Comment by throw0101d

> But as far as I'm aware these guys never promised not to give away classified information.

It does not matter what they promised, as it is against the law to give away classified information:

> Whoever knowingly and willfully communicates, furnishes, transmits, or otherwise makes available to an unauthorized person, or publishes, or uses in any manner prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the detriment of the United States any classified information— […]

* https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/798