WaPo columnist calls source for his own paper’s Iran war report ‘a traitor’ who ‘ought to be prosecuted’

A Washington Post opinion writer called a source for his own paper’s newsroom a “traitor,” saying the person “ought to be prosecuted” for leaking confidential US military info to reporters. Marc Thiessen, a conservative columnist for the broadsheet, was outraged over his colleagues’ reporting that top military brass have warned War Secretary Pete Hegseth that prolonged large-scale operations against Iran risk weakening the US’ ability to confront threats at home. The article, which was published Sunday, noted the warnings were contained in a classified Aug. 14 edition of the Secretary of Defense Orders Book, citing anonymous sources familiar with the...