[sageb1]

"they can sure go after the leaker, a federal employee who has to have a very high security clearance and who has to have signed non-disclosure agreements with the government."

This is a crime, though, so a citizen action lawsuit wouldn't be applicable. ?

[EDINVA]

yes, it's criminal, so it is up to the government to pursue.

The only 'public interest' claim whch was the thrust of this thread, that this non-lawyer can see because of our First Amendment would be very remote, and based on the Freedom of Information Act.

It would be very helpful for us to have a law like the UK's "Government Secrets Act" which does allow claims against their media (as I understand it). But that's not likely to happpen in the US. The First Amendment is too sacrosanct in this country.

[WVNan]

Jay Rockefeller