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08-12-2006, 01:43 PM
Federal Court Rules That Private Citizens Can Be Prosecuted For Revealing Class. Info
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/10/in-a-momentous-expansion-of-the-governments-authority/
"In a momentous expansion of the government’s authority to regulate public disclosure of national security information,” a federal court has ruled (http://www.fas.org/sgp/jud/rosen080906.pdf) that “even private citizens who do not hold security clearances can be prosecuted for unauthorized receipt and disclosure of classified information.” Under this interpretation, for example, the reporters who leaked the classified report on prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib “could apparently be prosecuted under the Espionage Act (http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2006/08/recipients_of_leaks_may_be_pro.html).”
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/10/in-a-momentous-expansion-of-the-governments-authority/
"In a momentous expansion of the government’s authority to regulate public disclosure of national security information,” a federal court has ruled (http://www.fas.org/sgp/jud/rosen080906.pdf) that “even private citizens who do not hold security clearances can be prosecuted for unauthorized receipt and disclosure of classified information.” Under this interpretation, for example, the reporters who leaked the classified report on prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib “could apparently be prosecuted under the Espionage Act (http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2006/08/recipients_of_leaks_may_be_pro.html).”