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To: lbryce

They need to investigate to find out if releasing classified (and higher) information is against the law? Yeah, right - that’s believable.../s


12 posted on 11/30/2010 11:05:32 AM PST by GOPJ ('Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power." Martin Buber /a Tea-nami's coming..)
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To: GOPJ
They need to investigate to find out if releasing classified (and higher) information is against the law?

News alert!

Simply releasing classified information is only a crime if you have a security clearance. You agree to it when you are granted the clearance.

For everyone else, specific harm has to be shown. It's prosecuted under the Espionage Act, instead. And that's a pretty high threshold to meet, especially when all of the information released so far is not surprising.

14 posted on 11/30/2010 11:09:23 AM PST by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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