It Is A Tribute To

I Felt That As An American Citizen, As A Responsible Citizen, I Could No Longer Cooperate In Concealing This Information From The American Public. I Did This Clearly At My Own Jeopardy And I Am Prepared To Answer To All The Consequences Of This Decision.

There Are Two Types Of Courage Involved With What I Did. When It Comes To Picking Up A Rifle, Millions Of People Are Capable Of Doing That, As We See In Iraq Or Vietnam. But When It Comes To Risking Their Careers, Or Risking Being Invited To Lunch By The Establishment, It Turns Out That's Remarkably Rare.

The Effect Of That Is To Poison The Flow Of Information To The President Himself And To Create A Situation Where A President Can Be Almost, To Use A Metaphor, Psychotically Divorced From The Realities In Which He Is Acting.

Truth-telling To Congress And The Public Is Not Disloyal In America: It Is An Expression Of The Higher Loyalty Officials Owe To The Constitution, The Rule Of Law, And The Sovereign Public. It Is A Courageous, Patriotic, And Effective Way To Serve Our Country. The Time To Speak Out Is Now.

There Are Some Things That Should Not Be Leaked Without Authorization.