Indeed, Daniel Ellsberg planned to have Congresspeople speak about the still-classified Pentagon Papers via this part of the Constitution. Senator Mike Gravel did it. You can read about it in Sanford J. Ungar's book The Papers & the Papers: an Account of the Legal and Political Battle over the Pentagon Papers. If I'm not mistaken, Gravel has spoken out in favor of Snowden.
Douglas On 01/19/2014 06:06 PM, grarpamp wrote: > On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 10:26 AM, coderman <[email protected]> wrote: >> now describe to me what happens when the session is over, their >> attendance complete, they return home, and then still find themselves >> having leaked classified information without authorization. > >> """ >> US Constitution - Art 1, Sec 6: >> The Senators and Representatives ... for any Speech or >> Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other >> Place. >> """ > > As before, it's rather clear, speak/leak all you want in session, > nothing criminal happens. The deleted part refers to non-congressional > activities/crimes/places... like murder, or to congressional > activities/crimes/places such as taking bribes... that are not > speech/debate on the floor or activities directly related to that, > like storing classified leaks in your office pursuant to leaking them. > > More, just read it all yourself... > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravel_v._United_States > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Traficant > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Congressmen_stripped_of_committee_assignment >
