&gt; purposely disclosing classified information like Snowden did will result in prison<p>Not necessarily. General Petraeus purposely handed over documents to his biographer &#x2F; girlfriend, and he got nothing more than a slap on the wrist.<p>It seems again to be a high court &#x2F; low court thing. If you&#x27;re important enough, your crimes get you lesser sentences, but if not, they throw the book at you.