> Are you suggesting there are no consequences for government employees who willfully steal and/or leak confidential data? Depends on who your friends in gover

> Are you suggesting there are no consequences for government employees who willfully steal and/or leak confidential data? Depends on who your friends in government are. > The Espionage Act of 1917, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and Economic Espionage Act, among others, beg to differ. Assaulting police officers and trying to overthrow the government is also illegal. People have been convicted of it. And yet if you know the right people you won't suffer any consequences: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack_defendants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_January_6_United_Sta...