The entire classified information program is derived from an Executive Order. I.e. it is directive on the government, but not on the populace as a class. The o

The entire classified information program is derived from an Executive Order. I.e. it is directive on the government, but not on the populace as a class. The one big exception that I know of is the Espionage Act, but that doesn't even speak to "classified" information as we understand it from the E.O. but more generically to something along the lines of information harmful to the defense of the U.S. (which can theoretically include unclassified information, I suppose). Maybe there's other statute law referencing compliance with the E.O.-driven classified information program which would make the E.O. also statutory law, but I'm not aware of any (but then, nor am I a lawyer).