On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 3:43 PM, coderman <[email protected]> wrote: > ... my understanding is that statements in congress are public, > and subject to same unauthorized disclosure laws. only the POTUS can > unilaterally decide to "leak" something in public without legal > repercussions (impeachment aside).
i was wrong, and the POTUS angle by Executive Order 13526 implies he/she/$POTUS can clarify at will. seems there is a longer history of not just presidents but also congress leaking secrets. does anyone know the specific instances covered in these texts? - Burn Before Reading, Stansfield Turner - The Deadly Bet, Walter LaFaber - Seeds of Terror, Gretchen Peters - Classified Information in "Obama's Wars", Jack Goldsmith, Lawfare also interesting that classifying non-government-generated information has not been tried in the courts; the Sean P. Gorman incident not applicable as my understanding is that he received clearance and they built a SCIF on the university campus for him to finish studies and perform research in an official capacity for USGov. best regards, except those byzantine general warmongers
