Why are WE calling it a "leak"?

As usual the lapdog media downplays yet another major scandal in the most neutral terms they can. The term "leak" implies something done by:
- one person acting alone
- an anonymous source who leaks information to help their side

Neither of those is true in this case.

This was a group of people who have followed a pattern of punishing people who tell the truth. They are not anonymous. This was calculated action by a group of people who embodied the idea that a liar can be discredited but a truth-teller must be destroyed.

And most importantly, the laws designed to protect covert agents address a well-founded concern that revealing or confirming their identity as agents potentially:
- puts their life in jeopardy
- puts their contacts lives in danger
- destroys them as assets of intelligence gathering
- demoralizes others who work in similar circumstances
- makes sources less willing to cooperate

"Leak" is far too neutral a term for actions that would more appropriately be called a treasonous outing.

- an anonymous source who leaks information to help their side

That's exactly what happened here. Everything else is conspiracy, which I might add is also being mentioned.