It's a dangerous game getting ex government agents to talk to you, they will most likely have motives beyond "informing the public." If you are a citizen journo and an ex alphabet agency wants to tell you something potentially incriminating, you better have a lawyer before you go public or even speak to the .

She is in a Julian Assange type situation right now. She could have gone to an embassy or even left the country. The type of Journalism shes in does not suit the stable family life.