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Will it be a crime to say the president is a crook - kandrathe - 03-20-2006
Doc,Mar 17 2006, 10:30 AM Wrote:...Um, I took the time to read your other sources.
Well then. Looks like it will become a crime to say that the president's actions are criminal. Wee.
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Quote:... Thus, while the current 18 U.S.C. 798(a) apparently prohibits unauthorized disclosures of certain specific types of classified information by "any person", the new proposed section 798(B) would only apply to "any covered person," which means someone who has authorized possession of the classified information, but not a reporter or other recipient of the information.Oh, Henny Penny. The sky is not falling. What this means is that anyone authorized with secret clearance and above will face jail time for disclosing secrets that jeopardize National Security. Seems appropriate to me that people sworn with protecting US security that hurt the US should be punished.
And we all know that just because it was introduced by a congressman doesn't mean it will become anything. Doubly so when the biggest leaks are from congress and their staffs. Election year grandstanding, again.