interesting how little the constitution is functioning
   they do not leak information - not that i am aware of anyway - do you
   know of an instance? this is shocking that they are protected basically
   with immunity BUT it does say "treason, felony and breech of peace" so
   anything could be thrown in those bags - they are effectively gagged

   On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 8:53 AM, grarpamp <[1]grarpamp@gmail.com>
   wrote:

   On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 6:49 PM, Cari Machet <[2]carimachet@gmail.com>
   wrote:
   > On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 12:43 AM, coderman <[3]coderman@gmail.com>
   wrote:
   >> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 2:59 PM, grarpamp <[4]grarpamp@gmail.com>
   wrote:
   >> > ...
   >> > Though lacking a reference, I believe members of congress may
   >> > speak/leak at will on the floor in open public session and shall
   not
   >> > be held to any crime for doing so. Of course in return the
   government
   >> > or the public may not support their ongoing candidacy.
   >>
   >> citation? 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).
   >
   > they cannot speak/leak neither can the executive branch > see dick
   cheney
   """

     US Constitution - Art 1, Sec 6:
     The Senators and Representatives ... shall in all Cases, except
     Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest
     during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses,
     and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or
     Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other
     Place.
     """
     The bit after the semicolon is interesting. It appears to grant
     immunity outside Place of Congress for speech in Congress, and since
     Congress has no real internal law/police/judge/jail of its own,
     speak all you want. This has been subsequently developed...
     [5]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_or_Debate_Clause
     Then there's Art 1 Sec 5 PP2 and PP3 and so on that might be applied
     after the fact. Though right now there is CSPAN and observation
     balconies for the public/press, so any speech bombs that someone
     drops would make it out to the world.
     Congress (Sen/Rep) is not the Executive (VP), so different rules can
     and do apply there.

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References

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   2. mailto:carimachet@gmail.com
   3. mailto:coderman@gmail.com
   4. mailto:grarpamp@gmail.com
   5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_or_Debate_Clause
   6. mailto:carimachet@gmail.com
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