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After the story breaks, the government identifies you as the source of the leak and detains you for releasing classified information. While you are in prison, the media and partisan politicians call you a traitor. Public opinion turns against you. You are accused of harming US interests and blamed for putting American lives at risk overseas. Few people will defend you and you are unable to defend yourself while inside prison. After three years of detention and torture, your spirit is broken and you become a shell of a person.
As a result, your disclosures are never given the proper attention and the President wins re-election. You are a...
Don't worry, some people know how you feel.