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To: cgbg

Intent is irrelevant as regards the Espionage Act.


20 posted on 02/09/2024 6:46:58 AM PST by XRdsRev (Justice for Bernell Trammell, Trump supporter, murdered in 2020)
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To: XRdsRev

Exactly.

The reason “intent” fails as a defense even in the minor example I gave is that all federal military and civilian employees have it drilled into their heads not to do this stuff from the first day they were hired.

Insanity is their only possible claim for “no intent”.


23 posted on 02/09/2024 6:49:13 AM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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