[dave at farber.net: [IP] Recipients of "Leaks" May Be Prosecuted, Court Rules]

Tyler Durden camera_lumina at hotmail.com
Fri Aug 18 05:13:20 PDT 2006


Hum. Some funny possibilities here:

1) Obtain classified information and make a recording of someone reading it 
(and if you don't want to incriminate yourself, have a computer read  and 
record it).
2) Take recording to Judge Ellis III's courtroom, or anywhere he will 
appear.
3) Put in earplugs so you can't hear recording.
3) When Ellis III appears, play recording of classified information over a 
loudspeaker
4) Send in the cops: By hearing the classified information, Judge Ellis III 
has just committed espionage.

Better yet, do this at a gathering of (insert hated group here) and have 'em 
all carted away.

This fuckwit needs killing.
-TD


>From: Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org>
>To: cypherpunks at jfet.org
>Subject: [dave at farber.net: [IP] Recipients of "Leaks" May Be Prosecuted,  
>Court Rules]
>Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:09:41 +0200
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>From: TClaburn at cmp.com
>Date: August 10, 2006 5:31:08 PM EDT
>To: dave at farber.net
>Subject: for IP if you wish...Recipients of "Leaks" May Be
>Prosecuted, Court Rules
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>http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2006/08/
>recipients_of_leaks_may_be_pro.html
>
>Recipients of "Leaks" May Be Prosecuted, Court Rules
>
>
>In a momentous expansion of the government's authority to regulate
>public
>disclosure of national security information, a federal court ruled
>that even
>private citizens who do not hold security clearances can be
>prosecuted for
>unauthorized receipt and disclosure of classified information.
>
>
>The ruling (pdf) by Judge T.S. Ellis, III, denied a motion to dismiss
>the case
>of two former employees of the American Israel Public Affairs
>Committee (AIPAC)
>who were charged under the Espionage Act with illegally receiving and
>transmitting classified information.
>
>
>The decision is a major interpretation of the Espionage Act with
>implications
>that extend far beyond this particular case.
>
>
>The Judge ruled that any First Amendment concerns regarding freedom
>of speech
>involving national defense information can be superseded by national
>security
>considerations.
>
>
>"Although the question whether the government's interest in
>preserving its
>national defense secrets is sufficient to trump the First Amendment
>rights of
>those not in a position of trust with the government [i.e. not
>holding security
>clearances] is a more difficult question, and although the authority
>addressing
>this issue is sparse, both common sense and the relevant precedent point
>persuasively to the conclusion that the government can punish those
>outside of
>the government for the unauthorized receipt and deliberate
>retransmission of
>information relating to the national defense," Judge Ellis wrote (p.
>53).
>
>
>The provisions of the Espionage Act are not impermissibly overbroad or
>unconstitutional, the Judge ruled, because they are limited by the
>requirements
>that the prohibited behavior be both knowing and willful.
>
>
>...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Thomas Claburn, Editor-at-Large
>InformationWeek, CMP Media, Inc.
>600 Harrison St., 6th Floor
>San Francisco, CA 94107
>tclaburn at cmp.com
>415.947.6820
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