I believe even that, constitutional or not, only goes for 25 years, after which a person can write BOOKS about any secrets they were charged with before that time.
________________________________ From: Sasan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:40:14 PM Subject: [Libertarian] Re: "Classified" Information The Constitution may not provide the authority to extend classification laws to civilians, but that hasn't stopped Congress from doing it anyway (shocking, I know). The Espionage Act (18 U.S.C. §§ 792-799) threatens civilians with fines and a 10-year prison term for publishing classified information. ---Sasan --- In Libertarian@ yahoogroups. com, Jon Roland <jon.roland@ ...> wrote: > > I approach the subject from the standpoint of the Constitution, which provides > authority for classifying information within the government, and among > officials, but not for extending such restrictions to civilians. The > intragovernmental authority stems from contract, which is why it covers the > military, which, constitutionally, is supposed to be voluntarily contractual. > Interestingly, it does not extend to militia, who, although bound to military > discipline for the duration of their called-up status, which in turn depends > on > the emergency justifying the call-up, does not extend all the obligations that > come with the contract that military and other governmental personnel agree > to. > > Arguably, there needs to be authority for extending it to civilians, but > unless > or until the Constitution is amended to provide that authority, it does not > exist. > > -- Jon > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - > Constitution Society 2900 W Anderson Ln C-200-322, Austin, TX 78757 > 512/299-5001 www.constitution. org jon.rol...@. .. > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
