On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 3:43 PM, coderman <coderman@gmail.com> 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