First, how did that guy really "know" his contact was from "Egypt" as opposed to Iran, or wasn't a bag man for China or North Korea?
Even if it had been Egypt, how would he know it wouldn't be passed on to Iran (which has been cozying up to Egypt lately) or China or North Korea?
In any case he volunteered information on the best way to attack the carrier.
He was both willing and motivated to spy, even making suggestions on how to do it and avoid detection.
Your views are nonsense.

That sort of information can be used as part of fraud detection.

You don't seem to have a good source for what contemporary American conservativsm is concerned with. Try these instead:

Weekly Standard
National Review

Or young people concerned about their future.

The reason liberal talk radio is a hard sell is because it is an over-served market. Most of the US media leans liberal already. (Look up the studies of donations to Democrats vs Republicans in the media.) There isn't a lot of space there to carve out even more listeners.

There was noticeable overlap between advertisers on Air America and conservative talk stations, including gold sales as I recall. Want a taste of Air America? Try Mike Malloy.

Have you ever actually listened to conservative talk radio? Bennett, Prager, Medved, Hewitt are recommended.
Salem station with convenient schedule

There is a difference between entrapment and a sting.

Political language can be tricky, especially when moving between countries and cultures. "Progressive" tends to be pretty portable as a political label, "liberal" doesn't always translate as well. As a practical matter there either is or could be a silent "classical" in The Liberal Party name that distinguishes them from American "liberals" who constitute an ideological group but not an actual party. The silent "classical" may also equate them with American conservatives who are classical liberals as opposed to modern "liberals" as understood in the US.

If the problem is the regulations aren't being enforced then enforce the regulations instead of drafting even more regulations that won't be enforced either.

"All playing nice"? "Fool you twice"? I get the sense you're ready to do something truly foolish. Why don't you try living without any petroleum based products for a while before you decide it's OK to cripple the oil industry? You might decide that the result is not to your liking and then you will still be able to recover easily. If you try it the other way you're going to be stuck in misery. Or is your goal to simply prove the validity of this Robert Heinlein quote?

Fox News hasn't been around all that long. If conservatives are where all the money is, and "business is just business", why weren't other news outlets pursuing them as a market? By your logic, if it's correct, Fox News really shouldn't exist. Or do you think that all of those "business is just business" types were leaving what you think are large amounts of cash as an untapped market for a reason? Was it their decades old plan to ignore that money and market until Fox came along? f the money was there, why weren't the other media businesses pursuing it?

There may be a gap in your thinking and the reality of the situation.

I seem to recall that leftist countries go to war. That may not be a reliable indicator of idelogical alignment.

I love the irony.

Manning: Justice was served.
Snowden: Like the case of the accused rapist Assange justice is denied as he is a fugitive.

Although your handle is "misexistentialist" your understanding seems to be based on Dada.

It's all pretty much just random, eh?

You seem to be making a number of mistakes, including thinking that people serving a market don't have convictions, and that liberals are necessarily young or don't have money. Do you think David Korn's only interest is the check he picks up for writing? Keith Oberman pursued his political mania until it ruined him. Slashdot is often innudated by howls about whatever "outrage" the Koch brothers are claimed to have engaged in while practically nobody acknowledges their spending is dwarfed by that of rich liberals and progressives. Being liberal is a state of mind, not an indicator of either wealth or age.

I hear TNR writes about politics.