[Cboldt]

No, if you try to prosecute him, he is entitled to a defense. Then his defense attorney is going to try to subpoena everything that is involved, have people testify about his job and what he did. Just can't do that. Now that doesn't mean that there are no repercussions against people who leak, there are, plus once you're in the Intel community, that is really your career for life and you don't want to risk that. Most people who leave Intel work can't even put it on their resume, and their employer, in most cases, will not even confirm or deny you ever worked for them.

Sounds like the criminal statutes are window dressing. Oh well.

[txroadkill]

It has it's advantages too, I know of some people who used to work for the CIA and have a blast and make a ton of money in the UFO world. They write far fetched stuff about "classified" UFO investigations and meeting aliens and get away with it because who is going to challenge it. The government will never confirm or deny it.