish, long-snouted beetle (Anthonomus grandis) of Mexico and the southern United States, having adults that puncture cotton buds and larvae that hatch in and damage cotton bolls.”

The point is, they burrow in, destroy, undermine, weaken from within. The very description of the Leftists.