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They are just normal federal laws: > The United States does not have a British-style Official Secrets Act; instead, several laws protect classified information
by nl 5y ago
They are just normal federal laws:
> The United States does not have a British-style Official Secrets Act; instead, several laws protect classified information, including the Espionage Act of 1917, the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982.[1]
The ALCU has a bunch of work[2] on this if you want to dig deeper.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classified_information_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classified_information_in_the_...
[2] https://www.aclu.org/issues/national-security/secrecy https://www.aclu.org/issues/national-security/secrecy