The Bush Administration has a pattern of leaking intelligence that is damaging to our national security. In addition to the Plame leak, they leaked secret information to Ahmad Chalabi, who, in May 2004 passed on at least one important secret (that the US had cracked the code used in secret Iranian communication) to Iran. In August, they leaked the fact that Mohammed Khan, an al-Qaeda operative, had been captured by Pakistani intelligence and "turned." This ended one of the most promising investigations against al-Qaeda. Then there's the leaking of information by Larry Franklin, of Douglas Feith's office, to AIPAC relating to the government's Iran policy. The FBI investigation of AIPAC espionage had been underway for more than a year, but was cut short when someone leaked the fact that Larry Franklin was under investigation and was cooperating with the FBI.
What do these disparate leaks have in common?
First, they reveal a culture in which US national security is a secondary priority and is always trumped by domestic poltical considerations or ideolgoical goals. If neocons can justify jeopardizing our national security in order to acheive gains against their domestic political opponents, then these opponents must be seen as their primary enemies, more important to them than al-Qaeda, in which case they clearly see themselves not as Americans first (or perhaps even second) but as Neocons or Republicans first.
Second, the leaks are evidence of ties with foreign operatives and networks that are strong enough that they are willing to share with them national security secrets. Whether these are alliances of convenience or of shared ideologies they should be a matter of considerable concern, since they demonstrate a disregard for the American system of government through which foreign policy is developed and an attitude that the government can be manipulated and used for private agendas.
Thus, on the one hand, neocons demonstrate disloyalty to the American nation and system of government and, on the other, they display their loyalty to other ideologies and networks which constitute their primary affiliations. They are eager to use the power of the US government to pursue their aims, but their loyalty is not to America. They should be seen as un-American infiltrators in the institutions of power.