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Publishing and/or otherwise mishandling classified information isn't a crime unless you have (or had) a security clearance.
by astura 8y ago
Publishing and/or otherwise mishandling classified information isn't a crime unless you have (or had) a security clearance.
- aidenn0 8y agoIANAL, but pretty sure that this is not true. There is not a blanket ban on prior-restraint for national security reasons, but New York Times Co. v. United States did establish limits on it. One takeaway from that case could be that it did at least partly imply that the burden of proof is on the government, not the press. However, since all 9 justices had differing opinions, there's a lot of uncertainty over what is and isn't legal.