text: what do you think should happen to anyone that leaks top secret government information???   dear anna1  1)definitively to have a legel court hearing - even in closed session because of the nature of the crime. totalitarian governments usually either have no legal hearings or just sham sessions with the obvious outcome decided beforehand.  2)if found guilty, investigate the motivation:  aa)idealism (fanaticism) for the state, e.g., freedom of the press,  ab)against the state, e.g., "jihad" (arab: holy war);  ba)for personal material gain only, e.g., money paid for the information, be it the informant (or his family),  bb) no personal material gain - idealism only.  3)let the punishment fit the crime. for  aaa+bb) first offence, showing remorse and understanding of the consequences being harmful to the state and signing a declaration of renunciation (never to do it again), "conditional" <10 year's imprisonment, set free, aab) furter offences, 10 years prison and/or enclosed psychiatery;  ba) >15 years (during war time: execution within 48 hours).